Bleaklow Hill
Bleaklow Hill is a locality in Charlesworth, High Peak District, England. Bleaklow Hill is situated nearby to the locality Far Moss, as well as near The Swamp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bleaklow and Woodhead Reservoir.
Bleaklow
Peak
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bleaklow is a high, largely peat-covered, gritstone moorland in the Derbyshire High Peak near the town of Glossop. It is north of Kinder Scout, across the Snake Pass, and south of the A628 Woodhead Pass.
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 2½ miles north of Bleaklow Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodhead and Snake Pass.
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 2 miles north of Bleaklow Hill.
Snake Pass
Locality
Photo: Paul Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snake Pass is a hill pass in the Derbyshire section of the Peak District, crossing the Pennines between Glossop and the Ladybower Reservoir at Ashopton. Snake Pass is situated 2½ miles southwest of Bleaklow Hill.
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.
Bleaklow Hill
Latitude
53.46378° or 53° 27′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.84271° or 1° 50′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C5WF574+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 3649614747OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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