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Oakamoor is a small village located near Cheadle in Staffordshire. It has a history dating back to Norman times, being featured in the Domesday Book. In the Domesday Book, the village was noted as having a few houses and many trees.

The area's natural resources were used for industry. Factories smelted iron and copper and lumber was also exported. The wealth of exhalations from the factories led to some people nicknaming the village "Smokeamoor" because of its smokey climate. Thomas Bolton's copperworks near the River Churnet supplied copper wire for the first transatlantic cables. In the 1950s, the Thomas Bolton factory was closed down and demolished, but its sister factory at Froghall remains. A pleasant park now lies in the place where the factory once was.

Oakmoor had a station on the Churnet Valley Railway. The railway track leading to Alton railway station has been converted to a footpath.

Oakamoor has one shop (a post office) and three public houses. These are called The Cricketers Arms, The Lord Nelson and The Admiral. In summer, the area becomes busy as people travel through Oakamoor on their way to Alton Towers.

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