Dowry Castle

Dowry Castle is a ruins in Saddleworth, Oldham, England. Dowry Castle is situated nearby to Dowry Reservoir, as well as near Crook Gate Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rooden Reservoir and Hanging Lees Reservoir.

Rooden Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.

Rooden Reservoir is a reservoir in the Piethorne Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. It is close to Denshaw in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.

Hanging Lees Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.

Hanging Lees Reservoir is a small reservoir in the Piethorne Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. It is situated between Rooden and Piethorne Reservoirs. The area around the reservoir has trails for walking.

Denshaw Oddfellows Lodge

Pub

Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Denshaw Oddfellows Lodge is a pub, which is situated 1 mile southwest of Dowry Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Denshaw and Castleshaw.

Denshaw

Village

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Denshaw is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies by the source of the River Tame, high amongst the Pennines above the village of Delph, 4.6 miles northeast of Oldham, 3.3 miles north-northwest of Uppermill and Shaw and Crompton.

Castleshaw is a hamlet in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines, 2.4 miles north of Uppermill, 3 miles west-southwest of Marsden, and 5.3 miles east-northeast of Oldham. Castleshaw is situated 1½ miles southeast of Dowry Castle.

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. Delph is situated 2 miles south of Dowry Castle.

Dowry Castle

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Saddleworth, Oldham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.6004° or 53° 36′ 1″ north

Longitude

-2.02263° or 2° 1′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C5VJX2G+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 555828074

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Notable Places Nearby

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