| Saddleworth Moor | |
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 Saddleworth Moor towards the Wessenden Valley |
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| Elevation | |
| Location | Northern England |
| Range | South Pennines |
| Easiest route | Pennine Way |
Saddleworth Moor is an area of the South Pennines in northern England. It is a sparsely populated moorland and millstone grit divided between the metropolian boroughs of Oldham and Kirklees, in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire respectively.
Deep valleys cut into the landscape of Saddleworth Moor, traversed by A roads between the Greater Manchester Urban Area and the West Yorkshire Urban Area.
The moor became infamous as the burial site of a number of the victims of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. As a result, the crimes were dubbed the Moors murders.
The Pennine Way arrives from the Wessenden valley to the north and crosses the moor on its ascent to Black Hill on Holme Moss to the south.
The A635 road, known locally as the Isle of Skye road, passes across the moor. It takes its name from a public house which was sited at Wessenden Head before it was demolished after a fire.
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Coordinates: 53°32′36″N 1°57′21″W / 53.54333°N 1.95583°W
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