Crook Hill

Crook Hill is a peak in Rochdale, England. Crook Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Bottoms, as well as near the suburb Clough.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Watergrove Reservoir and Walsden railway station.

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.

Walsden railway station

Railway station

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Walsden railway station serves the village of Walsden, Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Pennines. It is served by the Calder Valley line operated by Northern.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Todmorden and Rochdale.

Todmorden

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Todmorden is a pleasant town in Calderdale in West Yorkshire; it is considerably less visited than its better known neighbour, Hebden Bridge. 'Tod' is at the far west of Calderdale, bordering on Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

Rochdale

Photo: G-13114, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester in northwest England, 12 miles north of Manchester city centre. In 2021 it had a population of 111,000, with a similar number in the nearby small towns of Middleton, Milnrow, Wardle, Littleborough and Heywood that together comprise Rochdale Metropolitan Borough.