Castleshaw
Sign in to saveCastleshaw is a hamlet in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines, north of Uppermill, west-southwest of Marsden, and east-northeast of Oldham.
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- Instance of
- hamlet
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Saddleworth
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- Castleshaw, Bleak Hey Nook Lane (geograph 3042225).jpg
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- Commons category
- Castleshaw
- OS grid reference
- SE000096
- postal code
- OL3
- historic county
- Yorkshire
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Castleshaw is a hamlet in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines, north of Uppermill, west-southwest of Marsden, and east-northeast of Oldham.
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Castleshaw is most notable for the Castleshaw Roman fort, the remains of an ancient castrum. There are two reservoirs, Castleshaw upper reservoir and Castleshaw lower reservoir. In 2016, United Utilities reinforced the walls on the lower reservoir but had to drop water levels by 1m.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castleshaw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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