Moss Moor
Moss Moor is a hill in Ripponden, Calderdale, England and has an elevation of 1,581 feet. Moss Moor is situated nearby to the village Denshaw, as well as near the hamlet Booth Wood.Places of Interest
Highlights include Green Withens Reservoir and Norman Hill Reservoir.
Green Withens Reservoir
Reservoir
Green Withens Reservoir is a man-made upland reservoir that lies on Rishworth Moor in West Yorkshire, England. The reservoir sits between the M62 motorway to the south and the A58 to the north, and just to the east of the boundary with Greater Manchester. Green Withens Reservoir is situated 1½ miles northwest of Moss Moor.
Norman Hill Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.
Norman Hill Reservoir is a reservoir in the Piethorne Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. Norman Hill Reservoir is situated 2 miles west of Moss Moor.
Booth Wood Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: andrew ringrose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Booth Wood Reservoir is a man-made upland reservoir that lies north of the M62 motorway and south of the A672 road near to Rishworth and Ripponden in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Booth Wood Reservoir is situated 2 miles northeast of Moss Moor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Denshaw and Castleshaw.
Denshaw
Village
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Denshaw is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies by the source of the River Tame, high amongst the Pennines above the village of Delph, 4.6 miles northeast of Oldham,3.3 miles north-northwest of Uppermill and Shaw and Crompton. Denshaw is situated 2½ miles southwest of Moss Moor.
Castleshaw
Hamlet
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castleshaw is a hamlet in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines, 2.4 miles north of Uppermill, 3 miles west-southwest of Marsden, and 5.3 miles east-northeast of Oldham. Castleshaw is situated 3 miles south of Moss Moor.
Rishworth
Hamlet
Rishworth is a village in the civil parish of Ripponden, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a small church, farms and schools, including Rishworth School. Rishworth is situated 3½ miles northeast of Moss Moor.
Moss Moor
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,581 feet
- Also known as: “Way Stone Edge”
- Category: landform
- Location: Ripponden, Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.62297° or 53° 37′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.00219° or 2° 0′ 8″ westElevation
1,581 feet (482 metres)Open location code
9C5VJXFX+54GeoNames ID
12609887
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