African Village

African Village is in Ipstones, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. African Village is situated near Meerkat, as well as near Red Squirrel.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Peak Wildlife Park and Winkhill railway station.

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.

Winkhill railway station

Winkhill railway station, or Winkhill Halt, served the hamlet of Winkhill, in Staffordshire, England. 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. Winkhill railway station is situated 3,200 feet southeast of African Village.

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 2 miles east of African Village.

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 2 miles east of African Village.

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 2 miles southeast of African Village.

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 2 miles southwest of African Village.

African Village

Type: Tourist attraction
Category: tourism
Location: Ipstones, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.06191° or 53° 3′ 43″ north

Longitude

-1.92383° or 1° 55′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C5W336G+QF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1026198330

OpenStreetMap feature

attraction=animal

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Highlights: Meerkat and Red Squirrel.

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Places to explore: Otter and Peak Wildlife Park.

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