Black Chew Head
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Black Chew Head | |
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Elevation | 542 m (1,778 ft) |
Location | Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England |
Range | Peak District (Dark Peak) |
Prominence | c. 37 m |
Coordinates | Coordinates: |
OS grid reference | SE056019 |
Listing | County top |
Black Chew Head is the highest point (or county top) of Greater Manchester, and forms part of the Peak District, in northern England.
Lying within the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, close to Crowden, Derbyshire, it stands at a height of 542 metres above sea level.
Black Chew Head is an outlying part of the Black Hill and overlooks the Chew Valley, which leads to the Dovestones Reservoir.