Kinder Scout, Derbyshire, centres on weathered gritstone blocks at the edge of a high moor, looking across sunlit slopes towards the broad Peak District plateau.

Flat slabs of pale rock project over the near drop, their dark seams and mottled surfaces catching the low light. A long line of squared crags runs away along the escarpment, above ochre grass, scattered boulders and violet heather. To the left, the ground falls into a green valley with fields and tree cover, while the moor continues in russet bands towards the horizon.

For people who have followed Kinder Scout's edges, the image has the open feeling of pausing at a gritstone outcrop before continuing across the plateau. The steep change from moor to valley makes the route legible, rather than turning the view into a distant panorama. Those layered crags and heather patches keep the particular ground of Kinder Scout in focus.