Spanning approximately 160 acres (0.6 km2), and reaching an elevation of 1,282 feet (391 m), Crompton Moor is one of the largest open spaces run by Oldham Countryside Service.
Brushes Clough and Pingot are former coal and sandstone quarries on Crompton Moor.
Woodland planting in the 1970s considerably changed the appearance of the area and many of the paths now skirt the woodland, although they are always worth exploring!
Brushes Clough Reservoir was constructed in the 19th century by the Oldham County Borough Council,using stone quarried from this site.
Since the 1960s an unnamed waterfall (originally called Crompton Waterfall) cascades off Crompton Moor into the now unused Pingot Quarry.
The waterfall at Pingot Quarry
3 maps of Crompton Moor and environs. The first printed in 1851 on surveys based between 1844 & 1848. The second showing Brushes Clough reservoir and the last is an Ordnance Survey map of 1957 showing corrections to an earlier edition of 1951. Note the coal pits and old farmhouses that once populated the moor.
3 maps of Crompton Moor and environs. The first printed in 1851 on surveys based between 1844 & 1848. The second showing Brushes Clough reservoir and the last is an Ordnance Survey map of 1957 showing corrections to an earlier edition of 1951. Note the coal pits and old farmhouses that once populated the moor.
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