Longshaw
Longshaw is a locality in Farley, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Longshaw is situated nearby to the village Cotton, as well as near the hamlet Farley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cotton College and Church of St John Baptist.
Cotton College
Ruins
Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cotton College was a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cotton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was also known as Saint Wilfrid's College. The school buildings were centred on Cotton Hall, a country house used by religious communities from the 1840s until the school moved there in 1873.
Wicker Man
Roller coaster
Photo: WL2018, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wicker Man is a wooden roller coaster at Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Manufactured by Great Coasters International, the £16-million ride opened to the public on 20 March 2018 following a three-day weather delay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alton and Whiston.
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 south of Longshaw.
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 northwest of Longshaw.
Waterhouses
Village
Photo: Maxwell S W Birchenough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterhouses is a village in the south of the Staffordshire Peak District in England. It is around 8 miles from Leek and Ashbourne, being nearly the halfway point between the two towns on the A523 road, which roughly follows the southern boundary of the Peak District National Park. Waterhouses is situated 3 miles north of Longshaw.
Longshaw
- Type: Locality
- Location: Farley, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.00691° or 53° 0′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.89457° or 1° 53′ 41″ westElevation
873 feet (266 metres)Open location code
9C5W2444+Q5GeoNames ID
13275690
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