• The Stoke to Leek line is a mothballed railway route, which up until 1988 was used by BR freight trains to reach the quarries at both Cauldon Lowe and...
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    Leek is a market town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet 10 miles (16 km) north east of Stoke-on-Trent. It is an ancient...
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  • the Stoke-Leek line which connected Leek to the villages of Endon, Stockton Brook, Fenton Manor and Stoke-On-Trent and the Waterhouses branch line which...
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    The line was connected to the same line as the Leek Brook to Stoke Line. Stoke-on-Trent (still open) Fenton Manor (closed in 1956 but the line through...
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    Stoke-on-Trent is the hub of North Staffordshire's passenger train service. The station also used to have links to Leek (the Biddulph Valley Line via...
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    faces on the line from Stoke-on-Trent and Leek and a single platform on the down (i.e. Leek bound) direction of the Churnet Valley Line. The railway station...
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  • industries was moved by rail especially when the NSR opened a line from Stoke to Leek in 1867. Principal among these were the copper wire works at Froghall...
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    Churnet Valley Railway (category Leek, Staffordshire)
    Stoke-Leek line at Milton Junction, and headed north to Biddulph Wharf and Congleton, but Cheshire County Council showed only lukewarm interest. Leek...
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    railway line from Stoke in the west-direction of Leek, with a view to reconnect Leek with the national network. A new station could be constructed in Leek, possibly...
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    The Stafford–Manchester line is a major railway line branching from the West Coast Main Line serving Stafford, Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, Congleton...
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    Caldon Canal (category Buildings and structures in Stoke-on-Trent)
    the summit level of the existing main line. At a similar time, an independent company was planning a link to Leek, but the Trent & Mersey managed to block...
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    Bucknall and Northwood railway station (category Disused railway stations in Stoke-on-Trent)
    Valley line and by trains between Stoke and Leek on the Stoke-Leek line. Passenger services on the Biddulph line ceased in 1927, but services on the Leek line...
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  • Waterhouses branch line was a railway built by the North Staffordshire Railway to link the small villages east of Leek, Staffordshire with Leek, the biggest...
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  • The City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College is a mixed sixth form college on Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent. It opened its new building on Leek Road in September...
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  • branch line Reopen the StokeLeek line Reopen the Askern Branch line Reopen the Don Valley line to passenger services Reinstate the York-Beverley line The...
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    the West Coast Main Line railway. Towns on the outer extents of the green belt include Alsager, Cheadle, Congleton, Crewe, Leek, and Stone. Towns and...
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    northeast of Stoke-on-Trent, and borders Derbyshire and Cheshire. The largest towns are Leek, with its cobbled square and a high street lined with independent...
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    4 km) southwest of Leek and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Stoke-on-Trent. Endon was formerly a township in civil parish of Leek. Together with neighbouring...
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    Milton railway station (Staffordshire) (category Disused railway stations in Stoke-on-Trent)
    England. The StokeLeek line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1867. Milton and Endon were the original stations on the line that opened...
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    Stoke-on-Trent North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Jonathan Gullis, a member of the Conservative...
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    being City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College and Stoke-on-Trent College. Formerly of Fenton, now located in a newly built structure on Leek Road, the Sixth...
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  • Ground), and the other on Leek Road. A Science Centre was opened in 2012 as part of a major redevelopment adjacent to Stoke-on-Trent railway station....
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    of 12,000 at the 2021 census. It is located between Uttoxeter, Leek, Ashbourne and Stoke-on-Trent. Cheadle is an historic market town dating back to Anglo-Saxon...
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    Endon railway station (category Disused railway stations in Stoke-on-Trent)
    railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire. The StokeLeek line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1867 and a station...
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    Building Society which is based in Leek. JCB is based in Rocester near Uttoxeter and Bet365 which is based in Stoke-on-Trent. The theme park Alton Towers...
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    Wall Grange railway station (category Disused railway stations in Stoke-on-Trent)
    station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England. The StokeLeek line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1867 and a station...
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    Stockton Brook railway station (category Disused railway stations in Stoke-on-Trent)
    railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire. The StokeLeek line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1867 but it...
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    Stoke, Fenton, Longton and Stone". The Churnet Line was to run from Macclesfield though Leek, Cheadle and Uttoxeter to join the Midland Railway line between...
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    Ryan Shotton (category Leek Town F.C. players)
    for Leek Town before joining A-League club Melbourne Victory in 2020. Born in Fenton, Staffordshire, Shotton joined his local league side, Stoke City...
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    of the six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. There are also studios and offices in Crewe, Leek and Stafford. The current Managing Editors...
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