Apedale Community Country Park

The area has a long history of mining, with the nearby former collieries at Silverdale and Holditch also having been redeveloped for other uses.

as a form of compensation to the residents of the area for the large amount of development that has taken place over recent years.

[citation needed] The shallow mine at Holditch was redeveloped into a business park and an industrial estate, which led to significant capital gains for Staffordshire County Council.

The adjoining Moseley Railway Trust[2] is currently running the first phase of the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge Apedale Valley Light Railway extending further into the parkland.

The country park is also the home of Newcastle Countryside Project[3] and is bordered by the communities of Silverdale, Chesterton, Knutton and Cross Heath.