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Place NameWoodhead
Place TypeSettlement
ParishTintwistle
Grid RefSK2148
HundredEurope
CountyDerbyshire
CountryUnited Kingdom, England
NotesA small hamlet at the head of the Longdendale valley in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park, situated on the A628 Woodhead Pass. The settlement is associated with the former Woodhead railway line and tunnels, while part of the trackbed now forms the Longdendale Trail. It also gives its name to Woodhead Reservoir, the highest reservoir in the Longdendale Chain.

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