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

Pennine BridlewayPhoto David Roberts / Pexels

Places to explore near Rochdale StationRochdale

16 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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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.

3.7 km NW · spans 6 counties

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.

8.1 km NE · spans 8 counties

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Rochdale Canal, a 32-mile canal running from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge, England.

Rochdale Canal

Canal

The first canal across the Pennines — 91 broad locks between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, reopened whole in 2002.

0.5 km SE · Greater Manchester & West Yorkshire

Photo of Tandle Hill Country Park, a country park near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Tandle Hill Country Park

Country park near Rochdale

A country park in Greater Manchester.

3.7 km S

Photo of Hollingworth Country Park, a country park near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Hollingworth Country Park

Country park near Rochdale

A country park in Greater Manchester.

3.8 km NE

Photo of Hollingworth Lake, a reservoir near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Hollingworth Lake

Reservoir near Rochdale

Near Littleborough, this canal-feeder reservoir became a Victorian resort, the so-called Weighver's Seaport of the Pennine mill towns.

4.4 km NE

Photo: Blackstone Edge, a 474m hill near Ripponden, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Blackstone Edge

County top near Ripponden

A hill in Greater Manchester.

8.2 km NE

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.

9.1 km S

Photo of Burrs Country Park, a country park near Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Burrs Country Park

Country park near Ramsbottom

A country park in Greater Manchester.

9.6 km W

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

Delph

Village

Stone Saddleworth village in the Tame valley, with old bridges, mills and moorland walks close at hand.

9.6 km SE · Greater Manchester

Everything else within 10 km (6) — 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.