Gun, Peak District

Name: Gun
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#178 among attractions in Peak District

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Gun is a hill at the southern end of the Peak District, overlooking the town of Leek in the Staffordshire Moorlands. The hill is mainly moorland with some small wooded areas. Neighbouring peaks to the east are The Roaches, Hen Cloud and Ramshaw Rocks. It is a nature reserve of the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. ()

Elevation: 1224 ftProminence: 551 ftCoordinates: 53°9'3"N, 2°2'47"W

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Gun – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lud's Church, St Edward the Confessor's Church, All Saints' Church, The Roaches.

2.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Lud's Church, Peak District
71 min walk • Lud's Church is a deep chasm penetrating the Millstone Grit bedrock created by a massive landslip on the hillside above Gradbach, Staffordshire, England.
3.1 miS
Church
St Edward the Confessor's Church, Leek
81 min walk • 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*. It is Leek's original parish church, although the parish now includes other churches such as All Saints which were built as the town's population increased.
3.5 miS
Church
All Saints' Church, Leek
89 min walk • All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Leek, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It was designed by Norman Shaw, and built in 1885–1887; the church has stained glass by Morris & Co.
2.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
The Roaches, Peak District
57 min walk • The Roaches is a prominent rocky ridge above Leek and Tittesworth Reservoir in the Staffordshire Peak District of England. The ridge with its rock formations rises steeply to 505 m.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
The Cloud
109 min walk • The Cloud or Bosley Cloud is a prominent hill on the border between Cheshire and Staffordshire a couple of miles west of the Peak District National Park boundary. At 343 metres in height, it is one of the highest hills in the area.
3.3 miS
Memorial
Nicholson War Memorial, Leek
84 min walk • 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...
4.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blakemere Pond, Peak District
111 min walk • Blakemere Pond, also known as Black Mere Pool or Mermaid's Pond, is a small, natural lake in Staffordshire, England, six miles north-west of Leek. The pond is the subject of an enduring legend that claims that the water is haunted by the ghost of a mermaid.
2.9 miS
Historical place, Museum
Brindley Mill, Leek
74 min walk • The Brindley Water Mill is a water mill in the town of Leek, Staffordshire, England. The current structure was built on the site of previous corn-grinding mills in 1752 by James Brindley.
4 miW
Archaeological site
The Bridestones
102 min walk • The Bridestones is a chambered cairn, near Congleton, Cheshire, England, that was constructed in the Neolithic period about 3500–2400 BC.
4.4 miE
Memorial
Merryton Low, Peak District
113 min walk • Merryton Low is a hill in Staffordshire, England, a few miles east of Leek. It is in the civil parish of Fawfieldhead in the local government district of Staffordshire Moorlands.
4.1 miNW
Church
Church of St Mary the Virgin
104 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Virgin is in Leek Road, Bosley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the deanery of Macclesfield.