Flash Wood

Flash Wood is a forest in Rushton, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Flash Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Hawkslee, as well as near the village Rushton Spencer.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bosley Reservoir and Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bosley.

Bosley Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Deego, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bosley Reservoir is a large reservoir created to feed the Macclesfield Canal system, specifically the twelve Bosley locks. It is fed from the surrounding hills, including Bosley Cloud which rises to 1,125 feet.

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bosley

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is in Leek Road, Bosley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

The Cloud

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.

The Cloud or Bosley Cloud is a prominent hill on the border between Cheshire and Staffordshire a couple of miles west of the Peak District National Park boundary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Rode and Allgreave.

North Rode

Hamlet

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North Rode is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the population of the entire civil parish was 178.

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.

Bosley Minn

Locality

Bosley Minn is one of two names – the other being Wincle Minn – given to a prominent hill in southeast Cheshire and in the southwestern corner of the Peak District National Park in northern England.

Flash Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Rushton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.1769° or 53° 10′ 37″ north

Longitude

-2.0962° or 2° 5′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C5V5WG3+QG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 75591588

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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