Holme Moss
| Holme Moss | |
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Holme Moss towards Holme Moss transmitting station
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 524 m (1,719 ft) |
| Coordinates | 53°31′58.87″N 1°51′26.61″W / 53.5330194°N 1.8573917°WCoordinates: 53°31′58.87″N 1°51′26.61″W / 53.5330194°N 1.8573917°W |
| Geography | |
 Holme Moss
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| Location |
Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, England |
| Parent range | South Pennines |
| OS grid | SE095040 |
Holme Moss (1,719 feet/524 m a.s.l.) is a moor in the South Pennines of England, on the border between the High Peak district of Derbyshire and the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire. Historically on the boundary between Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is just inside the boundary of the Peak District National Park. The moor is crossed by the A6024 road between Longdendale and Holmfirth, whose highest point is near the prominent mast of Holme Moss transmitting station.
The water seeping from the surrounding moorland Rake Dike is the source of the River Holme. Rake Dike rising from Kay Edge on the moor flows through the village of Holme and into Brownhill Reservoir, about a mile below the moor, and passes down through the Holme Valley to Huddersfield, where it flows into the River Colne. The upper part of the moor continues into Black Hill which is crossed by the Pennine Way north–south footpath.
The Holme Moss transmitting station is the highest in England and provides VHF coverage of both FM and DAB to a wide area around the transmitter including Derbyshire, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire. When originally erected it also transmitted television signals, which travelled much further than their intended service area. They were received on the Isle of Man and in parts of the Irish Republic, mainly Dublin and Wicklow. The FM signals today operate at 250 KW and it is one of the most powerful transmitters in the country with reception available as far north as the Borders, as far south as Birmingham, and both coasts to the east and west. Emley Moor (55.44°, 15.53 km) and Moorside Edge (348.22°, 11.56 km) transmitters can be seen from the location.
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