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.Photo: RailwayJG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Brian Deegan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Cave
Photo: MartinSpamer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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″ northLongitude
-1.86606° or 1° 51′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C5W448M+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1106679232OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnelWikidata ID
Q97704002
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