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The car park is free for National Trust members. I love climbing but I don't like heights....confusing I know! I really enjoyed this short climb but I found myself on a small scramble which got my blood pumping a little!

Car park isn’t free but costs £6.60 for the day or £4 for 4 hours

Nice and easy with great views. Took the wrong route down and it was VERY steep :)

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Bunster Hill has some spectacular views from the ridge, especially those of neighbouring Thorpe Cloud. While the masses descend on Thorpe Cloud it's nice to visit the much quieter Bunster Hill, the summit of which is in a delightful shady woodland. We parked in the NT Dove Dale car park and did a circular via Thorpe Cloud up to Bunster Hill via a short scramble.

The summit of Musden Low and the trig point are on private land but can be seen from the Open Access Land adjacent. There are four ancient burial mounds on or near the summit of the hill.

Minninglow is a beautiful spot. The hilltop is surrounded by trees, and in a clearing at the top are a neolithic burial chamber and two bronze age burial mounds. The summit is accessed via a concessionary path from the High Peak Trail.

At the time of writing, the National Trust has erected signs informing people that the summit is closed due to erosion and the risk of falling rocks. There is no date set for when the path to the summit may reopen (hopefully soon). The path around the hill is still open and affords spectacular views itself.

Thorpe Cloud rises proudly from Dovedale and affords breathtaking views over the River Dove, Bunster Hill, Ilam and beyond. It has a distinctive conical shape and is a popular summit for hikers in the area. That said, it can get extremely busy up here so choose your moment to climb it.

A short but steep climb to the summit is rewarded with beautiful 360 degree views of the surrounding areas. In 1997, the writer Jeff Kent discovered that a double sunset could be seen against Thorpe Cloud from the top of nearby Lin Dale and, two years later, the phenomenon was first captured on film by the photographer Chris Doherty. The occurrence is visible in good weather on and around the summer solstice and perhaps beyond, when the sun sets on the summit of the hill, partially reappears from its steep northern slope and sets for a second and final time shortly afterwards. The precise event and its location are described in Kent's book The Mysterious Double Sunset

Thorpe Cloud is an isolated limestone hill lying between the villages of Thorpe and Ilam on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border at the southern end of Dovedale. It is a popular hill amongst the many day-trippers who visit the area, and provides a fine viewpoint north up the dale and south across the Midland plain. Thorpe Cloud rises straight up from the River Dove at Dovedale and reaches a height of 942ft. Its distinctive conical shape viewed from Dovedale gives the hill a mountainous feel. Little Switzerland is the name often given to this section of Dovdale and you can understand why. Dovedale was one of the locations used in the filming of the 2010 film Robin Hood staring Russell Crowe including scenes with Thorpe Cloud in the background

Make a loop and visit the stepping stones too!

Minninglow is a 1,220-foot (372 m) hill in the White Peak region of the Peak District. It is most notable for the impressive chambered Neolithic burial tomb that adorns the summit. The site comprises an oval cairn measuring 148 by 125 feet (45 by 38 m) and is surrounded by a clump of trees. From the air in winter, it almost looks like a festive wreath. Within the tomb are two complete limestone chambers and at least three others that are incomplete.

Gets busy.

Great place for a picnic when the weather is nice

Try and park in Ilam and avoid dovedale car parks if possible. We went from Ilam cross the back way to bunster and saw 2 people and that was at the summit. 0n the way down we saw two more people until we arrived at dovedale on route to Thorpe there must have been 5k people there. The que to get across stepping stones at 11am was about 30mins. So we waded through the river.!! On the way back from Thorpe cloud , stopped for a lovely coffee and cider at izaak Walton hotel.

From the summit of Bunster Hill, you get magnificent views over the Staffordshire/Derbyshire border countryside, including a fabulous vista over Thorpe Cloud across the valley. Be sure to stop for a moment and take it all in. In spring and summer, the hillside bursts into colour as wildflowers blossom, too.

The area is open access, but I'd stick to the ridges where possible for the best views.