Featherbed Moss, Crowden-in-Longdendale

Name: Featherbed Moss
Address: Crowden-in-Longdendale, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Crowden-in-Longdendale

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. ()

Elevation: 1775 ftProminence: 33 ftCoordinates: 53°30'24"N, 1°55'48"W

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Crowden-in-Longdendale United Kingdom

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Featherbed Moss – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

2.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Dovestone Reservoir, Peak District
65 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.
3.5 miW
Lake
Brushes Reservoir, Tameside
89 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.
3.6 miW
Forts and castles
Buckton Castle
93 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.
2.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Hill, Peak District
75 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.
3 miNW
Valley
Greenfield Valley, Diggle
76 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.
0.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Chew Head, Crowden-in-Longdendale
20 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 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Longdendale Trail, Crowden-in-Longdendale
51 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
80 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.
0.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Chew Valley, Crowden-in-Longdendale
22 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.
2.9 miSW
Lake, Dam
Bottoms Reservoir, Peak District
75 min walk • Bottoms Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire, England. It was constructed between 1865 and 1877, by John Frederick Bateman as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
2.7 miNW
Nature area with trails and scenic views
Saddleworth Moor, Peak District
71 min walk • 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Featherbed Moss?

Nearby attractions include Chew Reservoir, Crowden-in-Longdendale (13 min walk), Black Chew Head, Crowden-in-Longdendale (20 min walk), Chew Valley, Crowden-in-Longdendale (22 min walk).