Brown Wardle Hill

Brown Wardle is a hill between the village of Wardle, Greater Manchester and the town of Whitworth, Lancashire, England. The summit is on the border of Greater Manchester and Lancashire and stands 1,314 feet above sea level, making it one of the highest points in Rochdale and Greater Manchester.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Watergrove Reservoir and Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, Facit, Whitworth.

Watergrove Reservoir

Reservoir

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Watergrove Reservoir is a reservoir close to Wardle in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. Rochdale Corporation chose Watergrove as a suitable site to build a large reservoir largely to a prolonged drought in the 1930s, resulting in water regularly being bought from Oldham.

Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, Facit, Whitworth

Church

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Parish Church of St Bartholomew, Whitworth

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitworth and Wardle.

Whitworth

Town

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Whitworth is a town and civil parish in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, amongst the foothills of the Pennines between Bacup, to the north, and Rochdale, to the south.

Wardle

Village

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Wardle is a village near Littleborough within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the South Pennines, 1.8 miles east-southeast of Whitworth, 2.5 miles north-northwest of Rochdale and 12 miles north-northeast of the city of Manchester.