164 Alton Towers Dovedale^ 



length of at least a mile. Next, we pass through Leek, 

 Froghall, and Oakamoor, and eventually reach Alton, 

 the station for the celebrated seat of the Earls of Shrews- 

 bury, called Alton Towers. Independently of the 

 magnificence of the gardens, the woods, reaching nearly 

 to Cheadle, are of the highest beauty. "Rocester 

 Junction" completes the " Churnet Valley" line, and 

 here we diverge to Ashbourne, the immediate starting- 

 point for DOVEDALE, and the best way of access also 

 to Tissington. 



