Leek The queen of Staffordshire Moorlands a great place to visit

Known as the 'Queen of the Staffordshire Moorlands', Leek is a former textile town with a long and fascinating history.
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[@kasiakasia177]

Gratitude for your wor

[@SunshineMix101]

Leek looks like a great place to visit with lots of character. :)

[@DebrasDeliciousDishes]

I always wanted to visit Leeks❤❤❤

[@DarylPritchardvideos]

So cool

[@franciscomyatt352]

You've rumbled where I go to do my shopping every Friday, if you enjoyed it on a Sunday you really need to do a market day and so much more to explore and see.

[@lratcliffe9151]

Leek is near to where I live and is referred to as the Queen of the Moorlands. It is a nice place to visit

[@joline2730]

As the name suggests, Market Square is where the market (mainly antiques) is held every Wed and Sat (where that camper was). There are plenty of bikes because there are several cycling clubs, (mainly on Sunday) the routes are usually just out of town towards the Peaks and Buxton ! It's good to see a lot of the shops which I knew back in 2010 are still there AND still trading 😮😮 Premier Inn had just been bought and started the refurb, Yorkshire Trading was also going strong. It's a shame you didn't see the REAL Leek beyond the High Street.

[@DarylPritchardvideos]

Wow thanks for watching and the comments

[@tinadavies4752]

The big building is a library and college

[@DarylPritchardvideos]

Thanks tina

[@dallassukerkin6878]

:grins: I am originally from Cheadle and we have a long tradition of enmity with Leek that, as far as anyone can tell, stems from when French soldiers were imprisoned there during the Napoleonic Wars - these were officers and, being French, couldn't keep their hands off the local women and the town caught the blame for it :chuckles: How true any of that is is anyone's guess of course :) I briefly went to the college there in the mid-80's and it was a nice enough place then. It seems to have fared quite well in recent decades and flourished whereas Cheadle became an over-full dormitory town :(

[@DarylPritchardvideos]

Wow

[@dallassukerkin6878]

@@DarylPritchardvideos Seeing you at Market Square with the cyclist coming by reminds me of the last time I was in Leek - *long* ago when the Tour of Britain cycle race was on; there was a big pile up on that corner as one bike lost traction on the cobbles and went down, taking a load of others with him! The town has certainly gotten more prosperous in the last thirty years, as I add to your video with a bit of nosing about on Google Maps :D One of my cousins used to live in a bedsit on St. Edwards Street (I think it was there) - those houses seem to have had rather a facelift since those days! All I can say is that Leek is still a proper town by the looks of things - little businesses all over plying their trade rather than being pushed out by chain stores.

[@DarylPritchardvideos]

@@dallassukerkin6878 amazing

[@joline2730]

Ah, Leek. A Town Centre which is kept very clean - BUT step away from the town, just a few metres from the Clock Tower and you will find dirty streets which are litter-strewn and unswept. I know, because I used to live there in Grosvenor Street, which is just behind the bus station approx 20 metres away. I complained several times about this, all to no avail. Stoke on Trent is just the same, full of rubbish and a complete dump ‼️ My complaints were met with "we clean those streets (around Bentilee) every *14 weeks* " They were astonished when I told them my street in Essex was swept (by hand with brooms) *every fortnight* like clockwork.