Dramatic red sandstone escarpment, with impressive views. Alderley Edge is designated an SSSI for its geological interest. It has a long history of copper mining, going back to prehistoric and Roman times. The mines are open twice a year, organised b...
Hare Hill in Macclesfield, Cheshire is a charming wooded and walled garden. This woodland garden, especially spectacular in early summer, includes azaleas, rhododendrons, hollies and hostas. At its heart is a delightful walled area with a pergola and...
Little Moreton Hall in Congleton,
Cheshire, is a moated manor house - the 'icon' of English Tudor domestic architecture. This is Britain's most famous and arguably finest timber-framed manor house. The drunkenly reeling south front, topped by a sp...
Great estate with lavishly decorated house and fine gardens. Originally a Tudor house, Lyme was transformed by the Venetian architect Leoni into an Italianate palace. Some of the Elizabethan interiors survive and contrast dramatically with later room...
Nether Alderley Mill in Macclesfield,
Cheshire, is a 15th-century mill beside a tranquil mill pool. With its heavy oak framework, low beams and floors connected by wooden ladders, set beneath an enormous sloping stone roof, this charmingly rustic ...
Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate in Wilmslow, Cheshire is of one of Britain's greatest industrial heritage sites, including complete working cotton mill. Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate once belonged to the wealthy Greg family who founded the Mill...
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