Lantern Pike is a hill located just outside
Hayfield, in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
, England. The land lies within the
Peak District National Park Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-d ...
and is owned and maintained by the
National Trust
The National Trust () is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to "promote the ...
. It is permanently open to the public. According to
Ordnance Survey
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, it is in height (measured by air survey).
According to the booklet ''10 Walks Around Hayfield'', published by the Peak District National Park Authority, the name ''Lantern Pike'' probably comes from the hill's use as a
beacon
A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common example is the lighthouse, which draws attention to a fixed point that can be used to navigate around obstacles or into port. More mode ...
.
The hill is a popular hiking destination, and is often considered a continuation of nearby
Kinder Scout
Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau and National nature reserve (United Kingdom), National Nature Reserve in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Part of the moor, at above sea level, is the highest point in the Peak Distric ...
. The
Peak District Boundary Walk
The Peak District Boundary Walk is a circular walking trail, starting and finishing at Buxton and broadly following the boundary of the Peak District, Britain's first national park. The route was developed by the Friends of the Peak District (a ...
runs south to north past the summit
and the
Pennine Bridleway crosses the eastern flank of the hill.
Lantern Pike gives its name to the Lantern Pike Inn in nearby
Little Hayfield.
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Mountains and hills of the Peak District
Mountains and hills of Derbyshire
Mountains and hills of the United Kingdom with toposcopes
High Peak, Derbyshire