Staups Dam

Staups Dam is a reservoir in Blackshaw, Calderdale, England. Staups Dam is situated nearby to the hamlet Upper Eastwood, as well as near the village Blackshaw Head.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stoodley Pike and Todmorden railway station.

Stoodley Pike

Peak

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Stoodley Pike is a 1,300-foot hill in the south Pennines in West Yorkshire in northern England. It is noted for the 121-foot Stoodley Pike Monument at its summit, which dominates the skyline above the market town of Todmorden and the moors of the upper Calder Valley.

Todmorden railway station

Railway station

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Todmorden railway station serves the town of Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England, originally on the Yorkshire and Lancashire border. It was built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway and is on the Calder Valley line 23 miles west of Leeds and 17 miles north-east of Manchester Victoria.

Hebden Bridge railway station

Railway station

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Hebden Bridge railway station serves the town of Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, England. The station is on the Calder Valley line, operated by Northern since April 2016, from York and Leeds towards Manchester Victoria and Preston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Todmorden and Hebden Bridge.

Todmorden

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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.

Hebden Bridge

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Hebden Bridge is an old mill town in West Yorkshire. It is set in the deep cleft of a heavily wooded steep-sided valley, with a river, Hebden Water, running through it, crossed by the packhorse bridge that gives the town its name.