Standedge Road Cutting
Standedge Road Cutting is a nature reserve in Kirklees, England. Standedge Road Cutting is situated nearby to the locality Cabe Whams, as well as near Lower Knoll.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castleshaw Roman Fort and Standedge.
Castleshaw Roman Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Thomas E Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castleshaw Roman fort was a castellum in the Roman province of Britannia. Although there is no evidence to substantiate the claim, it has been suggested that Castleshaw Roman fort is the site of Rigodunum, a Brigantian settlement.
Standedge
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Standedge is a moorland escarpment in the Pennine Hills of northern England between Marsden, West Yorkshire and Diggle, Greater Manchester. Standedge has been a major moorland crossing point since Roman times and possibly earlier.
Butterley Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Bixintxo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Butterley Reservoir is a reservoir located near Marsden, West Yorkshire, near the Peak District National Park boundary. It was completed in 1906. The reservoir is known for its long stepped spillway, which is grade II listed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marsden and Uppermill.
Marsden
Marsden is a large village in the Colne Valley, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the South Pennines close to the Peak District which lies to the south.
Uppermill
Village
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Uppermill is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Tame in a valley amongst the South Pennines with the Peak District National Park directly to the east, 5 miles east of Oldham and 11 miles northeast of Manchester.
Delph
Village
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Delph is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies amongst the Pennines on the River Tame below the village of Denshaw, four miles east-northeast of Oldham and 1+3⁄4 miles north-northwest of Uppermill.
Standedge Road Cutting
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.5836° or 53° 35′ 1″ northLongitude
-1.9696° or 1° 58′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C5WH2MJ+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1428269753OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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