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Flat turnpike milestone
This milestone, on the Oldham to Stanage Turnpike, is unusual in that it is only two-dimensional, presumably because the carriageway is too close to allow it to stick out.
Image: © David Watson
Taken: 24 Oct 2007
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5-1 Oldham Road seen from the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Uppermill
Image: © habiloid
Taken: 6 Mar 2026
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Approaching Bridge 78 on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
This is the High Street Bridge which passes very close to the centre of Uppermill.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 29 May 2010
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Old Milestone by the A670, Oldham Road, Uppermill
Metal plate attached to stone post by the A670, in parish of SADDLEWORTH (OLDHAM District), Oldham Road, Uppermill, by No.36; opposite Dentist's car park, by the road, on West side of road. Brayshaw & Booth iron casting, erected by the County Council in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
: HUDDERSFIELD / 14 MILES / UPPER MILL / ½ MILE : : OLDHAM & STANDEDGE / ROAD / SHAW MERE L.D. : : MANCHESTER / 11¾ MILE / ASHTON / 5½ MILES / STALYBRIDGE / 5¼ MILES / OLDHAM / 4¾ MILES / MOSSLEY / 2½ MILES :
Maker:-
: BRAYSHAW & BOOTH / MAKERS / LIVERSEDGE :
Milestone Society National ID: YW_ODSD04.
Image: © C Minto
Taken: 2 Jan 2006
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Old Boundary Marker on Oldham Road, Saddleworth
Boundary Marker against a front garden wall on the west side of the A670 Oldham Road in Uppermill. Saddleworth parish. On the former boundary of Shaw Mere Upper and Lower Divisions. Saddleworth parish was divided into four meres, of which Shaw Mere was one, and Shaw Mere in turn was divided into two divisions, see https://www.yorkshiremilestones.co.uk/2020/08/12/saddleworth-boundary-stones/.
Milestone Society National ID: YW_SHAML02pb
Image: © N Upton
Taken: 1 Sep 2023
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The Huddersfield canal burrows under Uppermill High Street
Image: © Raymond Knapman
Taken: 20 Jul 2012
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Lock 21W Huddersfield Narrow Canal
At the southern end of Uppermill village where the canal passes beneath the A670.
Image: © michael ely
Taken: 21 Apr 2010
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Uppermill
Newly re-opened Lock 21W on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal through Uppermill. The restoration is so new that some of the ironwork is still in primer awaiting final painting!
Image: © David Stowell
Taken: 13 Jun 2001
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High Street Uppermill
This is the main route through Uppermill which hosts many events during the summer months.
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Image: © Paul Anderson
Taken: 29 Oct 2006
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High Street Bridge (no. 78), the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Uppermill
Image: © habiloid
Taken: 6 Mar 2026
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