Grindon, Staffordshire

Grindon is a small village in the Staffordshire Peak District (gbmapping|SK085545).

Grindon is on the western edge of the limestone scenery surrounding the Manifold Valley, south of Butterton and south-west of Wettonmill. Much of the village is built of gritstone. There is a church and a public house, but few other facilities.

Grindon was served by a railway station which was opened by the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway on June 27 1904, whilst being entirely operated by the North Staffordshire Railway. The village was a little distance from the station, and the fact that the line followed the valley bottom whereas the settlements served by the railway were mostly on the hill-tops above was a contributary factor in its demise. The line closed in 1934, but in 1937 the route was reopened as the Manifold Way, a fully-tarmacked 8 mile walk- and cycle-path which runs from Hulme End in the north to Waterhouses in the south.

References

* Keys R and Porter L (1972) "The Manifold Valley and its Light Railway", Moorland publishers