Digley Reservoir, Holmfirth

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Digley Reservoir is a lake located downstream of Bilberry Reservoir, 2 miles south west of Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire, England. The reservoir was planned during the 1930s, with much land being bought for its construction, but it was not completed until 1954. ()

Coordinates: 53°33'35"N, 1°50'16"W

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Holme Valley SouthHolmfirth United Kingdom

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Digley Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wessenden Head Reservoir, Church of St Thomas, Wessenden Reservoir, Black Hill.

2.4 miW
Lake
Wessenden Head Reservoir, Marsden
62 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.
4.3 miNE
Church
Church of St Thomas
109 min walk • The Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland, West Yorkshire, England, is an Anglican church. It is an Arts and Crafts building in Gothic Revival style, designed by James Mallinson and William Swinden Barber, and completed in 1870.
3.2 miW
Lake
Wessenden Reservoir, Marsden
82 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.
2.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Hill, Peak District
61 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.
5.4 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Stanza Stones Trail, Marsden
138 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.
4.2 miNW
Valley
Wessenden Valley, Marsden
106 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'.
4.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Chew Head, Crowden-in-Longdendale
116 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.
2.2 miE
Park
Pennine Cycleway, Holmfirth
57 min walk • The Pennine Cycleway is a Sustrans-sponsored route in the Pennines range in northern England, an area often called the "backbone of England".
6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Myers Wood
153 min walk • Myers Wood is a wooded area in the village of Kirkburton, West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of a heavily forested area to the west of the village, occupying the rise in the valley leading up to Storthes Hall and beyond.
5 miW
Nature area with trails and scenic views
Saddleworth Moor, Peak District
127 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.
2.5 miNE
Memorial
Holme Valley War Memorial, Holmfirth
65 min walk • Holme Valley War Memorial is a war memorial in the grounds of the Holme Valley Memorial Hospital Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, in England. It was unveiled in July 1921, by Colonel H. R. Headlam, who had previously commanded the 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment.