Pickwood Recreation Area Playground

Pickwood Recreation Area Playground is a playground in Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Pickwood Recreation Area Playground is situated nearby to Leek Fire Station, as well as near Leek Moorlands Hospital.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include All Saints’ Church, Leek and Nicholson War Memorial.

All Saints’ Church, Leek

Church

Photo: David Weston, CC BY-SA 2.0.

All Saints' Church is an Anglican church in Leek, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It was designed by Norman Shaw, and built in 1885–1887; the church has stained glass by Morris & Co. All Saints’ Church, Leek is situated 1,800 feet west of Pickwood Recreation Area Playground.

Nicholson War Memorial

Clock

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The Nicholson War Memorial in Leek, Staffordshire, England is a 1925 war memorial. It was commissioned by local manufacturer Sir Arthur Nicholson and his wife Lady Marianne, née Falkner, in memory of their son Lieutenant Basil Lee Nicholson, who was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium, in 1915, at the age of 24; and in memory of all the other local men who died fighting in World War I. Nicholson War Memorial is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Pickwood Recreation Area Playground.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Yarah, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church of St Mary is situated 2,200 feet west of Pickwood Recreation Area Playground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abbey Green and Thorncliffe.

Abbey Green

Hamlet

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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.

Thorncliffe

Village

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". Thorncliffe is situated 2 miles northeast of Pickwood Recreation Area Playground.

Horton

Hamlet

Photo: Clive Woolliscroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Horton is a village and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 781. Horton is situated 3 miles west of Pickwood Recreation Area Playground.

Pickwood Recreation Area Playground

Type: Playground
Category: recreation area
Location: Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.10224° or 53° 6′ 8″ north

Longitude

-2.01565° or 2° 0′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C5V4X2M+VP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 785570742

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=playground

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Highlights include Pickwood Recreation Area and Leek Fire Station.

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