Moorend
Moorend is a locality in Waterhouses, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Moorend is situated nearby to the locality Windy Harbour, as well as near Moorside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peak Wildlife Park and Cotton College.
Peak Wildlife Park
Zoo
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peak Wildlife Park is a zoo in central England. The nearest towns are Leek, Ashbourne and Stoke-on-Trent. The zoo was originally known as Blackbrook Zoological Park, but entered administration in 2014 and closed. Peak Wildlife Park is situated 2 miles northwest of Moorend.
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.
Winkhill railway station
Winkhill railway station was a railway station that served the hamlet of Winkhill, Staffordshire. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1910 and closed to passenger use in 1935, but remained open to freight traffic until 1964.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterhouses and Whiston.
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.
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 2 miles southwest of Moorend.
Waterfall
Village
Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterfall is a village, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Moorend.
Moorend
- Type: Locality
- Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.03551° or 53° 2′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.90343° or 1° 54′ 12″ westElevation
1,093 feet (333 metres)Open location code
9C5W23PW+6JGeoNames ID
13275843
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