Standedge

Standedge (/stænɪdʒ/) is a moorland escarpment in the Pennine Hills of northern England between Marsden, West Yorkshire and Diggle, Greater Manchester.

Standedge has been a major moorland crossing point since Roman times and possibly earlier.

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the railway line from Leeds to Manchester pass underground in the Standedge Tunnels.

Its course was identified in 1969 to the north-east of Castleshaw fort, climbing Standedge Ridge by means of a graded terraceway.

[1][2] After the Roman road fell into disuse, travel across the moors was restricted to tracks, used by packhorses.

The M62 motorway now carries most cross-Pennine road traffic on a different route to the north of Standedge.