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Greenfield is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Oldham and 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Manchester .
The valley and the surrounding Saddleworth Moor are designated as 'Open Access' land for the public, following the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. [2] Much of Saddleworth Moor is a 9,000 year-old peat landscape of blanket bog. The upper Greenfield Valley is part of the Dark Peak SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest).
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. Lists of islands by country
Saddleworth Cricket Club play home matches at their Well-i-Hole ground in Friezland. They are members of the Greater Manchester Cricket League. [26] Saddleworth Rangers are an amateur rugby league club who play home matches at Greenfield. [27] Saddleworth Clarion is the area's cycling club, catering for on and off-road club cycling [28]
Chew Valley in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England, [1] 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. Part of the higher fringes of the valley towards the peak of Black Chew Head lie across the boundary in Derbyshire.
Dove Stone 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. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire , the reservoir is on the western edge of the Peak District National Park. [ 1 ]
This is a list of the most isolated islands and archipelagos on Earth in terms of distance to another landmass. Many of these islands are of volcanic origin via tectonic plates such as Bouvet Island while others appear from hotspots such as the Azores which was created by the Azores hotspot .
Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia: Overseas Lands of France Rainsford: Boston Harbor, Massachusetts United States Rakahanga: Cook Islands Cook Islands: Ram Island: Stonington, Connecticut United States Rambutyo: Admiralty Islands Papua New Guinea: Ramea Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Ramree Myanmar: Ramshead: Lake Mead, Nevada