Bleaklow
Bleaklow is a high, largely peat-covered, gritstone moorland in the Derbyshire High Peak near the town of Glossop. It is north of Kinder Scout, across the Snake Pass, and south of the A628 Woodhead Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,057 feet
- Description: mountain in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bleaklow Head” and “Bleaklow Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Woodhead Reservoir and Torside Reservoir.
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.
Torside Reservoir
Reservoir
Torside Reservoir is the largest man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between April 1849 and July 1864 as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
Mossy Lea Reservoir
Reservoir
Mossy Lea Reservoir is a disused reservoir near Glossop, north Derbyshire. In 1837, 50 local millowners and gentlemen, known as the "Glossop Commissioners", obtained an Act of Parliament to construct the Glossop Reservoirs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Snake Pass and Crowden-in-Longdendale.
Snake Pass
Locality
Photo: Paul Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snake Pass is a hill pass in the Derbyshire section of the Peak District, crossing the Pennines between Glossop and the Ladybower Reservoir at Ashopton.
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.
Woodhead
Locality
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Bleaklow
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Charlesworth, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.46129° or 53° 27′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.85891° or 1° 51′ 32″ westElevation
2,057 feet (627 metres)Open location code
9C5WF46R+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 262366447OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bleaklow”. Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.