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Railway train approaching Leekbrook Junction, Staffordshire
The train is a Churnet Valley Railway service which operates on one weekend in four between Froghall and Ipstones Loop. https://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/ https://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/
The Cauldon Lowe branch railway line is currently owned by the Moorland and City Railways Company, which has plans to reopen lines as far as Leek and Stoke.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 1 Aug 2015
0.04 miles
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Former railway chord
This unofficial footpath follows the line of a long-removed chord between the Cauldon Lowe and Leek branches of the North Staffordshire Railway, at Leek Brook Junction, that has otherwise reverted to woodland.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 28 Dec 2011
0.07 miles
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Industrial estate near Leekbrook, Staffordshire
Looking down from the railway embankment by the viaduct.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 1 Aug 2015
0.08 miles
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Railway near Leekbrook Junction, Staffordshire
This is looking backwards (north-east) near the sewage lane viaduct. The train is being pulled on the return to Froghall by a diesel unit which helped the small green Polish steam locomotive haul it up the gradient to Ipstones by pushing from the rear.
The line is currently being used as far as the former Ipstones Station by the Churnet Valley Railway Company, but is currently owned by the Moorland and City Railways Company, with plans to reopen lines as far as Leek and Stoke, and agreements likely that CVR will have access to all of its tracks.
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Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 1 Aug 2015
0.09 miles
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Lane and woodland near Leekbrook, Staffordshire
Looking south from a passing railway train the embankment by the viaduct. Three hundred metres behind the camera hidden by woodland is the sewage works which used this lane to gain access to the public road system.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 1 Aug 2015
0.10 miles
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Access road to Leek sewage works
Viewed from a passing train. The warning sign says "Caution: mud on road".
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 28 Dec 2011
0.11 miles
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Railway line east of Leekbrook Junction, Staffordshire
This is looking backwards (north-east) towards Cauldon Lowe from near the junction. The train is being pulled on its return to Froghall by the diesel unit which helped the small green Polish steam locomotive haul it up the gradient to Ipstones by pushing from the rear.
The line is currently being used as far as the former Ipstones Station by the Churnet Valley Railway Company, but is currently owned by the Moorland and City Railways Company, with active plans to reopen lines as far as Leek and Stoke (via Endon), and agreements are likely that CVR will have access to all of its tracks.
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Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 1 Aug 2015
0.12 miles
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Railway near Leekbrook, Staffordshire
This is north-east of Leekbrook Junction.
The preserved Churnet Valley Railway operates steam and diesel (sometimes both!) locomotives to haul trains between Kingsley and Froghall Station to Cheddleton, and sometimes beyond to Ipstones. https://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 1 Aug 2015
0.12 miles
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Chord between Leek Brook East and Leek Brook junctions
Connecting the lines to Ipstones and Cheddleton on the Churnet Valley railway.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 26 Apr 2025
0.14 miles
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Railway train approaching Leekbrook Junction, Staffordshire
The train is a Churnet Valley Railway service which operates on one weekend in four between Froghall and Ipstones Loop. https://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/ https://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/
The Cauldon Lowe branch railway line is currently owned by the Moorland and City Railways Company, which has plans to reopen lines as far as Leek and Stoke.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 1 Aug 2015
0.15 miles