Apedale
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Apedale is a village in Staffordshire
, England
. The village is home to the 454 acres (183.7 ha) Apedale Community Country Park
. The park is unusual for the area as it was previously as an opencast mine.
The area has a long history of mining, with the nearby former collieries at Silverdale
and Holditch also having being redeveloped for other uses.
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The village is home to the 454 acres (183.7 ha) Apedale Community Country Park
Apedale Community Country Park
Apedale Community Country Park is a 454 [154ha] acre country park in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. The park is unusual for the area as it was previously as an opencast mine....
. The park is unusual for the area as it was previously as an opencast mine.
The area has a long history of mining, with the nearby former collieries at Silverdale
Silverdale, Staffordshire
Silverdale is a suburban village and civil parish in Staffordshire, west of Newcastle-under-Lyme. In 1932 it became part of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and is now, with the exception of the north-eastern end, part of the Silverdale and Parksite ward....
and Holditch also having being redeveloped for other uses.