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Shining Tor

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A trail leads across open moorland to this grassy peak with sweeping views of the Cheshire Plain.

Shining Tor is a hill with a height of 559 metres above sea level in the Peak District of England, between the towns of Buxton and Macclesfield, lying on the modern administrative border between Derbyshire and Cheshire East. Its summit is the highest point in the unitary council area of Cheshire East and in the former administrative county of Cheshire. However, it is not as often stated the county top of Cheshire, as this title belongs to Black Hill near Crowden. The word tor means a high rock, and is a loan word from Old Brythonic.

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SJ 99462 73739

53.260661, -2.009520

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53°15'38.4"N 2°00'34.3"W

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30U 566069 5901725

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Shining Tor

48 Laxton Avenue
SK11 0AR Macclesfield
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