What is Kinder Scout?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Kinder Scout | photo = KinderScoutPlateau.jpg | photo_caption = The Kinder plateau | elevation_m = 636 | elevation_ref = <ref name=Bathurst_2012>{{cite book |last= Bathurst |first= David |year= 2012 |title= Walking the county high points of England |url= https://archive.org/details/walkingcountryhi0000bath |location= Chichester |publisher= Summersdale |isbn= 978-1-84-953239-6 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/walkingcountryhi0000bath/page/n243 234]–241}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = The Mountains of England & Wales – Volume 2: England | last1 = Nuttall | first1 = J. | last2 = Nuttall | first2 = A. | year = 1990 | publisher = Cicerone | location = [[Milnthorpe]] | isbn = 1-85284-037-4 | url = http://www.nuttalls.com/mountains/england.htm | access-date = 2009-08-23}}</ref> | prominence_m = 496.6 | prominence_ref =<ref name=hb>[http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=2807 ''Kinder Scout''] at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2016.</ref> | parent_peak = [[Cross Fell]] | label_position = right | translation = | language = [[Old Norse language|Old Norse]] | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪ|n|d|ər|_|ˈ|s|k|aʊ|t}} | location = [[Derbyshire]], England | range = [[Peak District]] }} '''Kinder Scout''' is a [[plateau]] in [[Derbyshire]], England. It is about 600 [[metre]]s [[above sea level]]. It is near [[Hayfield]] to the [[west]], [[Edale]] to the southeast, and the town of [[Glossop]] to the northwest. The [[Conglomerate (geology)|gritstone]] rock under the plateau is covered by a thick layer of [[peat]], cut by a dense network of [[stream]]s which flow off it. One of the main streams is the Kinder River, which drops off the Western edge at Kinder Downfall. Plants on the plateau are mainly [[heather]], with some [[moss]]es and [[bilberry]]. [[Bracken]] grows on the slopes around the plateau. The highest point is Kinder Low at {{convert|633|m|abbr=on}}. It can be approached from the southeast up a steep track called Jacobs Ladder. It is