The Roaches where Buzzards fly and Wallabies may still roam. The Roaches (or Roches) is a wind-carved outcrop of gritstone rocks straddling the parishes of Leekfrith and Heathylee in the Peak District National Park about 4 miles north of Leek, Staffordshire and 8 miles south of Buxton, Derbyshire. See Google Earth image and Find us
Ye Olde Rock Inn at Upper Hulme is open again, Wednesdays to Sundays
The name Roaches has evolved recently
from 'Roches' as the area used to be known only 100 years (or less) ago.
'Roches' is the french word for rocks.
The Roaches area includes Hen Cloud, so named perhaps because with a little imagination it looks like a roosting hen. The name could also have been derived from the Anglo -Saxon 'Henge Clud' meaning steep cliff. Also Ramshaw Rocks which includes the weird rock formation called the Winking Man.
The Roaches website has received an email from Dr Derek Yalden who had been studying the wallabies on the Roaches for 40 years.
To see his potted history of the wallabies go to the Wallaby memories page. This is well worth reading.
Dr Derek Yalden, an emminent zoologist, died on Feb 5th 2013. RIP Dr Yalden
The last photo confirmed sighting of a Wallaby was by David Hobson of Buxton at Hanging Stone on August 2nd 2009. See photo and short videos on Wallabies page.
I am trying to build up a library of memories of the Wallabies and Yaks. See the memories and wallabies pages.
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Want to know the weather on the Roaches? go here This weather station is about 2.5miles from the Roaches
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Want to know what you are looking at from the Roaches? From Long Mynd to Shutlingsloe. check this website. go here You'll need to click the magnifying glass to get good images.
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