Ecton, Staffordshire
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Ecton is a hamlet in the Staffordshire Moorlands in Staffordshire, England. It is near the Peak District. It is on the Manifold Way, an 8-mile walk and cycle path that follows the line of the former L
View of Ecton and the Manifold Valley, taken from Ecton Hill
A model of Ecton Hill made out of minerals using a process called Pietra Dura
Site of the station in 1993
The Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway was a narrow gauge railway in Staffordshire, England, that operated between 1904 and 1934. The line mainly carried milk from dairies in the region, acting as
Ecton, Staffordshire
…near the Peak District (grid reference SK096584). It is on the Manifold Way, an 8-mile (13 km) walk and cycle path that follows the line of the former Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway. Population details as at the 2011 census can be found under Ilam. The village is overlooked by Ecton Hill, which has probably been mined for copper…
Colourised postcard of the railway
A timetable poster of 1904, now framed in the old station at Hulme End
Kitson's manufacturer's plate dated 1904 from J.B. Earle, displayed in the museum at Tywyn, on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales
Swainsley Tunnel, viewed from the southern portal, is now used by single-file road traffic (August 2002)