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Leek (town)

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Leek

Town in north Staffordshire, England, 15 km/9.3 mi northeast of Stoke-on-Trent; population (2001) 19,600. Sewing thread, silk dye, silks, and ribbons are manufactured here.

Rudyard Lake is 5 km/3 mi to the north, and 10 km/6 mi north are the spectacular rocks known as the Roaches and Hen Cloud. These are outcrops of gritstone (coarse sandstone) used for practice climbs.



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