Lud’s Church
Lud's Church is a deep chasm penetrating the Millstone Grit bedrock created by a massive landslip on the hillside above Gradbach, Staffordshire, England.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: deep chasm on the hillside above Gradbach, Staffordshire, England
- Also known as: “Ludchurch”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Roaches and St Michael’s Church, Wincle.
The Roaches
Peak
Photo: Gdr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Roaches is a prominent rocky ridge above Leek and Tittesworth Reservoir in the Staffordshire Peak District of England. The ridge with its rock formations rises steeply to 505 m.
St Michael’s Church, Wincle
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael's Church is in the village of Wincle, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield. St Michael’s Church, Wincle is situated 2 miles west of Lud’s Church.
St Saviour’s Church, Wildboarclough
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Saviour's Church is in the village of Wildboarclough, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. St Saviour’s Church, Wildboarclough is situated 2 miles north of Lud’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allgreave and Wildboarclough.
Allgreave
Village
Photo: Steve Lewin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allgreave is a village in the civil parishes of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough and Wincle, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Wildboarclough
Hamlet
Photo: Pete Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wildboarclough is a village in the Macclesfield Forest, in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, in the Cheshire East district of Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park. Wildboarclough is situated 2 miles north of Lud’s Church.
Three Shire Heads
Locality
Three Shire Heads is the tripoint on Axe Edge Moor where Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet, at UK grid reference SK009685, or. It is on the River Dane, which marks the Cheshire border in this area. Three Shire Heads is situated 2½ miles northeast of Lud’s Church.
Lud’s Church
- Categories: cave and tourism
- Location: Leekfrith, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.18779° or 53° 11′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.02073° or 2° 1′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C5V5XQH+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 389872172OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q6698667
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In Other Languages
“Lud’s Church” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Ludchurch”
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Highlights include Forest Wood and South Pennine Moors.
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