Castleshaw
Castleshaw is a hamlet in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England.
Castleshaw is a hamlet in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines, 2.4 miles (3.9 km) north of Uppermill, 3 miles (4.8 km) west-southwest of Marsden, and 5.3 miles (8.5 km) east-northeast of Oldham.
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Worth seeing in and around Castleshaw
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Castleshaw Roman fort
Castleshaw Roman fort was a castellum in the Roman province of Britannia. Although there is no evidence to substantiate the claim, it has been suggested that Castleshaw Roman fort is the site of Rigodunum, a Brigantian settlement.
300 m · Roman fort in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Standedge
Standedge is a moorland escarpment in the Pennine Hills of northern England between Marsden, West Yorkshire and Diggle, Greater Manchester. Standedge has been a major moorland crossing point since Roman times and possibly earlier.
2 km · hill in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Uppermill Civic Hall
Uppermill Civic Hall, also known as Saddleworth Civic Hall, is a municipal building in Lee Street, Uppermill, a village in Greater Manchester in England. The building currently serves as the offices and meeting place of Saddleworth Parish Council.
4 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia - 04Rooden Reservoir
Rooden Reservoir is a reservoir in the Piethorne Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. It is close to Denshaw in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.
3.8 km · reservoir in Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Thomas' Church, Friarmere
St Thomas' Church, Friarmere, also known as Heights Chapel, is a redundant Anglican church standing on a hillside overlooking the village of Delph, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2 km · church in Delph, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St Chad
The Church of St Chad is an Anglican parish church on Church Lane in Uppermill, a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth, within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The church occupies an elevated site overlooking the village and is a Grade II* listed building.
3.2 km · church in Uppermill, Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07The Swan Inn
The Swan Inn is a Grade II listed public house on The Square in Dobcross, a village in Saddleworth within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1765, as indicated by a datestone, the building's upstairs room was used as a magistrates' court in the 18th century.
3.1 km · Grade II listed public house in Dobcross, Saddleworth, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL3 · Wikipedia - 08White Lion Public House
The White Lion is a Grade II listed public house on Delph Lane in Delph, a village in Saddleworth within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the mid to late 18th century, it originated as three separate houses and was in use as an inn by the late 19th century.
2.2 km · Grade II listed public house in Delph, Saddleworth, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Castleshaw
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 32 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 39 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 63 km
- Stations
- Delph railway station, 2.6 km · Diggle railway station, 1.6 km · Dobcross railway station, 3.7 km · Measurements Halt railway station, 3.3 km · Saddleworth railway station, 3.2 km
- Liverpool → Castleshaw68 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · £7–10
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Castleshaw90 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £11–14
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Castleshaw123 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £15–20
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Castleshaw
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Castleshaw. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundthere's a local minibus service that provides journeys to various villages dotted about the valley.
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Next door to Castleshaw
Castleshaw is 19 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Delphvillage in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom2.3 km
- Denshawvillage in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom2.8 km
- Uppermillvillage near Oldham, England3.8 km
- Saddleworthcivil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England3.7 km
- Digglevillage in Saddleworth, Oldham, UK1.6 km
- Greenfieldvillage in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom3.5 km