Crowden Meadows

Crowden Meadows is a locality in Tintwistle, High Peak District, England. Crowden Meadows is situated near the locality Roundhill Moss, as well as near Wiggin Clough.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Black Hill and Black Chew Head.

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.

Black Chew Head

Peak

Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Black Chew Head in Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is the highest point or county top of Greater Manchester in northern England. It stands on moorland on the edge of the Peak District at a height of 542 m above sea level, close to the border with the High Peak district of Derbyshire.

Woodhead Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Siobhan Brennan-Raymond, CC BY 2.0.

Woodhead reservoir is a man-made lake near the hamlet of Woodhead in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between 1847 and June 1877 as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester. Woodhead Reservoir is situated 2 miles southeast of Crowden Meadows.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crowden-in-Longdendale and Holme.

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.

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 3 miles northeast of Crowden Meadows.

Woodhead

Locality

Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Woodhead is a small and scattered settlement at the head of the Longdendale valley in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the trans-Pennine A628 road connecting Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire, 6 miles north of Glossop, 19 miles east of Manchester and 18 miles west of Barnsley. Woodhead is situated 3 miles southeast of Crowden Meadows.

Crowden Meadows

Type: Locality
Location: Tintwistle, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.52175° or 53° 31′ 18″ north

Longitude

-1.88885° or 1° 53′ 20″ west

Open location code

9C5WG4C6+MF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2699889705

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Roundhill Moss and Wiggin Clough.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sliddens Moss and Gloster Meteor WA791 and VZ518 (wreckage).

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