Little Town
Little Town is a ruins in Whitworth, Rossendale, England. Little Town is situated nearby to Watergrove Reservoir, as well as near the peak Dobbin Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Watergrove Reservoir and Brown Wardle Hill.
Watergrove Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.
Watergrove Reservoir is a reservoir close to Wardle in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. Rochdale Corporation chose Watergrove as a suitable site to build a large reservoir largely to a prolonged drought in the 1930s, resulting in water regularly being bought from Oldham.
Brown Wardle Hill
Peak
Photo: Christopher Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brown Wardle is a hill between the village of Wardle, Greater Manchester and the town of Whitworth, Lancashire, England. The summit is on the border of Greater Manchester and Lancashire and stands 1,314 feet above sea level, making it one of the highest points in Rochdale and Greater Manchester.
Parish Church of St Bartholomew, Whitworth
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Bartholomew, Whitworth is situated 1½ miles west of Little Town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wardle and Whitworth.
Wardle
Village
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Wardle is a village near Littleborough within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the South Pennines, 1.8 miles east-southeast of Whitworth, 2.5 miles north-northwest of Rochdale and 12 miles north-northeast of the city of Manchester.
Whitworth
Town
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Whitworth is a town and civil parish in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, amongst the foothills of the Pennines between Bacup, to the north, and Rochdale, to the south. Whitworth is situated 1½ miles west of Little Town.
Littleborough
Town
Photo: Kram4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester in the North West of England. Its Victorian era town hall is widely recognized as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country. Littleborough is situated 2½ miles southeast of Little Town.
Little Town
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Whitworth, Rossendale, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.66107° or 53° 39′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.13655° or 2° 8′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C5VMV67+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4726195665OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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