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About Mow Cop

Mow Cop straddles the Staffordshire-Cheshire border on a prominent ridge, famous for its mock castle ruin and role as the birthplace of Primitive Methodism. Reach it via the A34 from Stoke-on-Trent (8km) or approach from the M6 Junction 16 through Kidsgrove. The 18th-century folly was built deliberately as a ruin at 335 metres above sea level.

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Mow Cop is in England, at 53.111, -2.217 - about 8 km north-east of Harecastle.

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The closest airport to Mow Cop is Manchester Airport, 38 km (about 43 min by car). Other airports nearby: Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

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