Longdendale Chain, Crowden-in-Longdendale

Name: Longdendale Chain
Address: Crowden-in-Longdendale, United Kingdom

#13 among attractions in Crowden-in-Longdendale

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Longdendale Chain, Crowden-in-Longdendale

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The Longdendale Chain is a sequence of six reservoirs on the River Etherow in the Longdendale Valley, in northern Derbyshire. They were constructed between 1848 and 1884 to a design by John Frederick Bateman to supply the growing population of Manchester and Salford with fresh water. ()

Coordinates: 53°29'34"N, 1°51'51"W

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Crowden-in-Longdendale United Kingdom

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Longdendale Chain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bleaklow, Black Hill, Black Chew Head, Longdendale Trail.

2.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bleaklow, Crowden-in-Longdendale
56 min walk • Bleaklow is a high, largely peat-covered, gritstone moorland in the Derbyshire High Peak near the town of Glossop. It is north of Kinder Scout, across the Snake Pass, and south of the A628 Woodhead Pass.
3.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Hill, Peak District
84 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.
2.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Chew Head, Crowden-in-Longdendale
68 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.
2.3 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Longdendale Trail, Crowden-in-Longdendale
58 min walk • The Longdendale Trail is an English long-distance rail trail following the former Woodhead railway line, which ran between Manchester and Sheffield and closed east of Hadfield in 1981.
3.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Chew Valley, Crowden-in-Longdendale
95 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.
2.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Featherbed Moss, Crowden-in-Longdendale
74 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.
3.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Valehouse Reservoir, Crowden-in-Longdendale
92 min walk • Valehouse Reservoir is a man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire. It was built between 1865 and 1869 as part of the Longdendale chain, which was built to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester while maintaining a constant flow into the river.
2.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Britland Edge Hill, Crowden-in-Longdendale
54 min walk • Britland Edge Hill is a hill, 523 metres high, in the Peak District in England. It is located on the border of Derbyshire and West Yorkshire.
1.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Torside Reservoir, Crowden-in-Longdendale
46 min walk • Torside Reservoir is the largest man-made lake in Longdendale in north Derbyshire. It was constructed by John Frederick Bateman between April 1849 and July 1864 as part of the Longdendale chain to supply water from the River Etherow to the urban areas of Greater Manchester.
2.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Holme Moss, Peak District
72 min walk • Holme Moss is high moorland on the border between the Holme Valley district of Kirklees in West Yorkshire and the High Peak district of Derbyshire in England.
3.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Mossy Lea Reservoir, Crowden-in-Longdendale
95 min walk • Mossy Lea Reservoir is a disused reservoir near Glossop, north Derbyshire. In 1837, 50 local millowners and gentlemen, known as the "Glossop Commissioners", obtained an Act of Parliament to construct the Glossop Reservoirs.