Manchester Airport 21 min
Poole's Cavern & Buxton Country Park (34 min)
Tours of natural underground limestone caves, plus a park with picnic areas & wooded trails. Manchester City Council (33 min)
City hall, victorian architecture, clock tower, gothic revival architecture, and victorian era Tatton Park (27 min)
Historic estate with Tudor hall, neo-classical mansion, lavish gardens, a deer park and playground. Bramall Hall (17 min)
Large public space around a 14th-century manor house, with bowling green, cafe and picnic areas. National Trust - Lyme (27 min)
Imposing house, used as Pemberley in TV's Pride and Prejudice, with 1300-acre estate and deer park. Capesthorne Hall (15 min) The Pavilion Gardens (34 min)
Restored gardens with a botanical conservatory, events and fairs, live bands and an arts centre. Manchester Museum (31 min)
Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. Quarry Bank (11 min)
Heritage site from the early Industrial Revolution and home to Europe's most powerful water wheel. Old Trafford (28 min)
Home of Manchester United, offering behind-the-scenes stadium tours and 75,000 seats for matches. The Whitworth (29 min)
Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Manchester Art Gallery (35 min)
Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. Science and Industry Museum (32 min)
Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre (18 min)
Educational observatory museum with science exhibits, the Lovell Radio Telescope, plus outdoor cafe. Fletcher Moss Park (20 min)
Green space donated to the people of Manchester, with original features, sports facilities and cafe. | 
