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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.
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 Greater Manchester Athletics Association is the governing body of athletics in Greater Manchester, and organises events and competitions within Greater Manchester. [243] The Greater Manchester Marathon is a long-distance running event along a 26-mile and 385-yard course throughout the borough of Trafford. [ 244 ]
The department’s National Interagency Fire Center, which released the maps, points out that much of the U.S. received below normal precipitation in January and that drought had increased ...
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]
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
Middletown police and fire officials are investigating an explosion and fire in the Snowball Gate section of Levittown on Saturday night that has left a family of five homeless.. The Bucks County ...
Prior to Greater Manchester's creation as a ceremonial county in 1974, the first tall building boom in Manchester and Salford occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, with notable buildings including the 118 m (387 ft) tall CIS Tower, which became the tallest building in the United Kingdom when constructed in 1962, [3] and the 107 m (351 ft) tall City ...