West Pennine Moors
The West Pennine Moors is an area of the Pennines covering approximately 90 square miles of moorland and reservoirs in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Entwistle railway station and Turton Tower.
Entwistle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paul Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Entwistle railway station is 5+3⁄4 miles north of Bolton and serves the village of Entwistle. It is also the closest station to Edgworth. Owing to the remote location and low passenger numbers, Entwistle was a request stop for several years.
Turton Tower
Photo: Austen Redman, CC BY 2.5.
Turton Tower is a manor house in Chapeltown in North Turton, Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade I listed building.
Turton and Entwistle Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Liz Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Turton and Entwistle Reservoir is a water reservoir in the village of Edgworth, Lancashire, England. The reservoir's existence is due to the Entwistle Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Darwen and Ramsbottom.
Darwen
Town
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners".
Ramsbottom
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bury is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. Bury is a former mill town known for manufacturing textiles.
Edgworth
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edgworth is a small village in the civil parish of North Turton, in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is between Broadhead Brook on the west and Quarlton Brook in the south east.
West Pennine Moors
- Type: Forest
- Description: area of the Pennines in north west England
- Category: moorland
- Location: North Turton, Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.6525° or 53° 39′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.4074° or 2° 24′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C5VMH3V+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 3761714557OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodWikidata ID
Q7986192
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“West Pennine Moors” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西奔宁沼地”
- French: “West Pennine Moors”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Entwistle and Edge Fold.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wayoh Reservoir and Entwistle Hall Bridge.
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