Editing Longdendale (section)

==Geography==
The eastern part of the valley is in the [[non-metropolitan county]] of Derbyshire and includes the village of [[Tintwistle]] and, further east, part of the Peak District National Park, with the last half-mile or so falling into the [[Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley]] in [[South Yorkshire]]. The western part of the valley, including the villages of [[Broadbottom]], [[Mottram in Longdendale]] and [[Hollingworth]] is part of [[Tameside]] in the [[metropolitan county]] of Greater Manchester. The whole of Longdendale forms the easternmost extension of the lands within the [[Historic counties of England|historic boundaries]] of [[Cheshire]].

The [[River Etherow]], a [[tributary]] of the [[River Mersey]], rises south of [[Holmfirth]] and then flows through a chain of six [[reservoir (water)|reservoirs]] known as the [[Longdendale Chain]]: [[Woodhead Reservoir]], [[Torside Reservoir]], [[Rhodeswood Reservoir]], [[Valehouse Reservoir]], [[Bottoms Reservoir, Derbyshire|Bottoms Reservoir]] and [[Arnfield Reservoir]]. There was a seventh reservoir at [[Hollingworth]], but it was abandoned in 1990 and now forms part of [[Swallows Wood|Swallows Wood Nature Reserve]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheshirenow.co.uk/longdendale.html |title=Longdendale |publisher=cheshirenow.co.uk |access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>

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Image:Longdendale4654.JPG |Bottoms
Image:Longdendale4695.JPG |Valehouse
Image:Longdendale4698.JPG |Rhodeswood
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Image:WoodheadreservoirDerbyshire.jpg |Woodhead
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