Manchester Airport 25 min
National Trust - Lyme (29 min)
Imposing house, used as Pemberley in TV's Pride and Prejudice, with 1300-acre estate and deer park. Shining Tor (20 min)
A trail leads across open moorland to this grassy peak with sweeping views of the Cheshire Plain. Poole's Cavern & Buxton Country Park (30 min)
Tours of natural underground limestone caves, plus a park with picnic areas & wooded trails. Capesthorne Hall (14 min) Fletcher Moss Park (24 min)
Green space donated to the people of Manchester, with original features, sports facilities and cafe. Quarry Bank (15 min)
Heritage site from the early Industrial Revolution and home to Europe's most powerful water wheel. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre (18 min)
Educational observatory museum with science exhibits, the Lovell Radio Telescope, plus outdoor cafe. Upper Goyt Valley (30 min)
Rural area in a national park, with 2 reservoirs plus hiking trails in surrounding woods & moorland. Tatton Park (29 min)
Historic estate with Tudor hall, neo-classical mansion, lavish gardens, a deer park and playground. Lud's Church (25 min)
Shifting land on a hill created this deep, overgrown chasm with history as a secret religious site. Bramall Hall (20 min)
Large public space around a 14th-century manor house, with bowling green, cafe and picnic areas. The Roaches (36 min)
Wind-carved outcrop of gritstone in Peak District National Park, with trails, rock climbing & views. The Pavilion Gardens (30 min)
Restored gardens with a botanical conservatory, events and fairs, live bands and an arts centre. National Trust - Biddulph Grange Garden (29 min)
National Trust site inspired by the East, with a dahlia walk and plants from round the world. The Whitworth (33 min)
Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. | 
