Lud's Church, Peak District

Name: Lud's Church
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Peak District

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Cave

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Lud's Church is a deep chasm penetrating the Millstone Grit bedrock created by a massive landslip on the hillside above Gradbach, Staffordshire, England. It is located in a wood known as Back Forest, in the Dark Peak, towards the southwest fringe of the Peak District National Park about 4 kilometres west of the A53 between Leek and Buxton. Over 100 metres long and 18 metres deep, all but the upper third of the slope has slipped forward towards the River Dane. It is mossy and overgrown, wet and cool even on the hottest of days. ()

Coordinates: 53°11'16"N, 2°1'14"W

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Peak District United Kingdom

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Lud's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Roaches, Shutlingsloe, Blakemere Pond, St Saviour's Church.

2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
The Roaches, Peak District
51 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.
2.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Shutlingsloe, Peak District
65 min walk • Shutlingsloe is a hill near the village of Wildboarclough, in the east of the county of Cheshire. It stands to the south of Macclesfield Forest, on the edge of the Peak District and within the Peak District National Park.
4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blakemere Pond, Peak District
108 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 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Saviour's Church, Peak District
51 min walk • St Saviour's Church is in the village of Wildboarclough, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
4.1 miN
Church
Forest Chapel, Peak District
106 min walk • Forest Chapel stands in an isolated position in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough in Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park 4.5 miles from Macclesfield. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
4.4 miSE
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.
4.3 miW
Church
Church of St Mary the Virgin
110 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.
1.8 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Michael's Church, Peak District
46 min walk • St Michael's Church is in the village of Wincle, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield.
3.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Macclesfield Forest, Peak District
96 min walk • Macclesfield Forest is an area of woodland, predominantly conifer plantation, located around 3 mi south east of Macclesfield in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, in Cheshire, England.
3.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Tittesworth reservoir
95 min walk • 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. The reservoir was built in 1858 and extended in 1963.
4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Bosley Reservoir
104 min walk • Bosley Reservoir is a large reservoir created to feed the Macclesfield Canal system, specifically the twelve Bosley locks. It is fed from the surrounding hills, including Bosley Cloud which rises to 1,125 feet.