Ecton
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Staffordshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Ecton, Staffordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Laurence and Swainsley Tunnel.
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.
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. Thor’s Cave is situated 2 miles south of Ecton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warslow and Hulme End.
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.
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.
Butterton
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Butterton is a small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands in Staffordshire, England. It is close to the Peak District. It overlooks the Manifold Valley and Ecton Hill, which rises 1,212 feet above sea level. Butterton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Ecton.
Ecton
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.12223° or 53° 7′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.8564° or 1° 51′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C5W44CV+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 203326328OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q4530708
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Ecton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ecton, Staffordshire”
- French: “Ecton”
- Irish: “Ecton”
- Japanese: “エクトン”
- Polish: “Ecton (Staffordshire)”
- Polish: “Ecton”
- Russian: “Эктон”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ecton Hill and Warslow Village Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ecton”. Photo: Mike Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.