Jenkin Chapel, Peak District

Name: Jenkin Chapel
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#64 among attractions in Peak District

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Jenkin Chapel, stands in an isolated position on the western slopes of the Pennines, 4.3 miles northeast of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The chapel lies at the junction of three ancient trackways, known as "salters' ways" because they were used by packhorses carrying salt. Later the tracks were used by cattle drovers and sheep dealers. It is an Anglican chapel in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield. Its benefice is combined with those of Holy Trinity, Rainow and Forest Chapel, Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough. ()

Completed: 1755 (269 years ago)Coordinates: 53°17'10"N, 2°1'32"W

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Jenkin Chapel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tegg's Nose, Cats Tor, Errwood Reservoir, White Nancy.

3.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Tegg's Nose
88 min walk • Tegg's Nose is a hill east of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. It has a short ridge with a high point of 380 metres at SJ947725, terminating in a promontory at the southern end.
0.8 miSE
Hill
Cats Tor, Peak District
21 min walk • Cats Tor is a Peak District hill on the border between Cheshire and Derbyshire, between the towns of Macclesfield and Buxton. The summit is 518 metres above sea level. Tor is an Old English word for a high, rocky hill. The higher peak of Shining Tor is about 2 km south along The Tors gritstone ridge.
2.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Errwood Reservoir, Peak District
53 min walk • Errwood Reservoir is a drinking-water reservoir in the Peak District National Park, within the county of Derbyshire and very close to the boundary with Cheshire.
2.8 miW
View point
White Nancy, Bollington
71 min walk • White Nancy is a structure at the top of Kerridge Hill, overlooking Bollington, Cheshire, England. Since 1966 it has been recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
2.9 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St John the Baptist's Church, Bollington
74 min walk • St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in Church Street, Bollington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
1.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Shining Tor, Peak District
48 min walk • Shining Tor is the highest hill in the modern ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The summit has a maximum elevation of 559 m above sea level.
2.8 miS
Church
Forest Chapel, Peak District
72 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.
3 miNE
Canal
Toddbrook Reservoir, Whaley Bridge
77 min walk • Toddbrook Reservoir, a feeder for the Peak Forest Canal, opened in 1838. It is sited above the town of Whaley Bridge in the Derbyshire High Peak area of England.
2.9 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Christopher's Church, Peak District
75 min walk • St Christopher's Church is in the small village of Pott Shrigley, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield.
2.1 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Peak District
53 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is in the village of Rainow, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Upper Goyt Valley, Whaley Bridge
51 min walk • The Upper Goyt Valley is the southern section of the valley of the River Goyt in North West England.