Grindon, Staffordshire

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Grindon is a small village in the Staffordshire Peak District (grid reference SK085545).

The Cavalier Inn at Grindon
The Cavalier Inn at Grindon

Grindon is on the western edge of the limestone scenery surrounding the Manifold Valley, south of Butterton and south-west of Wettonmill. Much of the village is built of gritstone. There is a church and a public house, but few other facilities.

Grindon was served by a railway station which was opened by the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway on June 27, 1904, whilst being entirely operated by the North Staffordshire Railway. The village was a little distance from the station, and the fact that the line followed the valley bottom whereas the settlements served by the railway were mostly on the hill-tops above was a contributary factor in its demise. The line closed in 1934, but in 1937 the route was reopened as the Manifold Way, a fully-tarmacked 8 mile walk- and cycle-path which runs from Hulme End in the north to Waterhouses in the south.


[edit] References

  • Keys R and Porter L (1972) The Manifold Valley and its Light Railway, Moorland publishers

Coordinates: 53.08765° N 1.87454° W