Devils Elbow

Devils Elbow is a locality in England, United Kingdom. Devils Elbow is situated nearby to the locality Nell’s Pike, as well as near the hamlet Little Padfield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Valehouse Reservoir and Rhodeswood Reservoir.

Valehouse Reservoir

Reservoir

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Valehouse Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was built between 1865 and 1869 as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs, which was built to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester, while maintaining a constant flow into the river.

Rhodeswood Reservoir

Reservoir

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Rhodeswood Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between 1849 and June 1855 as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.

Swineshaw Reservoir

Reservoir

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Swineshaw Reservoir is a 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Padfield and Old Glossop.

Padfield

Village

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Padfield is a small village near Hadfield in High Peak, Derbyshire, England. The village is on the west side of the Peak District National Park, and the nearest town is Glossop, where many local amenities and services are based.

Old Glossop

Suburb

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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.

Hadfield

Town

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Hadfield is a town in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England; it had a population of 6,763 at the 2021 Census. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow, near to the border with Greater Manchester, at the western edge of the Peak District and close to Glossop.

Devils Elbow

Type: Locality
Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.47043° or 53° 28′ 14″ north

Longitude

-1.93648° or 1° 56′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C5WF3C7+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2135287377

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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