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Black Chew Head in Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is the highest point or county top of Greater Manchester in northern England. It stands on moorland on the edge of the Peak District at a height of 542 m (1,778 ft) above sea level, close to the border with the High Peak district of Derbyshire.
Black Chew Head is the highest point of Greater Manchester, rising 542 metres (1,778 ft) above sea-level, within the parish of Saddleworth. [2] Chat Moss at 10.6 square miles (27 km 2) comprises the largest area of Grade 1 and 2 farmland in Greater Manchester and contains the largest block of semi-natural woodland in the county. [3]
Black Chew Head is the highest point in Greater Manchester which forms part of the Peak District National Park, rising 1,778 ft (542 m) above sea-level, within the parish of Saddleworth. [85]
High Willhays: 9 West Yorkshire: 582 165 Black Hill: 10 Cheshire: 559 236 Shining Tor: 11 South Yorkshire: 548 53 High Stones: 12 Greater Manchester: 542 34 Black Chew Head: 13 Shropshire: 540 373 Brown Clee Hill: 14 Staffordshire: 520 0 Cheeks Point on Cheeks Hill [4: 15 Somerset: 519 414 Dunkery Beacon: 16
The national park covers 555 square miles (1,440 km 2), [16] including most of the region in Derbyshire and extends into Staffordshire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and South and West Yorkshire. Its northern limit is on a track near Deer Hill in Meltham ; its southernmost point is on the A52 road near Ashbourne .
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said a "request to the military for extra support" was being prepared "so there is a back-up plan" to support firefighters [14] and the military have been brought in. [15] As a peat moor, the fire burns primarily underground before setting different parts of the moor alight, which makes it particularly hard ...
The Chew Brook begins as a small stream on the western slopes of Black Chew Head, part of Saddleworth Moor and the highest point of Greater Manchester. [1] Travelling westward down the slope, it is joined by several other streams including the Black Chew Grain.
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