Higger Tor
{{Short description|Tor in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox mountain
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| photo_caption = A millstone grit boulder on Higger Tor
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| elevation_m = 434
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| map_caption = Location in the Peak District##Location in South Yorkshire
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| location = Peak District, England
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| grid_ref_UK = SK 254 819
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Higger Tor or Higgar Tor is a gritstone tor in the Dark Peak, in the north of the Peak District National Park in England. It overlooks the Burbage Valley and the Iron Age hill fort of Carl Wark{{cite news|url=http://www.peakdistrictinformation.com/visits/carlwark.php |title=Carl Wark Iron Age fort near Hathersage, Derbyshire |accessdate=4 October 2013}} to the southeast.
The tor stands to the south west of Sheffield, just within the city boundary, about {{convert|200|m|yards}} east of the border with Derbyshire, which runs along the nearby road to Ringinglow. The village of Hathersage is approximately {{convert|2|km}} to the west.
A scene from the 1987 film The Princess Bride was filmed nearby at Carl Wark with Higger Tor visible in the background.{{cite web |url= http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/08/16/princess-bride-live-commentary-reiner-reitman-academy/10/ |title='The Princess Bride': 10 INCONCEIVABLE facts from the Academy's live-commentary screening |accessdate=4 October 2013 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |archivedate=1 September 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901033824/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/08/16/princess-bride-live-commentary-reiner-reitman-academy/10/}}
An Ethel
It is one of 95 Ethels in the Peak District named after English environmental campaigner and a pioneer of the countryside movement Ethel Haythornthwaite.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-south-yorkshire-57077440|title=Hills in Peak District named after Sheffield-born woman|date=11 May 2021|work=BBC News|accessdate=16 February 2024}}
It is the closest Ethel to the Longshaw Estate.
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