Heyheads, Mossley

#1 among attractions in Mossley

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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. Modern Housing was built on Huddersfield Road in the 1970. With a further estate built close to Moorgate in the 1990s. ()

Coordinates: 53°30'35"N, 2°1'42"W

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Tameside (Stalybridge North)Mossley United Kingdom

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Heyheads – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dovestone Reservoir, Walkerwood Reservoir, Stamford Park, Saddleworth Museum.

2.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Dovestone Reservoir, Peak District
67 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.
1.5 miS
Lake
Walkerwood Reservoir, Tameside
40 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.
2.1 miSW
Park
Stamford Park, Stalybridge
54 min walk • Stamford Park is a park in Stalybridge, Tameside, Greater Manchester. The park was Grade II listed with Historic England in 1986.
2.7 miN
Specialty museum, Museum, Art gallery
Saddleworth Museum, Oldham
70 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.
1.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, View point
Hartshead Pike, Ashton-under-Lyne
38 min walk • Hartshead Pike is a hill in Tameside in Greater Manchester, England, and its name is associated with the monument on its summit. It overlooks Ashton-under-Lyne, Mossley, Saddleworth, Lees and Oldham. On a clear day you can get views of Manchester, Cheshire and Snowdonia in Wales.
1.6 miSE
Lake
Brushes Reservoir, Tameside
42 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.
2.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wild Bank
56 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.
0.4 miE
Forts and castles
Buckton Castle
12 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.
2.6 miNW
Area
Lees, Oldham
66 min walk • Lees is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, amongst the Pennines east of the River Medlock, 1.8 miles east of Oldham, and 8.2 miles northeast of Manchester.
1.1 miSE
Mountain
Harridge Pike, Tameside
29 min walk • 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.
2.1 miNE
Canal
Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Huddersfield
54 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.