Chew Reservoir, Crowden-in-Longdendale

Name: Chew Reservoir
Address: Crowden-in-Longdendale, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Crowden-in-Longdendale

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Chew Reservoir is a reservoir at the head of the Chew Valley in the Peak District National Park in Greater Manchester, England. ()

Elevation: 1699 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°30'36"N, 1°56'24"W

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Crowden-in-Longdendale United Kingdom

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Chew Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dovestone Reservoir, Brushes Reservoir, Buckton Castle, Black Hill.

2.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Dovestone Reservoir, Peak District
53 min walk • Dovestone 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. The reservoir is on the western edge of the Peak District National Park.
3.2 miSW
Lake
Brushes Reservoir, Tameside
82 min walk • Brushes Reservoir is the second lowest reservoir of a series of four in the Brushes valley above Stalybridge in Greater Manchester. It was built in the 19th century to provide a supply of safe drinking water. It is owned and operated by United Utilities. The reservoir dam consists of a clay core within an earth embankment.
3.2 miW
Forts and castles
Buckton Castle
82 min walk • Buckton Castle was a medieval enclosure castle near Carrbrook in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England. It was surrounded by a 2.8-metre-wide stone curtain wall and a ditch 10 metres wide by 6 metres deep.
3.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Hill, Peak District
78 min walk • Black Hill, in the Peak District, is the highest hill in West Yorkshire, England. Its summit has a maximum elevation of 582 m above sea level. It is surpassed in height by only two other major summits in the Peak District. Black Hill is a typical Pennine moorland mountain, with a very flat and extensive plateau.
2.6 miN
Valley
Greenfield Valley, Diggle
66 min walk • Greenfield Valley is a river valley through Saddleworth Moor in England's Peak District National Park. Historically this area of the South Pennines was part of Yorkshire but since 1974 it has been within the eastern edge of the county of Greater Manchester.
3.2 miW
Mountain
Harridge Pike, Tameside
82 min walk • Harridge Pike is a hill situated within the boundaries of Stalybridge, Greater Manchester just outside the Peak District National Park. Its western flank rises from the valley of the River Tame to a height of 395 metres.
1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Chew Head, Crowden-in-Longdendale
26 min walk • Black Chew Head in Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is the highest point or county top of Greater Manchester in northern England.
2.4 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Longdendale Trail, Crowden-in-Longdendale
61 min walk • The Longdendale Trail is an English long-distance rail trail following the former Woodhead railway line, which ran between Manchester and Sheffield and closed east of Hadfield in 1981.
3.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Arnfield Reservoir
78 min walk • Arnfield Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire. It was constructed in 1854 as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
0.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Chew Valley, Crowden-in-Longdendale
11 min walk • Chew Valley in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England, follows the course of Chew Brook on the western slopes of Black Chew Head to where it joins the River Tame at Greenfield, east of Manchester.
0.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Featherbed Moss, Crowden-in-Longdendale
13 min walk • 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.