Hartshead Pike, Ashton-under-Lyne

Name: Hartshead Pike
Address: Hartshead Pike, Ashton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Ashton-under-Lyne

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Hartshead Pike is a hill in Tameside in Greater Manchester, England, and its name is associated with the monument on its summit. It overlooks Ashton-under-Lyne, Mossley, Saddleworth, Lees and Oldham. On a clear day you can get views of Manchester, Cheshire and Snowdonia in Wales. Hartshead Pike Tower has been a Grade II listed building since 1967. ()

Elevation: 876 ftCoordinates: 53°31'6"N, 2°3'39"W

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Hartshead PikeTameside (Mossley)Ashton-under-Lyne United Kingdom

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Day trips

Hartshead Pike – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ashton Arcades, Ashton Town Hall, Stamford Park, Alexandra Park.

2.5 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Ashton Arcades, Ashton-under-Lyne
63 min walk • The Ashton Arcades, also known locally as just Arcades, is a medium-sized shopping centre located in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. It currently has over 40 stores over two floors and a multi-storey car park for customers.
2.4 miSW
City hall
Ashton Town Hall, Tameside
61 min walk • Ashton Town Hall is a public building on Katherine Street in Ashton-under-Lyne. It is a Grade II listed building.
1.9 miS
Park
Stamford Park, Stalybridge
50 min walk • Stamford Park is a park in Stalybridge, Tameside, Greater Manchester. The park was Grade II listed with Historic England in 1986.
2.1 miNW
Park
Alexandra Park, Oldham
54 min walk • Alexandra Park is a public park in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It was created in response to the Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861–1865 as an attempt to keep local textile workers employed. The park is located in the Glodwick area of Oldham.
2.5 miNW
Art gallery, Museum, Art museum
Gallery Oldham, Oldham
64 min walk • Gallery Oldham is a free-to-view public museum and art gallery in the Cultural Quarter of central Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England.
1.8 miE
Forts and castles
Buckton Castle
47 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.
1.4 miN
Area
Lees, Oldham
36 min walk • Lees is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, amongst the Pennines east of the River Medlock, 1.8 miles east of Oldham, and 8.2 miles northeast of Manchester.
2.4 miSW
Church
Grade I listed churches in Greater Manchester, Ashton-under-Lyne
62 min walk • Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England. It was created by the Local Government Act 1972, and consists of the metropolitan boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan and the cities of Manchester and Salford.
2.4 miNW
Church
St James' Church, Oldham
61 min walk • St James' Church is in Barry Street, Greenacres Moor, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Oldham East, the archdeaconry of Rochdale, and the diocese of Manchester.
2.4 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
62 min walk • St. Michael's Church is an Anglican parish church in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The church is a Grade I Listed Building. The church dates back to at least 1262, and a church on the site was mentioned in the Domesday Book.
2.1 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St George's Church, Stalybridge
55 min walk • St George's Church is in Church Walk, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ashton-under-Lyne, the archdeaconry of Rochdale and the diocese of Manchester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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How to get to Hartshead Pike by public transport?

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Train

Mossley (22 min walk)