Wessenden Head Reservoir, Marsden

Name: Wessenden Head Reservoir
Address: Marsden, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Marsden

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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. ()

Elevation: 1270 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°33'52"N, 1°53'45"W

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Colne ValleyMarsden United Kingdom

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Wessenden Head Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dovestone Reservoir, Wessenden Reservoir, Saddleworth Museum, Black Hill.

4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Dovestone Reservoir, Peak District
103 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.
0.9 miNW
Lake
Wessenden Reservoir, Marsden
24 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.
4.7 miW
Specialty museum, Museum, Art gallery
Saddleworth Museum, Oldham
121 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.
1.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Hill, Peak District
47 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.
3.2 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Stanza Stones Trail, Marsden
82 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 miSW
Valley
Greenfield Valley, Diggle
77 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.
3.3 miNW
Hill
Standedge, Diggle
84 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.
2 miNW
Valley
Wessenden Valley, Marsden
52 min walk • 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'.
3.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Chew Head, Crowden-in-Longdendale
91 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.
4.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Chew Valley, Crowden-in-Longdendale
112 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.
4.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Featherbed Moss, Crowden-in-Longdendale
108 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.