M62 Summit

M62 Summit is a locality in Ripponden, Calderdale, England. M62 Summit is situated near the locality Little Wolden Edge, as well as near Bleakedgate Moor.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Green Withens Reservoir and Blackstone Edge.

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.

Blackstone Edge

Peak

Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blackstone Edge is a gritstone escarpment at 472 metres above sea level in the Pennine hills surrounded by moorland on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire in England.

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 1½ miles southwest of M62 Summit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Denshaw and Littleborough.

Denshaw

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 3 miles south of M62 Summit.

Littleborough

Town

Photo: Kram4, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester in northwest England, 12 miles north of Manchester city centre. In 2021 it had a population of 111,000, with a similar number in the nearby small towns of Middleton, Milnrow, Wardle, Littleborough and Heywood that together comprise Rochdale Metropolitan Borough. Littleborough is situated 3 miles west of M62 Summit.

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 M62 Summit.

M62 Summit

Type: Locality
Category: mountain saddle
Location: Ripponden, Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.62982° or 53° 37′ 47″ north

Longitude

-2.01856° or 2° 1′ 7″ west

Elevation

1,220 feet (372 metres)

Open location code

9C5VJXHJ+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1002999549

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Little Wolden Edge and Bleakedgate Moor.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Spa Clough Reservoir and Way Stone Edge - Moss Moor.

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Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.

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