Leek — Waterhouses
Leewat one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Leek and Waterhouses.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Leek and Waterhouses.
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This route has been reviewed by 1 person.
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Information
Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - No (1)
Problems reported - Access (1)
Downloads - 8
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Leek
Grid Ref
SJ9836756602
Lat / Lon
53.10662° / -2.02584°
Easting / Northing
398,367E / 356,602N
What3Words
printer.lamppost.remote
Waterhouses
Grid Ref
SK0836250224
Lat / Lon
53.04923° / -1.87671°
Easting / Northing
408,362E / 350,224N
What3Words
digress.states.early
Leewat One's land is
| Leek | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SJ9836756602 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.10662° / -2.02584° |
| Easting / Northing | 398,367E / 356,602N |
| What3Words | printer.lamppost.remote |
| Waterhouses | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK0836250224 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.04923° / -1.87671° |
| Easting / Northing | 408,362E / 350,224N |
| What3Words | digress.states.early |
| Pasture | 88.3% |
| Urban | 11.7% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Mstyles
15 May 2022I walked this route from Waterhouses to Leek in May 2022. It's more of an endurance steeplechase (so many stiles!). It starts well enough, on a wide path through a meadow from the centre of Waterhouses. Approaching Waterfall, the grass gets longer and the footpath is more difficult to identify. It gets easier through Waterfall going through country lanes but soon enough it's into footpaths that appear not to have been walked for years, knee-high grass, nettles and brooks and ditches which can only be navigated by jumping over. There is a godawful section of Hamps Way between Ford and Onecote where there is little marking, bogs, streams and fences and I got completely lost there. It didn't get much better on the other side of Onecote either. DEFINITELY not walking this again, and don't recommend you try unless you are a sucker for punishment. All photos I have included are of the actual footpaths. One plus, if you like peace and quiet: you will not meet a single soul.
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