Chew Reservoir
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.Photo: Robmiles79, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Black Chew Head and Dove Stone Reservoir.
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.
Dove Stone Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Ian Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dove Stone Reservoir lies at the convergence of the valleys of the Greenfield and Chew Brooks above the village of Greenfield, on Saddleworth Moor in Greater Manchester, England.
Featherbed Moss
Peak
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Featherbed Moss is a flat-topped hill, 541 metres high, in the Peak District in the county of Derbyshire in England. It is sometimes mistakenly thought to be a joint county top.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crowden-in-Longdendale and Uppermill.
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.
Uppermill
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Mossley
Town
Photo: G-Man, Public domain.
Mossley is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, 3 miles south-east of Oldham and 9 miles east of Manchester.
Chew Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Saddleworth, Oldham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.5157° or 53° 30′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.9425° or 1° 56′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C5WG385+72OpenStreetMap ID
way 23490950OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q5094490
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In Other Languages
“Chew Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Chew Reservoir”
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