Rudyard
Rudyard is a lakeside village in the county of Staffordshire, England, west of Leek and on the shore of Rudyard Lake. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Horton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Staffordshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Rudyard, Staffordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rudyard railway station and Rudyard Lake.
Rudyard railway station
Railway station
Rudyard railway station served the village of Rudyard, in Staffordshire, England.
Rudyard Lake
Reservoir
Photo: Philverney, Public domain.
Rudyard Lake is a reservoir in Rudyard, Staffordshire, located north-west of the town of Leek, Staffordshire. It was constructed in the late 18th century to feed the Caldon Canal.
Brindley Water Mill
Museum
Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Brindley Water Mill is a water mill in the town of Leek, Staffordshire, England, built in 1752 by James Brindley. It was restored to working order in the 1970s, and is now a museum. It is a Scheduled Monument and a Grade II Listed Building. Brindley Water Mill is situated 1½ miles east of Rudyard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horton and Abbey Green.
Horton
Hamlet
Photo: Clive Woolliscroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horton is a village and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 781.
Abbey Green
Hamlet
Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abbey Green is a small village in the civil parish of Leek, in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. It is close to the market town of Leek. Abbey Green is situated 1½ miles east of Rudyard.
Leek
Photo: EthelRedThePetrolHead, CC BY 2.0.
Leek is a market town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England. The town lies on the River Churnet, 10 miles north east of Stoke-on-Trent.
Rudyard
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Horton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.11814° or 53° 7′ 5″ northLongitude
-2.07193° or 2° 4′ 19″ westElevation
568 feet (173 metres)Open location code
9C5V4W9H+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 3147664350OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Rudyard” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Rudyard, Staffordshire”
- French: “Rudyard”
- Irish: “Rudyard”
- Ladin: “Rudyard”
- Polish: “Rudyard (Staffordshire)”
- Polish: “Rudyard”
- Russian: “Радьярд”
- Russian: “Редьярд”
- “Rudyard”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rudyard”. Photo: Philverney, Public domain.