The Peakstones

The Peakstones is a pub in Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. The Peakstones is situated nearby to Wright’s Rock, as well as near Gentleman’s Rock.

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 in Staffordshire, England. The Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer set a world record for most inversions on a roller coaster when it opened in 2013, featuring 14 inversions that include dive loops, sidewinders, corkscrews, and other inverting elements. The Smiler is situated 1 mile northeast of The Peakstones.

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 northeast of The Peakstones.

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 northeast of The Peakstones.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alton and Denstone.

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, the UK's biggest and most famous theme park built around the site of Alton Mansion, which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, and designed by Augustus Pugin.

Denstone

Village

Photo: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Denstone is a village and civil parish situated between the towns of Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire and Ashbourne in Derbyshire. It is located next to the River Churnet. Denstone is situated 3 miles east of The Peakstones.

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 The Peakstones.

The Peakstones

Type: Pub
Category: building
Location: Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.98119° or 52° 58′ 52″ north

Longitude

-1.91902° or 1° 55′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C4WX3JJ+F9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 129658899

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=pub

OpenStreetMap feature

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wright’s Rock and Gentleman’s Rock.

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