Walk
The Roaches
Leek, West Midlands
A dramatic gritstone ridge with wallabies in the woods.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
The Roaches is a long, craggy ridge above Leek, popular with climbers and photographers. A wallaby colony lived on the hill after escaping from a private zoo, and was last reported years ago. The ridge walk gives broad views.
Good to know
- Sunrise is the best time
- Combine with Lud's Church
- Getting there
- Small car park below the ridge
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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