Ecton Hill

Ecton Hill is a peak in Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, England and has an elevation of 1,211 feet. Ecton Hill is situated nearby to the locality Archford Moor, as well as near the village Hulme End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swainsley Tunnel and Church of St Laurence.

Swainsley Tunnel

Tunnel

Photo: RailwayJG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Swainsley Tunnel is a tunnel on the route of the former Leek and Manifold Light Railway, which connected the market town of Leek with Hulme End, via Waterhouses, in Staffordshire, England.

Church of St Laurence

Church

Photo: William Metcalfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thor’s Cave

Cave

Photo: MartinSpamer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Thor's Cave is a natural cavern located at SK09865496 in the Manifold Valley of the White Peak in Staffordshire, England. It is classified as a karst cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ecton and Hulme End.

Ecton

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ecton is a hamlet in the Staffordshire Moorlands in Staffordshire, England. It is near the Peak District. It is on the Manifold Way, an 8-mile walk and cycle path that follows the line of the former Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway.

Hulme End

Village

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hulme End is a small hamlet in Staffordshire, England, in the Peak District National Park 10 miles north of Ashbourne, Derbyshire. A natural gateway to the Manifold Valley, the river crosses the road from Hartington to Warslow.

Warslow

Village

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Warslow is a small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands of Staffordshire, England. It is located in the Peak District National Park about 10 miles north of Ashbourne. The village lies close to the Derbyshire border.

Ecton Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,211 feet
Category: landform
Location: Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.11909° or 53° 7′ 9″ north

Longitude

-1.85233° or 1° 51′ 8″ west

Elevation

1,211 feet (369 metres)

Open location code

9C5W449X+J3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1351893206

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=survey_point

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12610403

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