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Standedge Road Cutting

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Standedge Road Cutting is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Greater Manchester, covering 0.04 km². The county has 22 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It lies within the Peak District National Park.

Other SSSIs nearby include South Pennine Moors and Dark Peak. The nearest railway station is Marsden, about 3.7 km to the north-east.

More places to visit near Standedge Road Cutting

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

Peak District

You’re inside itNational Park near Castleton

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

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.

here · spans 8 counties

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.

0.2 km NW · spans 6 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.

0.7 km NE

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.

4.5 km SW

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.

5.8 km S