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Yorkshire And The Humber

Keith Bennett Memorial, Wessenden Moor

Yorkshire And The Humber

Keith Bennett Memorial, Wessenden Moor

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Keith Bennett Memorial, Wessenden Moor

Recommended by 42 hikers out of 43

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Location: Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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1. Black Moss Reservoir – Blakeley Reservoir loop from Marsden

12.6km

03:36

290m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Blakeley Reservoir – Black Moss Reservoir loop from Marsden

12.1km

03:26

270m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Wessenden Reservoir – View of Wessenden Reservoir loop from Lane

8.31km

02:26

220m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Ian Delve

December 21, 2023

A tormented mother has paid her own tribute to the murdered son she cannot mourn.
Winnie Johnson, the mother of Keith Bennett, placed a wreath on Wessenden Moor, 40 years after her 12-year-old son vanished into the arms of evil Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.Mrs Johnson of Fallowfield, Manchester, put the heart-shaped wreath near the spot where Hindley showed police where the bodies of Keith and another victim, Pauline Reade, were buried. It is off Wessenden Head Road, high above Meltham.A card says the family will never forget. It was on June 16, 1964, that Keith, of Ashton-under-Lyne, set out to walk the short distance from home to his grandmother's house.He never arrived. His body is believed to have been buried on the moors above Meltham, but has never been found.

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Keith Bennett Memorial, Wessenden Moor

1. Black Moss Reservoir – Blakeley Reservoir loop from Marsden

2. Blakeley Reservoir – Black Moss Reservoir loop from Marsden

3. Wessenden Reservoir – View of Wessenden Reservoir loop from Lane

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