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- Edale village — The classic gateway to the Pennine Way: a tiny Peak District village, a proper pub (with battered walkers at the bar), simple shops for last-minute supplies and the sense that your long walk is actually starting. It’s cultural as much as scenic — the people, the maps pinned in the hostel, and the old packhorse routes set the tone for the whole trail.
- Kinder Scout and Kinder Downfall — A raw, gritstone plateau that drops into dramatic edges and peat bogs. Kinder Downfall is a striking waterfall that can spray sideways in high wind; the whole area is famous for the 1932 mass trespass that helped secure access rights in England, so you’re hiking through landscape and history at the same time.
- Ribblehead Viaduct — That long, graceful Victorian viaduct straddling empty moorland
- Edale village — The classic gateway to the Pennine Way: a tiny Peak District village, a proper pub (with battered walkers at the bar), simple shops for last-minute supplies and the sense that your long walk is actually starting. It’s cultural as much as scenic — the people, the maps pinned in the hostel, and the old packhorse routes set the tone for the whole trail.
- Kinder Scout and Kinder Downfall — A raw, gritstone plateau that drops into dramatic edges and peat bogs. Kinder Downfall is a striking waterfall that can spray sideways in high wind; the whole area is famous for the 1932 mass trespass that helped secure access rights in England, so you’re hiking through landscape and history at the same time.
- Ribblehead Viaduct — That long, graceful Victorian viaduct straddling empty moorland is a proper photo moment. It’s where industrial-era engineering and wild Pennine scenery collide: trains, open sky, and the sound of wind across broken stone. Feels timeless and a bit cinematic compared with typical mountain views.
- High Cup Nick — A jaw-drop amphitheatre of cliffs and a stony U-shaped valley in the North Pennines. Geologically dramatic, wonderfully exposed and often surprisingly quiet despite the view — you’ll get a real “why am I here alone?” moment. (Personal favourite — the rim walk and the hush in the bowl stay with you.)
- Cross Fell and the North Pennine plateaux — The highest point on the Pennine Way and one of the wildest stretches: brittle, wind-swept summits, odd arctic-alpine plants, and weather that can turn sharp fast. It’s not about pretty viewpoints so much as the scale and the sense of genuine remoteness — proper backpacking territory.
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Hi, I’m Johan (Netherlands 🇳🇱), the creator of TakeYourBackpack. Over the past 3 decades, I’ve backpacked through 90+ countries across six continents, gaining extensive experience with independent travel, long-term trips, and overland routes.