South Head (Peak District)

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{{short description|Hill in the Derbyshire Peak District}}

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| name = South Head

| photo = South Head, Derbyshire.jpg

| photo_caption = View from north with Mount Famine on the right

| elevation = {{Convert|494|m|0}}

| prominence = {{Convert|38|m|0}}

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| location = Near Hayfield, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England

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| coordinates = {{coord|53|21|28|N|1|54|35|W|region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_ref_UK = SK061846

| topo = OS Explorer OL1

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South Head is a gritstone hill between the villages of Hayfield and Chinley in the Derbyshire Peak District. The summit is {{convert|494|m||abbr=}} above sea level. It lies at the south of the head of the River Sett.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=South Head |url=http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=7735 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=4 Nov 2020 |website=Hill Bagging – Database of British and Irish Hills}}

The hilltop area was acquired by the National Trust in the 1980s and is designated as access land for the public.{{Cite web |title=Our land History: Land at South Head Hill |url=https://national-trust.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=59d0d36e5b3a44ae8cc49fe38d47ffd7 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=National Trust Land Map}}{{cite map|publisher=Ordnance Survey|title=OL1 Dark Peak area|at=West sheet|url=|scale=1:25000|series=Explorer}} South Head farmstead was recorded in the 1640 plans of the waste and commons of Hayfield.{{Cite web |last=Bevan |first=Bill |date=1999 |title=Kinder Park Hall (National Trust High Peak Estate) Hayfield Derbyshire - Archaeological Survey |url=https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/LibraryLinkWS/LLFiles/154818/original_154818.pdf |access-date=4 Nov 2022 |website=National Trust Heritage Records Online}}

The Pennine Bridleway runs along the north and east sides of South Head. Since 2005, there has been an annual fell race each May from Hayfield around Mount Famine and South Head.{{Cite web |title=Hayfield Fell Races - Archive |url=https://www.t42.org.uk/hayfield/archive.html |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=www.t42.org.uk}}

South Head is one of the 95 Ethels hills of the Peak District, launched by the countryside charity CPRE in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Gough |first=Julie |date=2021-05-07 |title=Our Peak District hill walking challenge: climbing the 95 'Ethels' |url=https://www.cprepdsy.org.uk/news/our-peak-district-hill-walking-challenge-walking-the-95-ethels/ |access-date=2021-05-13 |website=CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire |language=en-GB}}