Old Woman
Old Woman is a locality in Hope Woodlands, High Peak District, England. Old Woman is situated nearby to the locality Snake Pass, as well as near Gathering Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Featherbed Top and Bleaklow.
Featherbed Top
Peak
Photo: Chris Wimbush, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Featherbed Top is an open, flat-topped hill, 544 metres high, in the Peak District in the county of Derbyshire in England.
Bleaklow
Peak
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bleaklow is a high, largely peat-covered, gritstone moorland in the Derbyshire High Peak near the town of Glossop. It is north of Kinder Scout, across the Snake Pass, and south of the A628 Woodhead Pass. Bleaklow is situated 1½ miles north of Old Woman.
Mossy Lea Reservoir
Reservoir
Mossy Lea Reservoir is a disused reservoir near Glossop, north Derbyshire. In 1837, 50 local millowners and gentlemen, known as the "Commissioners of the Glossop Reservoirs", obtained an act of Parliament, the Glossop Reservoirs Act 1837, to construct the Glossop Reservoirs. Mossy Lea Reservoir is situated 2 miles west of Old Woman.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Snake Pass and Old Glossop.
Snake Pass
Locality
Photo: Paul Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snake Pass is a hill pass in the Derbyshire section of the Peak District, crossing the Pennines between Glossop and the Ladybower Reservoir at Ashopton.
Old Glossop
Suburb
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Glossop is a village and the original part of the town of Glossop in the High Peak area of Derbyshire, England, about 15 miles east of Manchester and 23 miles west of Sheffield. Old Glossop is situated 3 miles west of Old Woman.
Alport Castles
Locality
The Alport Castles are a landslip feature in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire. At over half a mile long, it is thought to be the largest landslide in the United Kingdom. Alport Castles is situated 3½ miles east of Old Woman.
Old Woman
Latitude
53.43664° or 53° 26′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.86628° or 1° 51′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C5WC4PM+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 13480081768OpenStreetMap feature
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