Black Chew Head

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Black Chew Head
Elevation 542 m (1,778 ft)
Location Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England
Range Peak District (Dark Peak)
Prominence c. 37 m
Coordinates 53°30′58″N 1°55′18″W / 53.5161, -1.9216Coordinates: 53°30′58″N 1°55′18″W / 53.5161, -1.9216
OS grid reference SE056019
Listing County top

Black Chew Head is the highest point (or county top) of Greater Manchester, and forms part of the Peak District, in northern England.

Lying within the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, close to Crowden, Derbyshire, it stands at a height of 542 metres above sea level.

Black Chew Head is an outlying part of the Black Hill and overlooks the Chew Valley, which leads to the Dovestones Reservoir.