Little and Great Miss Tor

It's an easy family walk leading to a stunning 360° viewpoint from Great Miss Tor and a lovely place to enjoy colours of sunset as well.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 4.93 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 156 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 156 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 528 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 372 m
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Cocks Hill from Great Miss Tor
Little miss Tor

Description of the walk

(S/E) Park your car at "four winds car park", 1mile from Merrivale on B3357.
Cross the road towards the track starting up in front of you after the gate.
Follow this track going up gently until the sign "No mod vehicles beyond this point".

(1) From this sign, Little Miss Tor is next to you. You can now follow the path leading straight to Great Miss Tor at the top of the hill. When the sky is clear, you can enjoy a nice view of many tors (Ross Tor, Lynch tor...) and surrounding valleys.

(2) Walk back the same way to go back to the car park.(S/E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 372 m - Car park
  2. 1 : km 1.59 - alt. 485 m - Little Miss Tor
  3. 2 : km 2.56 - alt. 528 m - Great Mis Tor
  4. S/E : km 4.93 - alt. 372 m - Car park

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