Black Chew Head
Black Chew Head in Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is the highest point or county top of Greater Manchester in northern England. It stands on moorland on the edge of the Peak District at a height of 542 m above sea level, close to the border with the High Peak district of Derbyshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Featherbed Moss and Chew Reservoir.
Featherbed Moss
Peak
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Featherbed Moss is a flat-topped hill, 541 metres high, in the Peak District in the county of Derbyshire in England. It is sometimes mistakenly thought to be a joint county top.
Chew Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Robmiles79, Public domain.
Chew Reservoir is a reservoir at the head of the Chew Valley in the Peak District National Park in Greater Manchester, England. The reservoir scheme in the Greenfield and Chew Valleys by the Ashton Stalybridge and Dukinfield Waterworks Joint Committee commenced in 1870.
Black Hill
Peak
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Hill, in the Peak District, is the highest hill in West Yorkshire, England. Its summit rises to an elevation of 582 m above sea level. It is surpassed in height by only two other major summits in the Peak District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crowden-in-Longdendale and Saddleworth Moor.
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.
Saddleworth Moor
Locality
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saddleworth Moor is a moorland in North West England. Reaching more than 1,312 feet above sea level, it is in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. It is crossed by the A635 road and the Pennine Way passes to its eastern side.
Tintwistle
Village
Tintwistle is a village and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, which had a population of 1,400 at the 2011 census. The village is just north of Glossop at the lower end of Longdendale Valley.
Black Chew Head
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,778 feet
- Description: Hill in the United Kingdom
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Tintwistle, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.51452° or 53° 30′ 52″ northLongitude
-1.91672° or 1° 55′ 0″ westElevation
1,778 feet (542 metres)Open location code
9C5WG37M+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2699889717OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Black Chew Head” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Black Chew Head”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بلاك تشيو هياد”
- Ladin: “Black Chew Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black Chew Head”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Laddow Moss and Near Broadslate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sliddens Moss and Featherbed Moss.
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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 “Black Chew Head”. Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.