The Ethels are 95 hills in the Peak District of England, mostly over above sea level but including various prominent lower hills. The Ethels are a tribute to Ethel Haythornthwaite who pioneered the establishment of the Peak District as Britain's first national park in 1951.
The Peak District and South Yorkshire branch of the CPRE countryside charity announced The Ethels in May 2021. The Ethels were devised in early 2021 by CPRE volunteer Doug Colton, who then built the Ethel Ready smartphone app for hill bagging. The Ethels are recognised by the Database of British and Irish Hills, and are identified as "E" in the hill descriptions.
Most of the Ethels lie within the Peak District National Park, but others lie outside its borders. The list is sorted by height above sea level. Marilyns are marked in boldface. NameHeight (m)Prominence (m)Grid referenceCountyKinder Scout636497DerbyshireBleaklow633128DerbyshireHigher Shelf Stones62115DerbyshireGrindslow Knoll60115DerbyshireBlack Hill582165Derbyshire / West YorkshireBrown Knoll56936DerbyshireShining Tor559236Cheshire / DerbyshireAxe Edge Moor55184DerbyshireHigh Stones (Howden Edge)55062South YorkshireLord's Seat (Rushup Edge)55062DerbyshireWhetstone Ridge54740CheshireMargery Hill54619South YorkshireFeatherbed Top54432DerbyshireMill Hill54432DerbyshireBlack Chew Head54235Greater ManchesterFeatherbed Moss54110DerbyshireBack Tor (Derwent Edge)53867Derbyshire / South YorkshireAlport Moor53524DerbyshireWhite Low53023DerbyshireBritland Edge Hill52320Derbyshire / West YorkshireCheeks Hill52010Derbyshire / StaffordshireCats Tor51835Cheshire / DerbyshireLost Lad51810Derbyshire / South YorkshireMam Tor51762DerbyshireOliver Hill51345StaffordshireBlack Edge (Combs Moss)50799DerbyshireShutlingsloe506134CheshireThe Roaches505120StaffordshireCombs Head50341DerbyshireBurbage Edge (Goyt's Moss)50025DerbyshireWest Nab50050West YorkshireDead Edge End49925Derbyshire / South YorkshireAshway Moss49720Greater ManchesterSouth Head49444DerbyshireMerryton Low48954StaffordshireSlitherstone Hill47770DerbyshireSnailsden Pike End47720South YorkshireLose Hill47676DerbyshireMount Famine47344DerbyshireHigh Edge47264DerbyshireBradwell Moor47150DerbyshireEldon Hill47020DerbyshireAlphin Pike46910Greater ManchesterWin Hill462144DerbyshireRamshaw Rocks46032StaffordshireHigh Neb (Stanage Edge)458103DerbyshireChinley Churn457127DerbyshireWhite Path Moss45734DerbyshireFoxlow Edge45235DerbyshireHollins Hill45162DerbyshireChelmorton Low44663DerbyshireSough Top (Taddington Moor)43820DerbyshireStanedge Pole43824Derbyshire / South YorkshireCorbar Hill43720DerbyshireHigger Tor43415DerbyshireGrin Low43045DerbyshireSir William Hill (Eyam Moor)429122DerbyshireChrome Hill42545DerbyshireHigh Wheeldon42225DerbyshireBurton Bole (Shatton Moor)41748DerbyshireDurham Edge (Abney Moor)41640DerbyshireSponds Hill41372CheshireCown Edge41185DerbyshireBlack Hill (Whaley Moor)410105CheshireGautries Hill41085DerbyshireHen Cloud41060StaffordshireCroker Hill40298CheshireRevidge40040StaffordshireAleck Low39853DerbyshireLongstone Moor395110DerbyshirePilsbury Hill39540DerbyshireWolfscote Hill388100DerbyshireGun385168StaffordshireCrook Hill38284DerbyshireCarder Low38058DerbyshireHarborough Rocks37965DerbyshireLantern Pike37388DerbyshireMinninglow37258DerbyshireWetton Hill37255StaffordshireHarland Edge (Beeley Moor)37188DerbyshireEccles Pike370132DerbyshireWardlow Hay Cop37047DerbyshireEcton Hill36982StaffordshireTissington Hill36995DerbyshireBlakelow Hill (Bonsall Moor)36769DerbyshireMusden Low36163StaffordshireParkhouse Hill36035DerbyshireBole Hill (Burton Moor)35650DerbyshireThe Cloud343170Cheshire / StaffordshireFin Cop32790DerbyshireStanton Moor323108DerbyshireBolehill (Cromford Moor)323105DerbyshireLees Moor304142DerbyshireThorpe Cloud28779DerbyshireHarthill Moor272100Derbyshire The Ethels featured on BBC North West TV broadcasts on 27 May 2021 and 7 Sep 2021. Clare Balding presented '95 Ethels in the Peak District' on the Ramblings programme on BBC Radio 4 on 10 Mar 2022. The Ethels were featured in the Peak District episode of Countryfile on BBC One on 15 Dec 2024.
See also List of hills in the Peak District Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles List of Wainwrights in the Lake District
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