Standedge
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.Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castleshaw Roman Fort and Kilngreen Church.
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.
Marsden railway station
Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marsden railway station serves the village of Marsden near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. The station is on the Huddersfield Line, operated by Northern and is about 7 miles west of Huddersfield station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marsden and Uppermill.
Marsden
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.
Uppermill
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uppermill is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Tame in a valley amongst the South Pennines with the Peak District National Park directly to the east, 5 miles east of Oldham and 11 miles northeast of Manchester.
Delph
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Delph is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies amongst the Pennines on the River Tame below the village of Denshaw, four miles east-northeast of Oldham and 1+3⁄4 miles north-northwest of Uppermill.
Standedge
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,499 feet
- Description: hill in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Saddleworth, Oldham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5904° or 53° 35′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.9828° or 1° 58′ 58″ westElevation
1,499 feet (457 metres)Open location code
9C5WH2R8+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 286792598OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q3496598
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Standedge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Standedge”
- French: “Standedge”
Localities in the Area
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