Townhead
Townhead is a hamlet in Dunford, Barnsley, England. Townhead is situated nearby to the locality Dick Royd, as well as near the hamlet Dunford Bridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Winscar Reservoir and Boshaw Whams Reservoir.
Winscar Reservoir
Reservoir
Winscar Reservoir, is a compensation reservoir on the headwaters of the River Don in South Yorkshire, England. The reservoir is located at Dunford Bridge in Barnsley 25 miles northwest of Sheffield, and is just inside the Peak District National Park on the Pennine watershed.
Boshaw Whams Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boshaw Whams Reservoir is an upland waterbody near to the village of Hade Edge, in West Yorkshire, England. The site was originally built in 1840 to keep a supply of water for mill-owners downstream, but is now owned by Yorkshire Water but still used as a compensation reservoir for river water levels. Boshaw Whams Reservoir is situated 2 miles northwest of Townhead.
Woodhead Tunnel
Tunnel
The Woodhead Tunnels are three parallel trans-Pennine 3-mile-long railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, a former major rail link from Manchester to Sheffield in Northern England. Woodhead Tunnel is situated 2 miles southwest of Townhead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunford Bridge and Carlecotes.
Dunford Bridge
Hamlet
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Dunford Bridge is a remote hamlet in the civil parish of Dunford, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, 1.3 miles from the border with West Yorkshire and 2.3 miles from the border with Derbyshire.
Carlecotes
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carlecotes is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Carlecotes is within Dunford civil parish. The village is situated at the eastern edge of the Peak District National Park, approximately 4 miles west from Penistone, and just over 1 mile north from the A628 road.
Crow Edge
Hamlet
Crow Edge is a hamlet in Dunford civil parish, situated on the A616, in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Crow Edge is situated 1½ miles northeast of Townhead.
Townhead
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Dunford, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.52185° or 53° 31′ 19″ northLongitude
-1.75282° or 1° 45′ 10″ westElevation
1,047 feet (319 metres)Open location code
9C5WG6CW+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 5790953913OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13280353
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