C-47A Dakota Skytrain (wreckage)
C-47A Dakota Skytrain (wreckage) is a historic site in Charlesworth, High Peak District, England. C-47A Dakota Skytrain (wreckage) is situated nearby to the historic site Avro Lancaster BMk 10 KB993 (wreckage), as well as near the peak James’s Thorn.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bleaklow and Mossy Lea Reservoir.
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.
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.
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. Featherbed Top is situated 2 miles south of C-47A Dakota Skytrain (wreckage).
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 2½ miles west of C-47A Dakota Skytrain (wreckage).
Crowden-in-Longdendale
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crowden-in-Longdendale is a small and isolated village in the upland valley of Longdendale in Derbyshire. Crowden's main interest to travellers is as the traditional first-night stop on the northbound Pennine Way.
C-47A Dakota Skytrain (wreckage)
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Charlesworth, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.44927° or 53° 26′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.88024° or 1° 52′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C5WC4X9+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 13520437813OpenStreetMap feature
historic=aircraft_wreck
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Avro Lancaster BMk 10 KB993 (wreckage) and James’s Thorn.
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