Wimberry Rocks
Wimberry Rocks is in Tameside, England. Wimberry Rocks is situated nearby to the stone Sugarloaf, as well as near the forest Chew Piece Plantation.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dove Stone Reservoir and Buckton Castle.
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.
Buckton Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckton Castle was a medieval enclosure castle near Carrbrook in Stalybridge, a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it was surrounded by a 2.8-metre-wide stone curtain wall and a ditch 10 metres wide and 6 metres deep. Buckton Castle is situated 2 miles west of Wimberry Rocks.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenfield and Carrbrook.
Greenfield
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenfield is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is 4 miles east of Oldham and 13 miles north-east of Manchester. Greenfield is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wimberry Rocks.
Carrbrook
Village
Photo: Nev1, Public domain.
Carrbrook is a village east of Stalybridge, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, the area still has many seventeenth and eighteenth-century buildings. Carrbrook is situated 2 miles southwest of Wimberry Rocks.
Saddleworth Moor
Locality
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saddleworth Moor is a moorland in North West England. Reaching more than 1,312 feet above sea level, it is in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. It is crossed by the A635 road and the Pennine Way passes to its eastern side. Saddleworth Moor is situated 2 miles north of Wimberry Rocks.
Wimberry Rocks
- Type: Rock
- Also known as: “Wimberry Stones”
- Category: landform
- Location: Tameside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.51844° or 53° 31′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.97659° or 1° 58′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C5WG29F+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 469065719OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rock
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sugarloaf and Chew Piece Plantation.
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