Wessenden Head Moor
Wessenden Head Moor is a locality in Holme Valley, Kirklees, England. Wessenden Head Moor is situated nearby to the locality Holme Clough Croft, as well as near Broad Slade.Places of Interest
Highlights include Black Hill and Wessenden Head Reservoir.
Black Hill
Peak
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Hill, in the Peak District, is the highest hill in West Yorkshire, England. Its summit rises to an elevation of 582 m above sea level. It is surpassed in height by only two other major summits in the Peak District.
Wessenden Head Reservoir
Reservoir
Wessenden Head Reservoir is the highest in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park.
Wessenden Reservoir
Reservoir
Wessenden Reservoir is the second in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park. Wessenden Reservoir is situated 1½ miles north of Wessenden Head Moor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saddleworth Moor and Holme.
Saddleworth Moor
Locality
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Saddleworth Moor is situated 2½ miles west of Wessenden Head Moor.
Holme
Village
Photo: Richard Harvey, CC BY 2.5.
Holme is a village in the Holme Valley civil parish of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. The village straddles the A6024 road between Holmbridge and Lane village, 2.5 miles south-west of Holmfirth. Holme is situated 2½ miles east of Wessenden Head Moor.
Austonley
Hamlet
Austonley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme Valley, in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, about 2 miles west of Holmfirth. Austonley is situated 3 miles east of Wessenden Head Moor.
Wessenden Head Moor
- Type: Locality
- Location: Holme Valley, Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.55012° or 53° 33′ 0″ northLongitude
-1.90337° or 1° 54′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C5WH32W+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1920546924OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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