Woodhead
Woodhead is a small and scattered settlement at the head of the Longdendale valley in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the trans-Pennine A628 road connecting Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire, 6 miles north of Glossop, 19 miles east of Manchester and 18 miles west of Barnsley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Abandoned railway station
- Description: hamlet in Tintwistle, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Woodhead Station” and “Woodhead, Derbyshire”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Woodhead Reservoir and Britland Edge Hill.
Woodhead Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Siobhan Brennan-Raymond, CC BY 2.0.
Woodhead reservoir is a man-made lake near the hamlet of Woodhead in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between 1847 and June 1877 as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
Britland Edge Hill
Peak
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Britland Edge Hill is a hill, 523 metres high, in the Peak District in England. It is located on the border of Derbyshire and West Yorkshire. Britland Edge Hill is situated 1½ miles north of Woodhead.
Woodhead Tunnel
Tunnel
The Woodhead Tunnels are three parallel trans-Pennine 3-mile-long railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, a former major rail link from Manchester to Sheffield in Northern England. Woodhead Tunnel is situated 1½ miles northeast of Woodhead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crowden-in-Longdendale and Dunford Bridge.
Crowden-in-Longdendale
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crowden-in-Longdendale is a small and isolated village in the upland valley of Longdendale in Derbyshire. Crowden's main interest to travellers is as the traditional first-night stop on the northbound Pennine Way.
Dunford Bridge
Hamlet
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Dunford Bridge is a remote hamlet in the civil parish of Dunford, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, 1.3 miles from the border with West Yorkshire and 2.3 miles from the border with Derbyshire. Dunford Bridge is situated 3 miles northeast of Woodhead.
Woodhead
- Categories: hamlet and transportation
- Location: Charlesworth, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
“Woodhead” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ウッドヘッド”
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