Moorside Edge

The Moorside Edge is a steeply sloping area of moorland at grid reference SE070154 just north of Slaithwaite and about 5 miles west of Huddersfield in the Kirklees District of West Yorkshire, England.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Slaithwaite railway station and Shred Mission Church.

Slaithwaite railway station

Railway station

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.

Slaithwaite railway station serves the town of Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England. The station is 4 miles west of Huddersfield railway station on the Huddersfield Line between Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria.

Shred Mission Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Merry Dale Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilberlee and Pole Moor.

Wilberlee

Hamlet

Photo: Pamela Norrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wilberlee is a hamlet in the Colne Valley, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is near the town of Huddersfield and the village of Slaithwaite. Wilberlee has a school called Wilberlee Junior and Infant School.

Pole Moor

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Harvey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pole Moor is a hamlet between Outlane and Scammonden in Kirklees, England. It is situated on a high moorland plateau between Slaithwaite and Wholestone Moors in the South Pennines.

Slaithwaite

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Slaithwaite is a town in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is in the Colne Valley and on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, 5 miles south-west of Huddersfield.

Moorside Edge

Type: Locality
Description: moorland in West Yorkshire, England
Categories: moorland and hill
Location: Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.63333° or 53° 38′ north

Longitude

-1.9° or 1° 54′ west

Elevation

1,047 feet (319 metres)

Open location code

9C5WJ3MX+8X

GeoNames ID

2642274

Wikidata ID

Q15255991

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