Oakamoor
Oakamoor is a small village in north Staffordshire, England. Although it is now a rural area, it has an industrial past which drew on the natural resources of the Churnet valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 587 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England
- Also known as: “Oakamoor, Staffordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alton Towers and Church of the Holy Trinity.
Alton Towers
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alton Towers, the largest theme park in the United Kingdom, is in Staffordshire, England. It is generally considered by rollercoaster enthusiasts to hold its own with any such park in the world.
The Smiler
Roller coaster
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The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was built in 2013 and is an Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer and is located in the X-Sector area of the park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whiston and Alton.
Whiston
Village
Whiston is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Kingsley. It is located within the Churnet Valley on the A52 road east of the village of Froghall. Whiston is situated 1½ miles northwest of Oakamoor.
Alton
Village
Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alton is a village in Staffordshire, England. It is noted for the theme park Alton Towers, built around the site of Alton Mansion, which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, and designed by Augustus Pugin. Alton is situated 2 miles southeast of Oakamoor.
Froghall
Village
Froghall is a village situated approximately ten miles to the east of Stoke-on-Trent and two miles north of Cheadle in Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken at the 2011 Census can be found under Kingsley. Froghall is situated 2½ miles northwest of Oakamoor.
Oakamoor
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Oakamoor, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.00054° or 53° 0′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.92288° or 1° 55′ 22″ westPopulation
587Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB XOKOpen location code
9C5W232G+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 281403330OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Highlights include Woodbank Gardens and Oakamoor Village Hall.
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