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From Disley, a lovely stone-built village with an excellent dining pub, the Ram’s Head, follow the 35 mile (56km) Gritstone Trail into the Lyme Park estate, inhabited by red deer and the location for the TV dramatisation of Pride and Prejudice. Climb through the moors up to the Bowstones, the remains of Anglo-Saxon crosses, perched [...]

Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre Cotebrook Near Northwich Cheshire CW6 9DS Telephone: 01829 760506 Website: http://www.cotebrookshirehorses.co.uk Set in 50 acres in the heart of the beautiful Cheshire countryside, Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre & Countryside Park offers everything for the perfect day out. Home of the internationally renowned Cotebrook Shire Horse Stud they have been breeding prize [...]

Delamere Northwich Cheshire CW8 2JD Phone: 01606 889792 Website: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/delamere Delamere Forest is an enjoyable area for walkers, cyclists, children and the disabled alike. It has six waymarked paths starting at just 0.75 miles and waymarked cycle routes of four and seven miles. Blakemere Moss, a restoration project of an area of wetland, is an [...]

Tabley House was designed by John Carr of York for Sir Peter Byrne Leicester, Bt., and completed in 1769. His son, Sir John Fleming Leicester, Bt., later 1st Lord de Tabley, was the first great patron and collector of British paintings. He assembled a splendid collection at Tabley and in his London house during the [...]

On Friday 5th April 1996 Gauntlet Birds of Prey Centre opened it’s doors to the public, at it’s original location at Nether Alderley in Cheshire. The centre was a dream come true for falconer Graham Bessant. He has been interested in Birds of Prey all his life and trained his first Kestrel at the age [...]

Gawsworth Old Hall is a country house in the village of Gawsworth.  The hall is a Grade I listed building and the gardens are graded by the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens as Grade II. The original house was Norman and this was rebuilt in 1480 and extensively remodelled in 1701. The estate [...]

Manchester Road Knutsford Cheshire WA16 0EX Tel: 01565 755455 Website: Located just one mile north of Knutsford in the heart of Cheshire, Fryer’s is a distinctive, high quality garden centre and world famous rose nursery making it an ideal destination for a great day out. Renowned for its extensive indoor and outdoor plant ranges, the [...]

Arley is a place of enormous character, charm and interest. Visitors are frequently struck by the warm and intimate atmosphere and the feeling that Arley is a much-cherished family home. The Gardens, which are amongst the finest in Britain, are outstanding for their vitality, variety and historical interest and are particularly celebrated for the magnificent [...]

A new website has been launched to help visitors map-out their very own Gritstone Trail. With its outstanding countryside, wonderful views and natural riches, the 35 mile/56 kilometre Gritstone Trail is both a challenge and a delight. Located in Cheshire’s Peak District, it stretches from Disley in the north to Kidsgrove in the south.  In [...]

Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, in the heart of the Cheshire countryside, the ‘Clonter Experience’ offers you the opportunity to entertain friends and clients in the convivial atmosphere of an intimate theatre whilst enjoying Operatic productions as well as Jazz and other musical events. Clonter Opera Theatre is a 400 seat [...]

Delamere Northwich Cheshire CW8 2JD Phone: 01606 889792 Website: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/delamere Delamere Forest Park is an enjoyable area for walkers, cyclists, children and the disabled alike. It has six waymarked paths starting at just 0.75 miles and waymarked cycle routes of four and seven miles. Blakemere Moss, a restoration project of an area of wetland, is [...]

The mill is one of the best preserved textile mills of the Industrial Revolution and is now a museum of the cotton industry. It is a Grade II* listed building. The mill was founded by Samuel Greg in 1784  in the village of Styal on the River Bollin. Its original iron water wheel was designed by Thomas Hewes and built between 1816 [...]

For all children Christmas and birthdays are the highlight of their year and, for Knutsford children, there is also May Day, with the excitement of dressing up for a part in the colourful procession, perhaps riding on a horse-drawn float, dancing to the applause of the spectators or even playing a starring role in the [...]

The Old School House Tabley Cheshire WA16 0HL Telephone: 01565 633039 Website: http://www.cuckoolanduk.net/ The Cuckooland Museum, Tabley is home to the largest collection of antique cuckoo clocks, five fairground organs, 12 trumpeter clocks and tools - all from the Black Forest in Germany. You can’t fail to be astonished by the variety, quality and ingenuity associated with the [...]