Alport Height
| Alport Height | |||
| Derbyshire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Dec2005.jpg) The Alport Stone on Alport Height | |||
| Range: | Peak District | ||
| Summit: | 1,030 feet SK305515 53°3’36"N, 1°32’47"W | ||
Alport Height is a hill near Wirksworth in Derbyshire, at the southern edge of the Peak District. The hilltop is a popular picnic site, since it has extensive views to the south, and is the first hill over 1,000 feet within easy reach of the Derby area. Like Shining Cliff Woods, a mile to the east, Alport Height is in the care of the National Trust: it was one of the Trust's first acquisitions in Derbyshire, acquired in 1930.
From the summit it is possible to see Derby city centre, as well as The Wrekin, the Long Mynd, and the Clee Hill in Shropshire. It is also possible to see the Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield masts, and the Birmingham city centre skyline, and also the Lickey Hills just beyond Birmingham. The Pye Green BT Tower on Cannock Chase can also be seen.
There are eight radio masts and associated buildings in a compound on the summit, not part of the Trust's land.
The hill is sometimes known as Alport Stone after the name of the conspicuous pillar of quarried gritstone twenty feet tall near its summit.
