Threpwood Farm

Threpwood Farm is a residential area in Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Threpwood Farm is situated near the forest Dimmingsdale Wood, as well as near Gentleman’s Rock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Alton Towers and The Smiler.

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.

The Smiler

Roller coaster

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. The Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer set a world record for most inversions on a roller coaster when it opened in 2013, featuring 14 inversions that include dive loops, sidewinders, corkscrews, and other inverting elements. The Smiler is situated 1½ miles east of Threpwood Farm.

Oblivion

Roller coaster

Photo: DAllardyce, Public domain.

Oblivion is a steel roller coaster at the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, England. Marketed as the "world's first vertical drop roller coaster", it was manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard as the first Dive Coaster. Oblivion is situated 1½ miles east of Threpwood Farm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alton and Cheadle.

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, the UK's biggest and most famous theme park built around the site of Alton Mansion, which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, and designed by Augustus Pugin. Alton is situated 2 miles east of Threpwood Farm.

Cheadle

Town

Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cheadle is a market town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands District of Staffordshire, England. It is located between Uttoxeter, Leek, Ashbourne and Stoke-on-Trent. Cheadle is situated 2½ miles west of Threpwood Farm.

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 2½ miles north of Threpwood Farm.

Threpwood Farm

Type: Residential area
Location: Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.98582° or 52° 59′ 9″ north

Longitude

-1.93276° or 1° 55′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C4WX3P8+8V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 84561949

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Dimmingsdale Wood and Gentleman’s Rock.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Shepherds Stand Farm and Longhurst Farm.

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Worth a closer look: Stoke-on-Trent and Lichfield.

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