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Dist:0.3km<br/>from the West.
©Neil Lewin
Dist:0.4km<br/>The view is from Congleton Edge, on a grey midwinter day. In the distance a large part of the plain west of Congleton can be seen to be under a blanket of fog.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking over the edge of Congleton Edge and the flat, fertile fields of the Cheshire Plain can be seen before the houses of Congleton appear in the distance.
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.4km<br/>Autumn will probably come early to Congleton Edge owing to its exposure to the west winds blowing straight across the flat-lands of the Cheshire Plain, the Bracken has withered and died back and the Birches have lost all their leaves.
©Jonathan Kington
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©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.5km<br/>The path along Congleton Edge is more open on this section, allowing fantastic views both east and west.
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking off the ridge and down the gritstone crags on the western side of Congleton Edge, the buildings below belong to Hillside Farmhouse and The Meadows.
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.5km<br/>It is a bit of a surprise to turn a corner on a ridge path and come across one of these, it is surrounded by semi-mature trees on three sides and a wall on the other so it must have been here a long time. The machine is a Lister Blackstone combined swathe-turner and hay-rake. Originally produced by Blackstone as a horse-drawn implement under the name of Massey-Harris Blackstone (for pictures of one in use see http://www.oldengine.org/members/blkstone/History4.htm ), the design was slightly altered to make it towable by tractors as these became more fashionable. Blackstone's were bought out by R A Lister & Co in 1936, but because of an existing agreement with Massey-Harris the machines could not be stamped with the new company logo until after 1944. Therefore because the hub-case of the large wheel is marked Lister Blackstone we can assume this machine was produced later than then, but without further evidence it is impossible to date it any closer. For more information on the Blackstone company's history visit http://www.oldengine.org/members/blkstone/front.htm .
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) bushes grow in huge numbers on Congleton Edge, normally they will only grow to about 2 feet (60 cm) in height but these were at least 4 feet high. In early Summer they will have pale-green flowers tinged with pink, the edible fruit are round and blue-black and when fully ripe are quite sweet.
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.5km<br/>At this point the path forms part of the Staffordshire Moorland Walk.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.5km<br/>With very limited room for turning round in Congleton Edge and Nick i' th' Hill, the refuse wagon has to reverse for about quarter of a mile to service the last houses on this road.
©Jonathan Kington
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©Neil Lewin
Dist:0.5km<br/>Although the northern half of this gritstone ridge is called Congleton Edge there is also a small commintiy of houses that go by the same name. This picture is looking down from the public footpath onto the tops of some of those houses.
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.6km<br/>Located in the tiny graveyard attached to [[2160242]], this memorial is a poignant reminder that there were probably no communities in Britain and Ireland untouched by World War I. There are five names inscribed on the panels, this may not seem many until it is put in context- Congleton Edge is a tiny community that is hardly big enough to call a hamlet and to lose five able-bodied men in one go must have been devastating, affecting all the households in one way or another.
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.6km<br/>The footpath leads down steeply from the Edge, to Congleton Edge Road that runs parallel to the ridge lower down.
©Stephen Craven

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