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window.open('http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/uk_east_midlands_summits_and_low_points/html/1.stm', '1087914813', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=500,height=400,left=312,top=100');"><img hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="" src="/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/uk_east_midlands_summits_and_low_points/img/laun.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="pva">Flying the flag at each summit of the East Midlands</div> <img src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/inline_dashed_line.gif" width="203" height="1" alt="" hspace="0" vspace="2" /><br /> <div class="pva"><a href="javascript: void window.open('http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/uk_east_midlands_summits_and_low_points/html/1.stm', '1087914813', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=500,height=400,left=312,top=100');" ><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/opennews.gif" height="13" width="54" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="" align="left" />In pictures</a><br clear="all" /></div> </td> </tr> </table>  <b>Two climbers from England's East Midlands have been in the headlines this week.</b> <p> Derbyshire's Nigel Vardy just tackled the highest peak in Greenland, as part of a wider challenge to reach the highest point on seven islands. <p> And 11-year-old Joseph Pointing, from Newark, tackled Britain's "three-peak challenge" - Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike. <p> This has prompted BBC News Online to ask the question - must all climbers leave the East Midlands to find impressive summits? <p> Could there be a multi-peak challenge in one of England's flattest regions? <p> Over the course of a week, we visited the highest and lowest points of five counties in the East Midlands. <p>  <div> <img height="260" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="416" alt="Heights were provided by the Ordnance Survey" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40297000/gif/_40297925_midlands_high_low_map416.gif" /> </div> <br clear="all" />  <p> <div class="ch1"> <b>DERBYSHIRE: The highest county</b> </div> <p> Not surprisingly, the East Midlands' highest point is in the Peak District. <p> At 636m (2,087 feet), the top spot is near Crowden Head, on Kinder Scout's moorland. <p>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="203" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="Kinder Scout" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40302000/jpg/_40302667_kinder203.jpg" /> <div class="cap">Heading up Kinder Scout</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <p> Geographer Professor Paul Mather, from the University of Nottingham, said Derbyshire retained its height despite the ice age which "filed down" much of the East Midlands. <p> He said: "Millions of years ago, Derbyshire's rocks were squeezed up into a big dome by continental collisions. <p> "When ice moved down from the north during the great ice age, the big dome of Derbyshire was sticking up out of the ice so it wasn't eroded." <p> The lowest points in Derbyshire are two areas near the River Trent at Long Eaton, both 26m (85 feet) above sea level. <p> They are found at Cranfleet Farm and the Trent Rifle Range. <p> <div class="ch1"> <b>LINCOLNSHIRE: The lowest county</b> </div> <p> The lowest point in Lincolnshire - and the overall title of lowest point in the East Midlands - is shared by several farms under the 0-metre contour line. <p> In total, the Ordnance Survey says there is about 10 sq km just below sea level, including Glebe Farm, Engine Farm and Round Decoy Farm. <p>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="203" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="Trig pillar at highest point in Lincolnshire" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40302000/jpg/_40302665_hidden203.jpg" /> <div class="cap">The hidden summit of Lincolnshire</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <p> They are located east of Stickford, between the A16 and A52. <p> The highest point in Lincolnshire is marked by a trig pillar 168m (551 feet) above sea level. <p> The pillar is hard to find, concealed by a hedge on farmland near Normanby Le Wold. <p> However, the general location is impossible to miss, as it is dominated by a radar station which can be seen from miles away. <p> The radar looks like an oversized football hovering above the landscape. <p> <div class="ch1"> <b>RUTLAND: The smallest county</b> </div> <p> It is the nation's smallest county, so it is perhaps unsurprising that Rutland's topography is also on a small scale. <p> The highest point is a trig pillar on a sheep farm near Cold Overton Park Wood, at an altitude of 197m (646 feet). <p> The low point is a section of secluded farmland near Belmesthorpe, 17m (56 feet) above sea level. <p> <div class="ch1"> <b>LEICESTERSHIRE: Ashphalt quarry to ashphalt road</b> </div> <p> The view from Leicestershire's highest point is spectacular. <p> At 278m (912 feet), Bardon Hill rises above the flat landscape. <p>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="203" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="Bardon Hill quarry as seen from the hill's summit" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40302000/jpg/_40302669_quarry203.jpg" /> <div class="cap">Leicestershire's own Grand Canyon?</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <p> The hill, near Coalville, is also a rich source of aggregates and is home to a huge quarry. <p> The view from the summit looks directly into the massive quarry, its steep sides and earthy colours resembling a smaller version of the Grand Canyon. <p> The lowest point in Leicestershire is a bend on a minor road near Bottesford, adjacent to the county boundary with Nottinghamshire. <p> It is about 25m (82 feet) above sea level. <p> <div class="ch1"> <b>NOTTINGHAMSHIRE: From farm to farm</b> </div> <p> Both the highest and lowest points in Nottinghamshire are found on farms. <p> The highest point is near the M1 at Whiteborough Farm, near Huthwaite, measuring in at 203m (666 feet). <p>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="203" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="Brady Haran walks towards the highest point in Nottinghamshire" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40304000/jpg/_40304409_brady203.jpg" /> <div class="cap">Approaching the Nottinghamshire summit</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <p> The lowest point lies on a contour line running at sea level at Peat Carr, in the county's north. <p> On hearing of BBC's News Online's "five summits conquest", mountaineer Mr Vardy, from Belper, was full of understanding (if not admiration). <p> Describing the lure of highest points, Mr Vardy said: "A lot of people like to get to the top and get the flag out and take a photograph. <p> "Some people find the summit as an extra, they find the climb itself is what they are after. <p> "I get a bit of both... I do enjoy standing on a summit, there is no two ways about it." <p> Mr Vardy returned from his own climb this week, reaching the top of the Arctic Circle's highest peak, Gunnbjornsfjeld in Greenland. <p> <div class="ch1"> <b>ALL THE DETAILS (supplied by the Ordnance Survey)</b> </div> <p> <i>Got and Ordnance Survey map and fancy seeing these places for yourself? The information below may be of some help.</i> <p> <b>Highest points</b> <p>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="203" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="radar station at Normanby Le Wold" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40302000/jpg/_40302661_radar203.jpg" /> <div class="cap">The radar station at Normanby Le Wold</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <p> <b>Derbyshire (636m)</b> Kinder Scout, grid ref SK 0863387543 <br /> <b>Leicestershire (278m)</b> Bardon Hill, grid ref SK 4600413213 <br /> <b>Nottinghamshire (203m)</b> approximately 200m to the west of Whiteborough Farm, north of Huthwaite, grid ref SK 4567560503 <br /> <b>Rutland (197m)</b> Trig pillar east of Cold Overton Park Wood, grid ref SK 8271708539<br /> <b>Lincolnshire (168m)</b> Trig pillar NW of radar station, Normanby le Wold, grid ref TF 1210696464<p> <b>Lowest points</b> <p>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="203" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <div> <img height="152" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="Lowest point in Leicestershire" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40302000/jpg/_40302663_bend203.jpg" /> <div class="cap">A significant bend in the road</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>  <p> <b>Derbyshire (26m)</b>, Spot height 150m north of Cranfleet Farm, Long Eaton, grid ref SK 4942131520, and spot height on the Trent Rifle Range, Long Eaton, grid ref SK 49828131585<br /> <b>Leicestershire (24.8m)</b>, Spot height at bend on a minor road, north of Bottesford West Junction, grid ref SK 7955740776 <br /> <b>Rutland (17m)</b> Spot height 400m NNE of North Lodge Farm, Belmesthorpe, grid ref TF 0566111226<br /> <b>Nottinghamshire (0m contour)</b> Peat Carr, 3.5 km east of Blaxton, grid ref SE 7073000940<br /> <b>Lincolnshire (below 0m contour)</b> 3 areas: 4.8 sq km approx centred on Glebe Farm, grid ref TF 4187560591 - 3.5 sq km approx centred on Engine Farm, grid ref 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