At its height, the cliff rises 130m above the village and the exposed rock face is visible from as far as Chiserley and Luddendenfoot.

Due to the Boxing Day floods of 2015 that affected the Upper Calder Valley, a large landslide occurred at the base of the cliff, and uncovered a large asbestos disposal site, the site is now covered in an encasing whilst work is undertaken to secure the site.

The landslide also affected the 'Scout Road' row of houses at its base and the 'Scout Road Academy' school, also at the base of Scout Rock which had to be evacuated and re-located along with around 20 other homes.

During the hours of darkness, the cliff provides an almost pitch black backdrop to the village.

[2] Hughes would call Scout Rock, "my spiritual midwife at the time, and my godfather ever since".