Wessenden Valley, Marsden

Name: Wessenden Valley
Address: Marsden, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Marsden

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The Wessenden Valley is a moorland valley in the Dark Peak, immediately south of Marsden in West Yorkshire, England. The name Wessenden derives from Old English and means the 'valley with rock suitable for whetstones'. The valley was formed by retreating glaciers at the end of the last ice age and continues to be cut by the Wessenden Brook a tributary of the River Colne with a catchment of 6.28 square miles. ()

Coordinates: 53°35'10"N, 1°55'44"W

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Colne ValleyMarsden United Kingdom

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Wessenden Valley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dovestone Reservoir, Wessenden Head Reservoir, Wessenden Reservoir, Saddleworth Museum.

4.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Dovestone Reservoir, Peak District
109 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.
2 miSE
Lake
Wessenden Head Reservoir, Marsden
52 min walk • Wessenden Head Reservoir is the highest in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park.
1.1 miSE
Lake
Wessenden Reservoir, Marsden
28 min walk • Wessenden Reservoir is the second in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park.
4.2 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, Art gallery
Saddleworth Museum, Oldham
107 min walk • Saddleworth Museum is an independent museum in Uppermill village, Saddleworth, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is a registered charity and was accredited by the MLA.
4.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Booth Wood Reservoir
106 min walk • Booth Wood Reservoir is a man-made upland reservoir that lies north of the M62 motorway and south of the A672 road near to Rishworth and Ripponden in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.
3.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Hill, Peak District
96 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.
1.2 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Stanza Stones Trail, Marsden
32 min walk • The Stanza Stones Trail is a 47-mile walking route from Marsden to Ilkley, along the Pennine watershed in northern England, linking six poems by Simon Armitage which have been carved into stone.
3.1 miSW
Valley
Greenfield Valley, Diggle
80 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.
4.1 miW
Church
St Thomas' Church
105 min walk • St Thomas' Church, Friarmere, also known as Heights Chapel, is a redundant Anglican church standing on a hillside overlooking the village of Delph, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
1.7 miW
Hill
Standedge, Diggle
43 min walk • Standedge is a moorland escarpment in the Pennine Hills of northern England between Marsden, West Yorkshire and Diggle, Greater Manchester. Standedge has been a major moorland crossing point since Roman times and possibly earlier.
4.6 miSW
Canal
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Huddersfield
119 min walk • The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is an inland waterway in northern England. It runs just under 20 miles from Lock 1E at the rear of the University of Huddersfield campus, near Aspley Basin in Huddersfield, to the junction with the Ashton Canal at Whitelands Basin in Ashton-under-Lyne.