Church of St John Baptist
Church of St John Baptist is a church in Oakamoor, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Church of St John Baptist is situated nearby to St Wilfrid’s Catholic Church, as well as near the ruins Cotton College.Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church building in Cotton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “St John”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alton Towers and Cotton College.
Alton Towers
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alton Towers, the largest theme park in the United Kingdom, is in Staffordshire, England. It is generally considered by rollercoaster enthusiasts to hold its own with any such park in the world.
Cotton College
Ruins
Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cotton College was a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cotton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was also known as Saint Wilfrid's College. The school buildings were centred on Cotton Hall, a country house used by religious communities from the 1840s until the school moved there in 1873.
The Smiler
Roller coaster
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was built in 2013 and is an Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer and is located in the X-Sector area of the park. The Smiler is situated 2 miles south of Church of St John Baptist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whiston and Waterhouses.
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 2 miles west of Church of St John Baptist.
Waterhouses
Village
Photo: Maxwell S W Birchenough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterhouses is a village in the south of the Staffordshire Peak District in England. It is around 8 miles from Leek and Ashbourne, being nearly the halfway point between the two towns on the A523 road, which roughly follows the southern boundary of the Peak District National Park. Waterhouses is situated 2½ miles northeast of Church of St John Baptist.
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, built around the site of Alton Mansion, which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, and designed by Augustus Pugin. Alton is situated 2½ miles south of Church of St John Baptist.
Church of St John Baptist
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Oakamoor, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.015° or 53° 0′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.90263° or 1° 54′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C5W237W+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 434979519OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q26575548
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