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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Liv Clarke

Inside the UK’s viral 'Jurassic Park' an hour from Greater Manchester

Throughout the Peak District are dozens of beautiful places to explore, from tiny villages to breathtaking caves. It’s also where you’ll find a magical gorge walk, which has been dubbed the UK’s own “Jurassic Park”.

Lud’s Church is an 18-metre deep chasm located in the Staffordshire Peak District, just over an hour's drive from Manchester. With green, moss-covered walls and trees towering overhead, it feels like a place you’d find in the jungle - not hidden deep in the English countryside.

It’s no surprise then that the walk has gone viral on Tiktok, with videos tagging Lud’s Church amassing more than 90 million views on the social media platform. Tiktok user heykeyt wrote: “If you wanna feel like you’ve escaped into a Jurassic Park-like world you must visit the Lud’s Church in the Peak District.”

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