Crowden, Derbyshire

Coordinates: 53°29′24″N 1°53′38″W / 53.490°N 1.894°W / 53.490; -1.894

Crowden
Crowden from the northeast
Crowden  Crowden shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK071992
District	High Peak
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLOSSOP
Postcode district	SK13
Dialling code	01457
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	High Peak
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Crowden (otherwise Crowden-in-Longdendale) is a landmark hamlet in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, 5.8 miles (9.3 km) miles northeast of Glossop and 5.7 miles (9.2 km) miles southwest of Holme in West Yorkshire, as well as 16.5 miles (26.6 km) from the larger city of Manchester and 19.5 miles (31.4 km) from the town of Barnsley. The hamlet lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire.

It lies on the trans-Pennine A628 road connecting Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire. It also lies very close to the Pennine Way long distance footpath (on which it is traditionally the first-night stop after Edale) and includes a youth hostel.^[1] The Torside Reservoir is to the south of Crowden. An army rifle range was situated at Crowden in the 1950s and 1960s.

The hamlet was previously served by Crowden railway station on the Woodhead Line between the cities of Manchester and Sheffield, but the station closed on 4 February 1957.

References

1. ^ Crowden Youth Hostel

External links

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