Editing Glossop (section)

==Geography==
Glossop is at the north-western extreme of England's [[East Midlands]] region, {{convert|184|mi|0}} north-west of London, {{convert|15|mi|0}} east of the city of [[Manchester]], {{convert|24|mi|0}} west of the city of [[Sheffield]] and {{convert|48|mi|0}} north of [[Derby]]. It nestles in the foothills of the [[Pennines]], with [[Bleaklow]] to the north-east and [[Kinder Scout]] to the south. It lies on Glossop Brook, a tributary of the [[River Etherow]], in the area of peat moorland commonly known as the [[Dark Peak]]. The moors, which rise to over {{convert|1960|ft|m|abbr=off}}, are cut by many deep V-shaped valleys known as cloughs, each formed by a stream known as a brook. Shelf Brook passes through Old Glossop where it joins Hurst Brook to form Glossop Brook, which passes westward through Milltown, Howard Town and Dinting to the River Etherow, which in turn runs south to join the [[River Goyt]] at [[Marple Bridge]]. Two other notable brooks are Padfield Brook and Gnat Hole Brook.

[[File:Glossop - Shelf Brook.JPG|thumb|top|left|upright=0.75|alt=Shelf Brook photo|Shelf Brook]]Shelf Brook leads from Shelf Moor on Bleaklow down Doctor's Gate through Old Glossop to Glossop Brook. The valley was used by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] for a road, and currently contains a [[bridleway]]. The north slope of Holden Clough and Hurst Brook is used by the [[A57 road]] known as the [[Snake Pass]]. The Snake Pass crosses the [[Pennine Way]] near Doctor's Gate Culvert ({{convert|1680|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=or}} above sea level) before descending to the east to [[Ladybower Reservoir]] along the northern side of the [[River Ashop]] valley. Here a road leads east over Hallam Moor into [[Sheffield]], and south along the [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|River Derwent]] into [[Baslow]] and [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]]. To the north of Glossop is Tintwistle; the [[River Etherow]] is the boundary. Today, the [[Longdendale]] valley forms a chain of reservoirs that provide drinking water for Manchester. At the head of the valley is [[Woodhead, Derbyshire|Woodhead]], where the road from [[Huddersfield]] joins the road to Sheffield, and a {{convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on|adj=on}} railway tunnel brought the railway from [[Penistone]].

{{Geographic location
|title     = '''Neighbouring towns and moors'''
|Northwest = [[Stalybridge]], [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Hollingworth]]
|North     = [[Tintwistle]], [[Holmfirth]], [[Huddersfield]]
|Northeast = [[Woodhead, Derbyshire|Woodhead]], [[Barnsley]], [[Penistone]]
|West      = [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|Hyde]], [[Manchester]], [[Gamesley]]
|Centre    = Glossop
|East      = [[Snake Pass]], [[Sheffield]], [[Bleaklow]]
|Southwest = [[Stockport]], [[Marple, Greater Manchester|Marple]], [[New Mills]]
|South     = [[Hayfield, Derbyshire|Hayfield]], [[Buxton]], [[Derby]]
|Southeast = [[Kinder Scout]], [[Edale]], [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]]
}}

===Geology===
[[File:Geologyofglossop.svg|thumb|Schematic diagram of the rocks beneath Glossop]]
Directly beneath Glossop lie areas of [[Carboniferous]] [[Millstone Grit]], [[shale]]s and [[sandstone]]. Glossop is on the edge of the Peak District Dome, at the southern edge of the Pennine anticline. The [[Variscan orogeny|Variscan uplift]] has caused much faulting and Glossopdale was the product of glacial action in the last glaciation period that exploited the weakened rocks. The steep-sided valleys of the cloughs cause significant erosion and deposition. The layers of sandstone, mudstones and shale in the bedrock act as an [[aquifer]] to feed the springs. The valley bottoms have a thin deposit of [[boulder clay]]. The brooks are fed by the [[peat]]y soils of the moors thus are acid (pH5.5–7.0); this means the instream wildlife is dependent on food sources from outside the channel.<ref name="Glossop Brook">{{cite journal|last=Radcliffe|first=Gemma|year=2004|title=Management Plan for Glossop Brook|journal=University of Manchester, Masters Thesis|pages=54, 55|url=http://www.merseybasin.org.uk/projects.asp?docid=107&page=1&pagesize=10&confirmed=1&id=335.|access-date=10 July 2008}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Climate===
Glossop experiences a [[temperate]] [[Oceanic climate|maritime climate]], like much of the [[British Isles]], with relatively cool summers and mild winters. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year. Glossop has a history of flash flooding, the most recent being in 2002 when High Street West was flooded to a depth of {{convert|3|ft|0}}.