Rakewood
Rakewood is a hamlet in Rochdale, England. Rakewood is situated nearby to the village Smithy Bridge, as well as near the town Littleborough.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hollingworth Lake and Whittaker Wood.
Hollingworth Lake
Lake
Photo: Carelesshx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hollingworth Lake is a 130-acre reservoir at Smithy Bridge in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England. It was originally built as the main water source for the Rochdale Canal, but developed as a tourist resort from the 1860s.
Whittaker Wood
Forest
Whittaker Wood is a woodland in Greater Manchester, England, near Littleborough. It covers a total area of 1.88 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.
Ogden Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.
Ogden Reservoir is a reservoir in the Piethorne Valley, close to Milnrow and Newhey in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smithy Bridge and Littleborough.
Smithy Bridge
Village
Photo: Paul Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smithy Bridge is a suburb of Littleborough in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Hollingworth Lake Country Park is close by.
Littleborough
Town
Photo: Kram4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester in the North West of England. Its Victorian era town hall is widely recognized as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country.
Milnrow
Town
Photo: Andrewlee1967, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Milnrow is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, and forms a continuous urban area with Rochdale.
Rakewood
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Rochdale, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.62355° or 53° 37′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.08493° or 2° 5′ 6″ westElevation
587 feet (179 metres)Open location code
9C5VJWF8+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 29884439OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13279684
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