Woodhead

Woodhead is a small and scattered settlement at the head of the valley in , England. It lies on the trans-Pennine A628 road connecting and , 6 miles north of , 19 miles east of and 18 miles west of .
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  • Abandoned railway station
  • …lies at an elevation of 919 feet (280 metres)
  • Description: hamlet in Tintwistle, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as
    “Woodhead Station”
    “Woodhead, Derbyshire”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Woodhead Reservoir and Britland Edge Hill.
Siobhan Brennan-Raymond, CC BY 2.0.
is a man-made lake near the hamlet…
John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hill, 523 metres high, in the in . is situated 1½ miles north of Woodhead.
The Woodhead Tunnels are three parallel trans-… is situated 1½ miles northeast of Woodhead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crowden-in-Longdendale and Dunford Bridge.
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is a small and isolated village…
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is a remote hamlet in the civil parish… is situated 3 miles northeast of Woodhead.

Woodhead

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Latitude
53.4955° or 53° 29′ 44″ north
Longitude
-1.83334° or 1° 50′ west
Open location code
9C5WF5W8+5M
Geo­Names ID
2633644
Wiki­data ID
Q8032721

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In Other Languages

“Woodhead” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “ウッドヘッド”

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