Railway sidings connected with the Woodhead Tunnels. These run under the moorland towards Manchester. The railway closed in 1981 and in 1990 it was reused as part of Trans-Pennine Cycle Route with car-park and picnic spot. There are three tunnels the first opened in 1845, the second in 1852 and a third electrified line in 1954 (see www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk/ [Accessed 25/01/07] for history of tunnels). One of the tunnels is used to run electrical power lines under the moors. The is good survival of the entrance to the tunnels and the earthworks of the rail route are still visible. There is no legibility of former open moorland. The origin of the former moorland landscape is uncertain though this area is likely to be moorland by the Roman period (see Bevan 2003 for discussion of environmental evidence in region).