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Dovestone Reservoir – Dovestone Edge loop from Greenfield

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Dovestone Reservoir – Dovestone Edge loop from Greenfield

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Dovestone Reservoir – Dovestone Edge loop from Greenfield

03:27

11.7km

320m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 27, 2026

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Peak District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.13 km

Dovestone Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Dovestone Reservoir is situated where the Greenfield and Chew Brooks valleys come together above the village of Greenfield on Saddleworth Moor.

The reservoir is located at the gateway to the iconic Peak District National Park and is a truly breathtaking location, oozing peace and serenity.

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1.51 km

Dove Stone reservoir memorial forest

Forest

1.90 km

View of Dove Stone Reservoir from Chew Road

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Chew Road leads into the Chew Valley toward Dove Stone Reservoir and provides the most breathtaking scenery for all those who wander down it.

Enjoy vistas of rolling hills covered in mixed deciduous woodland and views as far as the Yorkshire Dales.

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4.41 km

Chew Reservoir

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Chew Reservoir was completed in 1912 and at the time it was the highest reservoir in England. It's designed to increase the drinking water supply for Manchester by supplementing the Dovestone Reservoir downstream.

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6.30 km

View of Dovestone Reservoir and Greenfield Valley

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Hovering around the 1,650 foot (500 m) mark, you have nice views of the tail end of Dovestone Reservoir and Greenfield from here. It makes for a great vantage point on a misty day when you have thin vapour clouds hanging over the reservoir. Soon you will be at Bramley’s Cot, where there will be an ever better viewpoint.

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6.73 km

Bramley's Cot

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suggestions to the building’s former uses include a shepherd’s hut, explosive store or even a lodge or shelter for victorian shooting parties. it is believed to have been built between 1857 and 1889 possibly by workers from greenfield mill (now fletchers) for one-time owner bramley bottomley. bramley and wife sarah are buried at st chad’s church, uppermill. alternatively, it has been suggested tragic mp james platt, who was killed in a shooting accident at ashway gap in 1857, or cotton manufacturer abel buckley mp jp, who bought the estate and moor around 1880, had the hut built.

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7.46 km

Dovestone Edge

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Dovestone Edge provides a clifftop viewpoint where you are surrounded by stunning scenery. The panoramic views from the Edge out over Dovestone and Yeoman Hay reservoirs are simply super beautiful. It is a perfect venue for the hiking enthusiasts, as the area is perforated with good walking trails to take advantage of the high vantage viewpoints. The area is noted for its quirky rock formations, of which nearby is the famous 'Trinnacle,’ a remote and highly exposed rock formation that is famous for its dramatic photogenic appeal.

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8.94 km

View of Dove Stone Reservoir

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looking up to the "pots n pans" from the res

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9.91 km

Yeoman Hey Reservoir

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Nestled within the iconic Peak District National Park near Oldham is the Yeoman Hey Reservoir.

This reservoir sits amongst three in the area and is surrounded by rolling grouse moorland and high gritstone escarpments.

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11.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.19 km

1.86 km

1.82 km

1.47 km

1.31 km

Surfaces

3.79 km

3.20 km

1.78 km

1.54 km

1.27 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (190 m)

Weather

Friday 8 May

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6°C

71 %

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Dovestone Reservoir – Dovestone Edge loop from Greenfield

Dovestone Reservoir

View of Dove Stone Reservoir from Chew Road

Chew Reservoir

View of Dovestone Reservoir and Greenfield Valley

Bramley's Cot

Dovestone Edge

View of Dove Stone Reservoir

Yeoman Hey Reservoir

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