Wardlow Hay Cop is a geographical feature, a knoll about east of Buxton and about north-west of Bakewell, in Derbyshire, England. Cressbrook Dale is nearby to the west, and the village of Wardlow lies to the north-east. It is in the White Peak, an area of carboniferous limestone in the Peak District."Wardlow Hay Cop" Trailtrack. Retrieved 26 August 2026."The White Peak" Peak District Online. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
Its elevation is , and its prominence is .
There is a bowl barrow at the summit, on which a triangulation pillar stands. The barrow, a scheduled monument, probably dates from the Bronze Age; there is no recorded excavation. It measures , and is intact except for the north-west side. Where the hill drops away to the west towards Cressbrook Dale, its elevation is about , and is less elsewhere.
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