Werneth Low

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Werneth Low
Werneth Low from near Idle Hill, showing the cenotaph, and the Manchester conurbation in the background haze.
Elevation	279 m (915 ft)
Location	Greater Manchester, England
Range	Pennines
Prominence	c. 112 m
Topo map	OS Landranger 109
OS grid reference	SJ968930

Werneth Low is a hill in Greater Manchester, England, a part of the Pennine mountain chain. It is located on the borders of Stockport and Tameside and rises to height of 279 metres (915 feet).

Much of the high ground is a country park, purchased by the local community in 1920. Its focal point is the cenotaph memorial to the war dead of Hyde, the town which lies at its foot.

The term "low" does not refer to any lack of altitude, it being a North English word for hill.

Werneth Low offers good views over the Manchester conurbation and in clear weather, the Winter Hill transmitting station can be seen from here. To the south, Stockport town centre, part of Wythenshawe in South Manchester and the Welsh Mountains can be viewed in clear weather. A Royal Observer Corps/United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation monitoring post was sited here during the 1960s, see Subterranea Britannica. Part of it is still visible (2006) in the car park of the Hare and Hounds public house.