Gradbach, Cheshire. A former Peak District silk mill village

Gradbach

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Gradbach

Gradbach is a tiny hamlet on the River Dane, and a well-known beauty spot which attracts many visitors. The hamlet is centred around a fine stone-built mill which was constructed in 1785 for the spinning of silk. Though the mill was water-powered and therefore cheap to run this was too remote a site for an enterprise like this to be commercially viable and the mill closed as early as 1885. It is now a Youth Hostel.

Besides the valley of the Dane, the attractions of the area are the fine moorland walks on the Back Forest and The Roaches and the unusual formation known as Lud's Church.

Shuttlingsloe from Allgreave

Allgreave is a tiny farming hamlet clustered around the A54 where it makes a steep descent to cross Clough Brook, below Wildboarclough. On the main road there is a pub called the the Rose and Crown.

Gradbach Photo Gallery - click on the images to enlarge- Click Here for a slide show

0 - Luds Church	1 - Gradbach Mill	2 - Gradbach	3 - Swythamley - the Hanging Stone
4 - Shuttlingsloe and Wildboarclough from Allgreave	5 - Flash - upper Dane valley

Local places of interest
Lud's Church	Lud's Church is natural rock cleft near Gradbach, Staffordshire. It was once a worshipping place for Lollards and inspired the poem 'Gawain and the Green Knight'
The Roaches	The Roaches, Hen Cloud and Ramshaw Rocks, are Staffordshire gritstone crags not far from the town of Leek.
Tittesworth Reservoir	Tittesworth Reservoir, (Severn Trent Water) Meerbrook, near Leek, Staffordshire, produces water for Leek, Stoke on Trent and the surrounding area. There is a visitor centre and nearby lies The Roaches, with many opportunities for walking and rock-climbing

Gradbach, Cheshire. A former Peak District silk mill village

Gradbach, Cheshire, is on the River Dane and has a former silk mill which is now a Youth Hostel. Close by is Lud's Church, an unusual geological feature

Gradbach

Local places of interest