Harridge Pike, Tameside

Name: Harridge Pike
Address: Tameside, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Tameside

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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. To the east, the pike falls away more gradually to Swineshaw Moor which, above the Swineshaw reservoirs, rises to Irontongue Hill, a broad shoulder of Hoarstone Edge. Since 2004, the moorland in the area of the pike has been classed as access land. From the summit of Harridge Pike, a view is afforded of the middle section of the Tame valley and the whole of the town of Stalybridge, large swathes of the eastern suburbs of Manchester and beyond to Manchester city centre, where its town hall is visible. On exceptionally clear days the mountains of Snowdonia are visible. ()

Coordinates: 53°29'45"N, 2°0'51"W

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Tameside (Stalybridge South)Tameside United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Walkerwood Reservoir, Brushes Reservoir, Wild Bank, Buckton Castle.

0.6 miS
Lake
Walkerwood Reservoir, Tameside
16 min walk • Walkerwood Reservoir is a reservoir in the Brushes valley above Stalybridge in Greater Manchester, built in the 19th century to provide a supply of safe drinking water. It is owned and operated by United Utilities.
0.5 miSE
Lake
Brushes Reservoir, Tameside
14 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.
1.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wild Bank
31 min walk • Wild Bank is a hill in Stalybridge, just outside the Peak District National Park. Its western flank rises from the valley of the River Tame to a height of 399 metres.
1.1 miN
Forts and castles
Buckton Castle
28 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.
1.1 miW
Canal
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon, Stalybridge
28 min walk • The Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon, is an electricity pylon which stands with its feet over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Heyrod, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
1.3 miSW
Neighbourhood
Copley, Stalybridge
34 min walk • Copley is an area of the town of Stalybridge, at the foot of the Pennines, 8 miles east of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. The area has a local secondary school, Copley Academy, which is attached to a local recreational centre and swimming pool.
1.1 miNW
Neighbourhood
Heyheads, Mossley
29 min walk • Heyheads is the easternmost area of Stalybridge, in Greater Manchester, England. The area includes the sixteenth century Grade II listed Nos 1, 2 and 3 Moorgate Farmhouse and adjoining barn and shippon buildings. Boundary cottages mark the boundary between Stalybridge and Mossley and the historic boundary between Cheshire and Lancashire.