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Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.

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Places to explore near Mossley (Manchester) StationMossley

36 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

1.3 km NE · spans 6 counties

Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.Iconic

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

3 km E

Photo of Saddleworth Museum, a visitor attraction near Uppermill, Greater Manchester, north west England.Highlight

Saddleworth Museum

Attraction near Uppermill

Canal-side Uppermill museum tracing the woollen trade and Roman past of the Saddleworth villages.

4.2 km NE

Photo of Dove Stone Reservoir, a reservoir near Uppermill in the Peak District, Greater Manchester, north west England.Highlight

Dove Stone Reservoir

Reservoir near Uppermill

Handsome reservoir ringed by gritstone edges and RSPB moorland where Saddleworth meets the Peak District.

4.7 km E

Photo of Dobcross, a village in Greater Manchester, north west England.Highlight

Dobcross

Village

Handsome Saddleworth conservation village of weavers' cottages around a sloping cobbled square.

4.9 km N · Greater Manchester

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

8.3 km E · spans 8 counties

Photo of Standedge Tunnel, a visitor attraction near Diggle, West Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Standedge Tunnel

Attraction near Diggle

Britain's longest and highest canal tunnel, with boat trips beneath the Pennine moors from Marsden.

9.4 km NE

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Photo of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, a 19-mile canal running from Huddersfield to Ashton-under-Lyne, England.

Huddersfield Narrow Canal

Canal

The highest and boldest Pennine crossing, tunnelling more than three miles under the moors at Standedge.

0.3 km E · Greater Manchester & West Yorkshire

Photo of Stalybridge Country Park, a country park near Uppermill, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Stalybridge Country Park

Country park near Uppermill

A country park in Greater Manchester.

1.3 km SE

Uppermill

Village

Bustling Saddleworth village on the canal beneath the Pennine moors, with independent shops, cafes and a local museum.

4.3 km NE · Greater Manchester

Photo of Daisy Nook Country Park, a country park in Greater Manchester, north west England.

Daisy Nook Country Park

Country park near Manchester

A country park in Greater Manchester.

4.4 km W

Photo of the Ashton Canal, a 7-mile canal running from Manchester to Ashton-under-Lyne, north west England.

Ashton Canal

Canal

East Manchester's canal, lifting boats out of the city through eighteen locks toward the Pennine crossings.

4.6 km SW · Greater Manchester

Photo of Alexandra Park, Oldham, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Dobcross, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Alexandra Park, Oldham

House & garden near Dobcross

The first public park in Oldham, built in 1865 to employ idle cotton workers.

4.7 km NW

Photo of the Peak Forest Canal, a 15-mile canal running from Dukinfield Junction to Bugsworth Basin, England.

Peak Forest Canal

Canal

Climbing out of Manchester's fringe to Whaley Bridge and Bugsworth Basin, once the transhipment point for Peak limestone.

5.3 km SW · Greater Manchester, Derbyshire & Cheshire

Photo of The Church Inn (Saddleworth), a pub in Greater Manchester, north west England.

The Church Inn (Saddleworth)

Pub near Saddleworth

Hilltop Saddleworth pub above Uppermill brewing its own Saddleworth ales, with hand-bell ringers and geese.

5.5 km NE

Photo of The Cross Keys (Uppermill), a pub in Greater Manchester, north west England.

The Cross Keys (Uppermill)

Pub near Uppermill

Old moorland-edge inn above Uppermill, a National Trust-owned Pennine walkers' haunt.

5.5 km NE

Everything else within 10 km (20) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.