Windgate Edge

Places of Interest

Black Chew Head

Peak

Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Black Chew Head in Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is the highest point or county top of Greater Manchester in northern England. It stands on moorland on the edge of the Peak District at a height of 542 m above sea level, close to the border with the High Peak district of Derbyshire.

Chew Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Robmiles79, Public domain.

Chew Reservoir is a reservoir at the head of the Chew Valley in the Peak District National Park in Greater Manchester, England. The reservoir scheme in the Greenfield and Chew Valleys by the Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Dukinfield Waterworks Joint Committee commenced in 1870.

Rhodeswood Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rhodeswood Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between 1849 and June 1855 as part of the Longdendale Chain of reservoirs to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.

Places in the Area

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.

Glossop

Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.

Glossop is a town of 33,000 people on the edge of the Peak District. It lies in the county of Derbyshire, which is part of the East Midlands.

Hadfield

Town

Photo: Mikey, CC BY 2.0.

Hadfield is a town in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England; it had a population of 6,763 at the 2021 Census. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow, near to the border with Greater Manchester, at the western edge of the Peak District and close to Glossop.

Windgate Edge

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Peaks to Discover

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