Gentleman’s Rock
Gentleman’s Rock is in Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Gentleman’s Rock is situated nearby to Earl’s Rock, as well as near the forest The Ranger.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Smiler and Oblivion.
The Smiler
Roller coaster
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was built in 2013 and is an Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer and is located in the X-Sector area of the park. The Smiler is situated 1¼ miles east of Gentleman’s Rock.
Oblivion
Roller coaster
Photo: DAllardyce, Public domain.
Oblivion is a steel roller coaster at the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, England. Marketed as the "world's first vertical drop roller coaster", it was manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard as the first Dive Coaster. Oblivion is situated 1 mile east of Gentleman’s Rock.
Spinball Whizzer
Roller coaster
Photo: Ukdave2010, Public domain.
Spinball Whizzer is a spinning roller coaster located in The Towers area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. Built by Maurer Söhne, it was previously sponsored by Sega, the company that created the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise, and was known as Sonic Spinball from 2010 to 2015. Spinball Whizzer is situated 1¼ miles east of Gentleman’s Rock.
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.
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 north of Gentleman’s Rock.
Cheadle
Town
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cheadle is a market town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands District of Staffordshire, England. It is located between Uttoxeter, Leek, Ashbourne and Stoke-on-Trent. Cheadle is situated 3 miles west of Gentleman’s Rock.
Gentleman’s Rock
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.9846° or 52° 59′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.923° or 1° 55′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C4WX3MG+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 982570886OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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