Saddleworth Moor
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greenfield Reservoir and Yeoman Hey Reservoir.
Greenfield Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.
Greenfield Reservoir is a reservoir in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, in the English Peak District.
Yeoman Hey Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Eld Surefoot, Public domain.
Yeoman Hey Reservoir is a reservoir in the English Peak District. On its margin is a commemorative stone laid by the King of Tonga in 1981. The reservoir is within the boundaries of Greater Manchester but was formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Saddleworth War Memorial
Obelisk
Photo: Stevekraken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saddleworth War Memorial is an obelisk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uppermill and Diggle.
Uppermill
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uppermill is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Tame in a valley amongst the South Pennines with the Peak District National Park directly to the east, 5 miles east of Oldham and 11 miles northeast of Manchester. Uppermill is situated 2 miles west of Saddleworth Moor.
Diggle
Village
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Diggle is a village in the civil parish of the Saddleworth in Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. The village is situated on the moorlands of the Pennine hills. Diggle is situated 2 miles northwest of Saddleworth Moor.
Greenfield
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenfield is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is 4 miles east of Oldham and 13 miles north-east of Manchester. Greenfield is situated 2 miles southwest of Saddleworth Moor.
Saddleworth Moor
- Type: Locality
- Description: moorland in northwest England
- Categories: mountain and moorland
- Location: Saddleworth, Oldham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.54844° or 53° 32′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.9604° or 1° 57′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C5WG2XQ+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 1067416276OpenStreetMap feature
natural=moorOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q1640131
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Saddleworth Moor” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Pradería de Saddleworth”
- Dutch: “Saddleworth Moor”
- French: “Saddleworth Moor”
- German: “Saddleworth Moor”
- Portuguese: “Saddleworth Moor”
- Spanish: “Pradera de Saddleworth”
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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 “Saddleworth Moor”. Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.