Luds Church.

I have been there Tegan.
I love that area, where Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet.
It has a quite magical feel I think.

I have, Tegan, but a long time ago. It's not so far from here, so when it's a sunny day, I might have a drive out.

Very near to me, off the A54 along from the Roaches on the Staffs/Cheshire border.

Don't get me started on yet another advert for the glorious Peak District.

A few years ago I had three jobs and a horse to look after and yet managed to go walking in the Peak District every weekend; these days I hardly walk up the lane and back [mind you, weather seemed better back then]. It looks amazing[ mind you; googled it and there was talk of cannibalism but not in recent years...

Perhaps we could all have a picnic (real not virtual) up there in the summer - if there is one: a Gransnet picnic, how about it?

Will bump this thread up when we venture forth [it's a bit further north than I'd realised but definately want to see it!].

Great idea Anno

Good idea. Lud's church itself is damp and gloomy but the top of the Roaches, a long Gritstone edge is lovely in good weather.

The series was called 'Pagans and Pilgrims; Britains Holiest Places'. I've missed the whole series [apart from that one and had to scribble down notes as I knew I'd forget the names of the places the next morning] and, annoyingly I can't seem to use iplayer at the moment. Mind you I have visited one place mentioned which was Ingleby, and all I can rememeber about it was a lot of holes in the hillside . But the atmosphere of Lud's Church really came across in the programme.

Just googled Lud's Church - and it's not a church building at all! Not too keen on dreary old churches, but this is somewhere that I would be interested in visiting.

grannyA
Not too far from that area in Hollinsclough is the most lovely Methodist Chapel.
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-274252-bethel-chapel-hollinsclough-staffordshir

Its not always open but it is delightful inside. Lovely pews and woodwork for the pulpits and it has a gallery. Not dreary at all.

The church hall opposite does teas and cakes at weekends for the walkers.
from the end of May.

I'm going to find the programme on i-Player. Was it this week's episode, Tegan?

Just watched the episode with Lud's Church. It reminds me of a place in North Fife. The area is reached by walking down through a wood and climbing down some roughly hewn steps into a 'dell'. At the top of the steps is a pool which is about 4' deep that is known locally as the Druid's Pool. Adjacent to the steps is a small cliff where Celtic carvings have been cut, and where candles could be and have been placed. Throughout the 'dell', (which has a river running through it), over the years people have hung ribbons, beads etc on tree branches. The whole area feels really peaceful.
I believe that it has been and might still be, an area of Pagan worship, although there is a church close by (often the case).

Glad you managed to watch it Marelli [wish my iplayer would work again ]. There's something magical about visiting these places where you can tap into ancient history; I used to walk along St Nectan's Glenn when I lived in/visited Cornwall. There are some Celtic carvings there also. I hope the series will be repeated so I can watch it; there was a book mentioned as well which I'd like to get.

Tegan, I'm going to watch the rest of them now....DH is watching Britain's Got Talent...!