Threapwood

Threapwood is a locality in Cheadle, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Threapwood is situated nearby to the locality Oldfurnace, as well as near Newton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Smiler and Oblivion.

The Smiler

Roller coaster

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The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. The Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer set a world record for most inversions on a roller coaster when it opened in 2013, featuring 14 inversions that include dive loops, sidewinders, corkscrews, and other inverting elements. The Smiler is situated 2 miles east of Threapwood.

Oblivion

Roller coaster

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Oblivion is a steel roller coaster at the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, England. Marketed as the "world's first vertical drop roller coaster", it was manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard as the first Dive Coaster. Oblivion is situated 2 miles east of Threapwood.

Spinball Whizzer

Roller coaster

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Spinball Whizzer is a spinning roller coaster located in The Towers area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. Built by Maurer Söhne, it was previously sponsored by Sega, the company that created the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise, and was known as Sonic Spinball from 2010 to 2015. Spinball Whizzer is situated 2 miles east of Threapwood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheadle and Alton.

Cheadle

Town

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Cheadle is a market town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands District of Staffordshire, England. It is located between Uttoxeter, Leek, Ashbourne and Stoke-on-Trent. Cheadle is situated 2 miles west of Threapwood.

Alton

Village

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Alton is a village in Staffordshire, England. It is noted for the theme park Alton Towers, the UK's biggest and most famous theme park 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 east of Threapwood.

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 2½ miles north of Threapwood.

Threapwood

Type: Locality
Location: Cheadle, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.98404° or 52° 59′ 3″ north

Longitude

-1.94352° or 1° 56′ 37″ west

Elevation

768 feet (234 metres)

Open location code

9C4WX3M4+JH

GeoNames ID

13274023

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