Mountain

Lord's Seat

Located in Edale, High Peak District Coordinates: 53°20′53″ N 1°50′00″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 550 m; above sea level
Nearest town: High Peak; 2.4 km N
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: July–August; See the climate
Airports: MAN Manchester Airport30 km; LBA Leeds Bradford Airport59 km

About Lord's Seat

Lord's Seat is a mountain. Location: Edale, High Peak District. Elevation: 550 m. The best months to visit are July–August. The nearest airport is Manchester Airport (30 km). Nearby sights include Peak District National Park and Mam Tor.

Photos of Lord's Seat

Vale of Edale The original uploader was Bpa at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Peveril Castle Darren Copley from Sheffield · CC BY 2.0
Castleton Town Defences Douglal · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Lord's Seat

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 2° · Rain 130 mm

Hottest month: July (day 17°)
Coldest month: February (night -1°)
Wettest month: December (132 mm)
Driest month: May (78 mm)

4° -1°

6° 0°

8° 1°

12° 4°

15° 7°

17° 9°

14° 7°

10° 4°

6° 2°

5° 0°

Jan

127

Feb

Mar

104

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

100

Oct

123

Nov

130

Dec

132

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Lord's Seat
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	4°	4°	6°	8°	12°	15°	17°	17°	14°	10°	6°	5°
Average low (°C)	-1°	-1°	0°	1°	4°	7°	9°	9°	7°	4°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	127	94	104	82	78	86	80	97	100	123	130	132

Other places to visit in this season: July August

How to get to Lord's Seat

The nearest airport is Manchester Airport (MAN), 30 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Stockport, 23 km to the west.

Airports

Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 30 kmwest
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 59 kmnorth
East Midlands Airport (EMA) Nottingham, Leicestershire 67 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

Stockport Population: 139.1K 23 kmwest
Sheffield Population: 556.5K 25 kmeast
Oldham Population: 237.1K 29 kmnorthwest
Chesterfield Population: 113.1K 30 kmeast
Manchester Population: 569K 31 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Lord's Seat

Within 100 km: 657 historic and cultural sites, 947 natural sites, 178 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km229 places

Woodhead Reservoir Lake 15 kmN
Valehouse Reservoir Lake 16 kmNW
Torside Reservoir Lake 16 kmN
Rhodeswood Reservoir Lake 16 kmNW

25–60 km537 places

Beal Island Island 60 kmNE
Saint George's Island Island 32 kmNW
The Island Island 55 kmNW
Don Island Island 33 kmE

60–100 km1,016 places

Great Britain Island 73 kmN
Thurstaston Beach Beach 87 kmW
Formby Beach Beach 87 kmW
Ainsdale Beach Beach 87 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

High Peak Town, Edale
2.4 km N
Upper Booth Village, Edale
2 km NW
Barber Booth Village, Edale
1.3 km N
Chapel en le Frith Town, Chapel-en-le-Frith
5.9 km SW
Edale Village, Edale
2.4 km NE
Castleton Village, High Peak District
3.1 km E

Lord's Seat

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Peak District National Park Natural site, Edale
0.2 km N
Mam Tor Mountain, Castleton
1.6 km E
Slitherstone Hill Mountain, Peak Forest
1.8 km SE
Eldon Hill Mountain, Peak Forest
2.4 km S
Gautries Hill Mountain, Peak Forest
2.8 km SW
Barker Bank Mountain, Edale
2.9 km NE
Brown Knoll Mountain, Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside
3.3 km NW
Vale of Edale Natural site, England
4.1 km N

Lord's Seat

Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026