Saddleworth Moor

E35052

geographic region moorland

Saddleworth Moor is a high, windswept expanse of peat moorland in the South Pennines of northern England, known for its bleak scenery and historical notoriety.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Saddleworth Moor canonical	12
Saddleworth Moor area	1
South Pennine Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) vicinity	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region ⓘ moorland ⓘ
associatedWith	Ian Brady ⓘ Myra Hindley ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
crossedBy	A62 road (nearby across the Pennines) ⓘ A635 road ⓘ
elevation	approximately 400–500 metres above sea level ⓘ
geology	Millstone Grit ⓘ
hasClimate	cool temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
hasRisk	boggy ground ⓘ sudden weather changes ⓘ wildfire ⓘ
hasVegetation	cotton grass ⓘ heather ⓘ sphagnum moss ⓘ
historicalEvent	burial sites of Moors murder victims in the 1960s ⓘ
hydrologyFeature	peat bogs ⓘ small streams ⓘ
jurisdiction	Greater Manchester Police ⓘ
knownFor	Moors murders ⓘ bleak scenery ⓘ peat bogs ⓘ strong winds ⓘ
landCover	open moorland with few trees ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Greater Manchester ⓘ Oldham borough ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Northern England ⓘ Pennines ⓘ Pennines ⓘ surface form: South Pennines
locatedNear	Greenfield ⓘ Huddersfield ⓘ Marsden Moor ⓘ Saddleworth ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Chew Reservoir ⓘ Dovestones Reservoir ⓘ surface form: Dovestone Reservoir Yeoman Hey Reservoir ⓘ
nearestLargeCity	Manchester ⓘ
notableEvent	large moorland fires in 2018 ⓘ
overlooks	Saddleworth villages ⓘ
partOf	Peak District ⓘ surface form: Peak District fringe Saddleworth Moor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Pennine Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) vicinity
terrainType	peat moorland ⓘ upland plateau ⓘ
usedFor	grazing sheep ⓘ hiking ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Chew Head → locatedNear → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Black Chew Head → viewOverlooks → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Dovestones Reservoir → hasViewOf → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Saddleworth Moor → partOf → Saddleworth Moor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pennine Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) vicinity

Dobcross → partOf → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saddleworth Moor area

Moors murders → location → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Moors murders → significantPlace → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Ian Brady → locationOfCrimes → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Myra Hindley → locationOfCrimes → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Greenfield Reservoir → near → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Greenfield railway station → nearbyGeographicalFeature → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Diggle, Greater Manchester → hasNearbyHill → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Dove Stone area → hasViewOf → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ

Denshaw → locatedNear → Saddleworth Moor ⓘ