Manchester Airport 36 min
Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre (20 min)
Educational observatory museum with science exhibits, the Lovell Radio Telescope, plus outdoor cafe. Poole's Cavern & Buxton Country Park (24 min)
Tours of natural underground limestone caves, plus a park with picnic areas & wooded trails. Tittesworth Reservoir (18 min)
Recreational reservoir built in 1858, offering trails & a water sports center with kayaks & boats. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (37 min)
Displays tracing Potteries' history, plus extensive ceramics collection, fine art and WWII Spitfire. Shutlingsloe (17 min)
A short, steep path leads up this grass-covered hill for panoramic views of the Cheshire Plain. Quarry Bank (29 min)
Heritage site from the early Industrial Revolution and home to Europe's most powerful water wheel. Capesthorne Hall (16 min) National Trust - Lyme (39 min)
Imposing house, used as Pemberley in TV's Pride and Prejudice, with 1300-acre estate and deer park. Lud's Church (13 min)
Shifting land on a hill created this deep, overgrown chasm with history as a secret religious site. The Roaches (24 min)
Wind-carved outcrop of gritstone in Peak District National Park, with trails, rock climbing & views. The Pavilion Gardens (24 min)
Restored gardens with a botanical conservatory, events and fairs, live bands and an arts centre. Rudyard Lake (20 min)
A 1700s reservoir with areas of ancient woodland, known for canoeing, birding & fishing for pike. National Trust - Biddulph Grange Garden (13 min)
National Trust site inspired by the East, with a dahlia walk and plants from round the world. Waterworld (33 min)
Tropical-themed water park offers wave pool, slides, rides and flumes, plus a weekly aqua disco. National Trust Little Moreton Hall (17 min)
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