# Castleshaw

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.583|-1.999|display=inline,title}}
| label_position           = left
| official_name            = Castleshaw
| population               =
| civil_parish             = [Saddleworth](/source/Saddleworth)
| metropolitan_borough     = [Oldham](/source/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Oldham)
| metropolitan_county      = [Greater Manchester](/source/Greater_Manchester)
| region                   = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [Oldham East and Saddleworth](/source/Oldham_East_and_Saddleworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town                = OLDHAM
| postcode_district        = OL3
| postcode_area            = OL
| dial_code                = 01457
| os_grid_reference        = SE000096
| static_image             = Castleshaw, Bleak Hey Nook Lane (geograph 3042225).jpg
| static_image_caption     = Bleak Hey Nook Lane, Castleshaw
| london_distance          =  
}}

'''Castleshaw''' is a [hamlet](/source/hamlet_(place)) in the [Saddleworth](/source/Saddleworth) parish of the [Metropolitan Borough of Oldham](/source/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Oldham) in [Greater Manchester](/source/Greater_Manchester), England.<ref name=OS109>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 109 ''Manchester (Bolton & Warrington)''|ISBN= 9780319231555 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}</ref> It lies amid the [Pennines](/source/Pennines), {{Convert|2.4|mi|km|1}} north of [Uppermill](/source/Uppermill), {{Convert|3|mi|km|1}} west-southwest of [Marsden](/source/Marsden%2C_West_Yorkshire), and {{Convert|5.3|mi|km|1}} east-northeast of [Oldham](/source/Oldham).

[Historically](/source/Historic_counties_of_England) a part of the [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire), Castleshaw is most notable for the [Castleshaw Roman fort](/source/Castleshaw_Roman_fort), the remains of an ancient [castrum](/source/castra). There are two reservoirs, Castleshaw upper reservoir and Castleshaw lower reservoir. In 2016, [United Utilities](/source/United_Utilities) reinforced the walls on the lower reservoir but had to drop water levels by 1m.

==History==
{{Main|Castleshaw Roman fort}}
There used to be a [Roman fort](/source/castra) situated near to the head of the valley. A series of modern mounds and ditches have been laid out to mark the site, on the edge of Castleshaw Upper Reservoir. The Castleshaw area was once also home to a sanitorium, which is now used as  a Youth Training Centre.

==References==
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{{commons category|Castleshaw}}

{{Settlements of Saddleworth}}

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Category:Villages in Greater Manchester
Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District
Category:Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
Category:Saddleworth

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