10 Facts About Leek Staffordshire

Leek Staffordshire is situated at the foot of the Peak District National Park and is therefore often referred to as the Gateway to the Peak District, although the town is more often referred to as the Queen of the Moorlands.

Leek Staffordshire formed part of the great estates of Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia; it escheated to William the Conqueror who held it at the time of the Domesday Survey.

Many of Leek Staffordshire's buildings were built by the family architectural practice of the Sugdens.

Leek Staffordshire was an architect and his work on the design of the railway stations for the Churnet Valley Railway brought him to the area.

Leek Staffordshire offers some contemporary architecture, most notably the alterations and refurbishment to Trinity Church on Derby Street and new teaching building on Horton Street for Leek Staffordshire College .

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Leek Staffordshire was the home of James Brindley, the 18th century canal engineer.

Leek Staffordshire studied dyeing with Thomas Wardle, owner of a dyeworks in the town, and it was Leek which provided his firm with silk.

Leek Staffordshire came second in the Telegraph's "High Street of the Year 2013", behind winner Deal in Kent.

The Stoke-Leek Staffordshire line lost its passenger service in 1956, whilst the Northern section of the Churnet Valley Line to Macclesfield was closed in 1960; the Southern section to Uttoxeter closed in 1965.

Leek Staffordshire CSOB, founded in 1945, groundshare with Leek Staffordshire Town at Harrison Park and play in the North West Counties Football League Division One.