Ipstones Signalbox

Ipstones Signalbox is a ruins in Ipstones, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Ipstones Signalbox is situated nearby to the peak Summer Hill, as well as near the forest RSPB Coombes Valley.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peak Wildlife Park and Church of St Leonard.

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. Peak Wildlife Park is situated 1½ miles east of Ipstones Signalbox.

Church of St Leonard

Church

Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Leonard is situated 1½ miles southwest of Ipstones Signalbox.

Winkhill railway station

Winkhill railway station was a railway station that served the hamlet of Winkhill, Staffordshire. 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 2 miles southeast of Ipstones Signalbox.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ipstones and Whiston.

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 1½ miles south of Ipstones Signalbox.

Whiston

Village

Whiston is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Kingsley. It is located within the Churnet Valley on the A52 road east of the village of Froghall. Whiston is situated 3 miles south of Ipstones Signalbox.