Swainsley Tunnel

Swainsley Tunnel is a tunnel on the route of the former Leek and Manifold Light Railway, which connected the market town of Leek with Hulme End, via Waterhouses, in Staffordshire, England.

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Photo: Patrick Baldwin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Laurence and St Bartholomew’s Church, Butterton.

Church of St Laurence

Church

Photo: William Metcalfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Laurence is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Swainsley Tunnel.

St Bartholomew’s Church, Butterton

Church

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St Bartholomew's Church, Butterton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Butterton. St Bartholomew’s Church, Butterton is situated 1 mile southwest of Swainsley Tunnel.

Thor's Cave is a natural cavern located at SK09865496 in the Manifold Valley of the White Peak in Staffordshire, England. It is classified as a karst cave. Thor’s Cave is situated 1½ miles south of Swainsley Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ecton and Warslow.

Ecton

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ecton is a hamlet in the Staffordshire Moorlands in Staffordshire, England. It is near the Peak District. It is on the Manifold Way, an 8-mile walk and cycle path that follows the line of the former Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway.

Warslow

Village

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Warslow is a small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands of Staffordshire, England. It is located in the Peak District National Park about 10 miles north of Ashbourne. The village lies close to the Derbyshire border.

Butterton

Village

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Butterton is a small village in the Staffordshire Moorlands in Staffordshire, England. It is close to the Peak District. It overlooks the Manifold Valley and Ecton Hill, which rises 1,212 feet above sea level.

Swainsley Tunnel

Type: Tunnel
Description: railway tunnel in Staffordshire, UK, between Ecton and Bufferton
Categories: railway tunnel and transportation
Location: Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.11592° or 53° 6′ 57″ north

Longitude

-1.86606° or 1° 51′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C5W448M+9H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1106679232

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tunnel

Wikidata ID

Q97704002

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