LEEK CYCLISTS’ CLUB

Cycling Since 1876

 

Sponsored by Den Engel Belgian Bar and Restaurant

Copyright 2010 - Leek Cyclists’ Club and others as acknowledged. All rights reserved.

Welcome to the Official Home Page of the Leek Cyclists' Club.

 

The Club was founded on 3rd August 1876 by W.T. Cook and 5 other stalwart gentlemen of Leek and is one of the oldest cycling clubs in Britain. In August 2006 the Club celebrated the 130th Anniversary of its founding with Mrs Edith Cook, the wife of the grandson of Mr. W.T. Cook.

 

When he died in 1941 at the age of 91 W.T. Cook bequeathed his Ordinary Bicycle (Penny Farthing) to the Club. It has been fully restored and pictures of it being ridden by club members can be viewed in the Picture Gallery. It is now on permanent display in the Club's HQ:- Den Engel Belgian Bar and Restaurant, Stanley Street, Leek.

 

Leek, in the county of Staffordshire, is situated about 30 miles south east of Manchester and 10 miles north east of Stoke-on-Trent in the heart of the Staffordshire Moorlands. Surrounded by rugged, open moorland and bordering the Peak District National Park, the natural beauty of the countryside around Leek, which is known as The Queen of the Moorlands, is unsurpassed.

 

If you would like further information about the Club then please go to the Activities page or the Contacts page for details of how to contact.