The Mother Cap – Peak District Photography

Beautiful frosty winter sunrise at the Mother Cap, an iconic rock formation at Over Owler Tor in the Peak District National Park. On this morning there was a stunning deep frost with an inversion bubbling away in the valley below, great conditions for landscape photography!

Over Owler Tor and the Mother Cap:

Over Owler Tor, best accessed from Surprise View car park, is a gritstone escarpment sitting high above the now abandoned gritstone quarry at Millstone Edge. The area has a variety of distinctive rock formations, the best known of which is the Mother Cap. Over Owler Tor offers stunning panoramic views of the Hope Valley and the famous view towards Carl Wark and Higger Tor.

Find more about the area here