1
The Flying Horse
Image: © Ian Calderwood
Taken: 2 Oct 2010
0.06 miles
2
Leek Entrance Sign
Dwellings and A523 Road looking in the direction of the hospital and town centre.
Image: © Jonathan Clitheroe
Taken: 11 Aug 2023
0.07 miles
3
Dwellings on the outskirts of Leek
Looking away from the town along the A523 Road.
Image: © Jonathan Clitheroe
Taken: 11 Aug 2023
0.09 miles
4
Leek, milepost
One of a distinctive series of "bobbin" style mileposts between Leek and Ashbourne; this one is on A523, and shows distances to Leek (1), Ashbourne (14) and London (153). Listed by English Heritage: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=461588
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 10 May 2012
0.12 miles
5
Old Boundary Marker by the A523, Ashbourne Road, Leek parish
Parish Boundary Marker by the A523, in parish of Leek (Staffordshire Moorlands District), Ashbourne Road, in pavement, back to low stone wall. The Stone refers to the 'Leek Improvement Act' of 1855 - see listing.
Inscription reads:-
LIA
1855
L.B.
Grade II listed.
List Entry Number: 1268662 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1268662
Surveyed
Milestone Society National ID: ST_LEE03pb
Image: © Milestone Society
Taken: Unknown
0.12 miles
6
Old Milepost by the A523, Ashbourne Road, Leek
Cast iron post by the A523, in parish of LEEK (STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS District), between Padwick Farm and Leek, 50m South of junction with Mount Road, in tarmac in front of drystone wall, on West side of road. Ashbourne iron bobbin, erected by the Ashbourne to Leek & Congleton turnpike trust in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
: LEEK / 1 / MILE. : : LONDON 153 MILES : : ASHBN.. / 14 / MILES. :
Maker:-
: JAMES BASSETT ASHBOURNE 1834. :
Grade II listed.
List Entry Number: 1268664 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1268664
Milestone Society National ID: ST_LKAB01.
Image: © J Higgins
Taken: 1 Jan 2000
0.13 miles
7
Old Milepost by the A523, Ashbourne Road, Leek
Cast iron post by the A523, in parish of Leek (Staffordshire Moorlands District), between Padwick Farm and Leek, 50m South of junction with Mount Road, in tarmac in front of drystone wall, on West side of road. Ashbourne iron bobbin, erected by the Ashbourne to Leek & Congleton turnpike trust in the 19th century. An earlier photograph can be found here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6072861.
Inscription reads:-
LEEK / 1 / MILE. : : LONDON 153 MILES : : ASHBN.. / 14 / MILES. :
Maker:-
: JAMES BASSETT ASHBOURNE 1834.
Grade II listed.
List Entry Number: 1268664 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1268664
Milestone Society National ID: ST_LKAB01
Image: © Ian King
Taken: 17 Feb 2023
0.13 miles
8
Staffordshire Moorlands Hospital
A community hospital in Leek, with a great reputation and a long waiting list, that serves the Staffordshire Moorlands. They have a minor injuries clinic, rehabilitation wards and various other services.
Image: © Jonathan Kington
Taken: 5 May 2010
0.14 miles
9
A523 nears Leek town boundary
Image: © Colin Pyle
Taken: 11 Aug 2016
0.15 miles
10
The Lowe Hill milepost - detail
This is considerably more legible than the nearby stone in
Image
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 4 Mar 2010
0.16 miles