Big Wood
Big Wood is a deciduous forest in Leekfrith, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Big Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Upper Hulme, as well as near Blackshaw Moor.Places of Interest
Highlights include Merryton Low and Doxey Pool.
Merryton Low
Peak
Merryton Low is a hill in Staffordshire, England, a few miles east of Leek. It is in the civil parish of Fawfieldhead in the local government district of Staffordshire Moorlands.
Doxey Pool
Pond
Photo: Dr Duncan Pepper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Roaches is a prominent rocky ridge above Leek and Tittesworth Reservoir in the Staffordshire Peak District of England. The ridge with its rock formations rises steeply to 505 m.
Blakemere Pond
Blakemere Pond, also known as Black Mere Pool or Mermaid's Pond, is a small, natural lake in Staffordshire, England, six miles north-east of Leek. The pond is the subject of an enduring legend that claims that the water is haunted by the ghost of a mermaid.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leek and Thorncliffe.
Leek
Photo: EthelRedThePetrolHead, CC BY 2.0.
Leek is a market town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England. The town lies on the River Churnet, 10 miles north east of Stoke-on-Trent.
Thorncliffe
Village
Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorncliffe is a small village in Staffordshire, England, straddling the Staffordshire Moorlands and Peak District National Park. By 1600 the name Thorncliffe had replaced the settlement's earlier name, Thorntileg, meaning "clearing in thorn trees".
Abbey Green
Hamlet
Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abbey Green is a small village in the civil parish of Leek, in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. It is close to the market town of Leek.
Big Wood
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Leekfrith, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.1441° or 53° 8′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.9631° or 1° 57′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C5W42VP+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 278960002OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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