Roach End
Roach End is a locality in Leekfrith, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Roach End is situated nearby to the hamlet Goldsitch Moss, as well as near Danebridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include The Roaches and Lud’s Church.
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.
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.
Doxey Pool
Pond
Photo: Dr Duncan Pepper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allgreave and Flash.
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. Allgreave is situated 2 miles northwest of Roach End.
Flash
Village
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Flash is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands and the Peak District National Park, England. At 1,519 feet above sea level, it is the highest village in the United Kingdom. Flash was an early centre for Wesleyanism. Flash is situated 2½ miles northeast of Roach End.
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 north of Roach End.
Roach End
Latitude
53.17736° or 53° 10′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.00781° or 2° 0′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C5V5XGR+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 9857719371OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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