Leach Wood

Leach Wood is a forest in Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Cheshire East, England. Leach Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Wildboarclough, as well as near the locality Three Shire Heads.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shutlingsloe and St Saviour’s Church, Wildboarclough.

Shutlingsloe

Peak

Photo: Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shutlingsloe is a hill near the village of Wildboarclough, in the east of the county of Cheshire. It stands to the south of Macclesfield Forest, on the edge of the Peak District and within the Peak District National Park.

St Saviour’s Church, Wildboarclough

Church

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Saviour's Church is in the village of Wildboarclough, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.

Lud’s Church

Photo: Schwerdf, CC BY 4.0.

Lud's Church is a deep chasm penetrating the Millstone Grit bedrock created by a massive landslip on the hillside above Gradbach, Staffordshire, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allgreave and Wildboarclough.

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.

Wildboarclough

Hamlet

Photo: Pete Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wildboarclough is a village in the Macclesfield Forest, in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, in the Cheshire East district of Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park.

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.

Leach Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.2149° or 53° 12′ 54″ north

Longitude

-2.0155° or 2° 0′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C5V6X7M+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 132204340

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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