Staffordshire Moorlands

Worth seeing in and around Staffordshire Moorlands

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Harrison Park

   Leek Town Football Club is an English football club based in Leek, Staffordshire, playing in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of English football. The team, nicknamed "The Blues", play their home games at Harrison Park.

   900 m · football ground in Leek, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   All Saints Church, Leek

   All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Leek, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

   500 m · church in Staffordshire Moorlands, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Tittesworth Reservoir

   Tittesworth Reservoir is a water storage reservoir near Leek, Staffordshire, England, fed by the River Churnet. The reservoir and associated water treatment works are owned and operated by Severn Trent Water.

   3.2 km · reservoir in Staffordshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Parish Church of St Edward the Confessor

   St Edward the Confessor's Church is an active Anglican church in Leek, Staffordshire, England. The building, which dates back to the 13th century, is listed Grade II*.

   0 m · church in Leek, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Nicholson War Memorial

   The Nicholson War Memorial in Leek, Staffordshire, England is a 1925 war memorial. It was commissioned by local manufacturer Sir Arthur Nicholson and his wife Lady Marianne, née Falkner, in memory of their son Lieutenant Basil Lee Nicholson, who was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium, in 1915, at the age of 24; and in memory of all the other local men who died fighting in World War I. It now has plaques commemorating and naming 535 Leek and district men and women who died during World War I and World War II. It is one of the tallest war memorials in the country at 90 feet and was restored in 2010–2012.

   400 m · Grade II listed war memorial in Leek, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Nicholson Institute and Leek College of Further Education

   The Nicholson Institute, housing the Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery, is a historic building on Stockwell Street in Leek, Staffordshire, England. It was built in 1884 to contain a museum, art gallery and public library, and still does so today.

   200 m · Grade II* listed building in Leek, Staffordshire UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Westwood Hall

   Westwood Hall is a former stately home in Leek, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

   1.7 km · Grade II listed house, now school building, in Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Highfield

   Highfield is a cricket ground in Leek, Staffordshire. The ground is located just outside of the town along the Macclesfield Road, which itself forms part of the A523 Road.

   1.4 km · cricket ground in Leek, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Deep Hayes Country Park

   Deep Hayes Country Park is a country park in Staffordshire, England. It is about 3 miles south-west of Leek, a short distance south of the A53 road at Longsdon.

   4 km · country park in Staffordshire, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    The Big Mill

    The Big Mill was a historic Grade II listed building on Mill Street in Leek, Staffordshire, England. It was designed by the Victorian architect William Sugden and built in 1857.

    400 m · Grade II listed mill building in Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Staffordshire Moorlands

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 32 km · East Midlands (EMA), 56 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 60 km

Stations

Leek Brook railway station, 3 km · Wall Grange railway station, 3.6 km · Leek railway station, 800 m

• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Staffordshire Moorlands

  57 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £6–8
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• Liverpool → Staffordshire Moorlands

  77 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · £10–13
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Staffordshire Moorlands

  66 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £8–11
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