March Hill

Places of Interest

Standedge

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Standedge is a moorland escarpment in the Pennine Hills of northern England between Marsden, West Yorkshire and Diggle, Greater Manchester. Standedge has been a major moorland crossing point since Roman times and possibly earlier.

Castleshaw Roman Fort

Archaeological site

Photo: Thomas E Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castleshaw Roman fort was a castellum in the Roman province of Britannia. Although there is no evidence to substantiate the claim, it has been suggested that Castleshaw Roman fort is the site of Rigodunum, a Brigantian settlement.

Booth Wood Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: andrew ringrose, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Booth Wood Reservoir is a man-made upland reservoir that lies north of the M62 motorway and south of the A672 road near to Rishworth and Ripponden in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.

Places in the Area

Marsden

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Marsden is a large village in the Colne Valley, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the South Pennines close to the Peak District which lies to the south.

Denshaw

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Denshaw is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies by the source of the River Tame, high amongst the Pennines above the village of Delph, 4.6 miles northeast of Oldham, 3.3 miles north-northwest of Uppermill and Shaw and Crompton.

Castleshaw

Hamlet

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castleshaw is a hamlet in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines, 2.4 miles north of Uppermill, 3 miles west-southwest of Marsden, and 5.3 miles east-northeast of Oldham.

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