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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourism
- Description: railway station in Waterhouses, the UK
- Also known as: “Winkhill Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Peak Wildlife Park and Church of St James and St Bartholomew.
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 3,100 feet northwest of Winkhill railway station.
Church of St James and St Bartholomew
Church
Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James and St Bartholomew is situated 1½ miles east of Winkhill railway station.
Church of St Leonard
Church
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Leonard is situated 2½ miles west of Winkhill railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterfall and Waterhouses.
Waterfall
Village
Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterfall is a village, which is situated 1½ miles east of Winkhill railway station.
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 1½ miles east of Winkhill railway station.
Ipstones
Village
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ipstones is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Staffordshire. Ipstones is part of the Staffordshire Moorlands district; within the boundaries of the civil parish are the hamlets Foxt, Consall Forge and Bottomhouse. Ipstones is situated 2½ miles west of Winkhill railway station.
Winkhill railway station
- Categories: railway station and tourist attraction
- Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.05405° or 53° 3′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.9173° or 1° 55′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C5W333M+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2434351641OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=heritage_railwayWikidata ID
Q17020448
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Winkhill railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Winkhill”
- French: “Winkhill”
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Highlights include Deer and Otter.
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