Diggle

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human settlement village

Diggle is a rural village in the Saddleworth area of Greater Manchester, England, known for its scenic Pennine setting and historic canal and railway tunnels.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Constable Lee 1
Diggle portal 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Greater Manchester ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
governingBody Oldham borough ⓘ
surface form: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
hasCulturalActivity brass band tradition ⓘ
local festivals ⓘ
hasFeature moorland surroundings ⓘ
rural character ⓘ
stone-built houses ⓘ
hasLandmark Diggle Band Club ⓘ
Hanging Gate public house ⓘ
Waggon and Horses public house ⓘ
hasPostTown Oldham borough ⓘ
surface form: Oldham
hasPrimarySchool Diggle Primary School ⓘ
hasStructure Standedge tunnels ⓘ
surface form: Standedge Canal Tunnel

Standedge tunnels ⓘ
surface form: Standedge Railway Tunnels
hasTransportHistory former Diggle railway station ⓘ
historicCounty Yorkshire ⓘ
knownFor historic canal tunnels ⓘ
historic railway tunnels ⓘ
scenic Pennine setting ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Greater Manchester ⓘ
Oldham borough ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Oldham

Pennines ⓘ
Saddleworth ⓘ
locatedNear A62 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Dobcross ⓘ
Uppermill ⓘ
nearestTown Oldham borough ⓘ
surface form: Oldham
OSGridReference SD999074 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Saddleworth ⓘ
surface form: Oldham East and Saddleworth
partOf Saddleworth ⓘ
surface form: Saddleworth civil parish
region North West England ⓘ
timezone GMT ⓘ
timezoneDST BST ⓘ
traversedBy Huddersfield Narrow Canal ⓘ
valley Tame Valley ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Standedge tunnels → connects → Diggle ⓘ
subject surface form: Standedge Tunnels
this entity surface form: Constable Lee
Saddleworth → contains → Diggle ⓘ
subject surface form: Standedge Tunnels
this entity surface form: Diggle portal
Dobcross → locatedNear → Diggle ⓘ
Delph → nearbySettlement → Diggle ⓘ