Woodhead Tunnel
The Woodhead Tunnels are three parallel trans-Pennine 3-mile-long railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, a former major rail link from Manchester to Sheffield in Northern England.- Type: Tunnel
- Description: railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, in Northern England
- Also known as: “Woodhead Tunnel 3” and “Woodhead Tunnels”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Winscar Reservoir and Lady Cross.
Winscar Reservoir
Reservoir
Winscar Reservoir, is a compensation reservoir on the headwaters of the River Don in South Yorkshire, England. The reservoir is located at Dunford Bridge in Barnsley 25 miles northwest of Sheffield, and is just inside the Peak District National Park on the Pennine watershed.
Lady Cross
Wayside cross
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lady Cross is a wayside cross, which is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Woodhead Tunnel.
Britland Edge Hill
Peak
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Britland Edge Hill is a hill, 523 metres high, in the Peak District in England. It is located on the border of Derbyshire and West Yorkshire. Britland Edge Hill is situated 2 miles northwest of Woodhead Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodhead and Dunford Bridge.
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 1½ miles southwest of Woodhead Tunnel.
Dunford Bridge
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunford Bridge is a remote hamlet in the civil parish of Dunford, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, 1.3 miles from the border with West Yorkshire and 2.3 miles from the border with Derbyshire. Dunford Bridge is situated 1½ miles northeast of Woodhead Tunnel.
Hade Edge
Village
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hade Edge is a small village to the south of Holmfirth and south-west of Hepworth in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the parish of Holme Valley and the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. Hade Edge is situated 3 miles north of Woodhead Tunnel.
Woodhead Tunnel
- Categories: railway tunnel and transportation
- Location: Dunford, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.50634° or 53° 30′ 23″ northLongitude
-1.79759° or 1° 47′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C5WG642+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1090593275OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnelWikidata ID
Q8032727
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Spanish—“Woodhead Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ウッドヘッド・トンネル”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Woodhead-tunnelene”
- Norwegian: “Woodhead-tunnelene”
- Spanish: “Túnel de Woodhead”
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Highlights include Dead Edge End and Upper Windleden Reservoir.
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