Manchester Airport 34 min
National Trust Little Moreton Hall (14 min)
Garden, history, and architecture Mow Cop Castle (18 min)
Small landmark stone tower on a ridge, built in 1754 & popular for its panoramic views. Rode Hall (13 min)
Stately manor built in the 1700s, featuring antique furnishings, china & lush, landscaped grounds. Rode Hall & Gardens (12 min)
A Georgian red-brick manor housing pottery and paintings, with 10-acre gardens and a snowdrop walk. Middleport Pottery (23 min)
Pottery, canal, and museum Lion Salt Works (27 min)
Educational museum exploring the history of salt production at a restored open-pan salt-making site. Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker (31 min)
A nuclear bunker and defence complex offering tours and 20th-century military history exhibitions. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre (22 min)
Educational observatory museum with science exhibits, the Lovell Radio Telescope, plus outdoor cafe. Rudyard Lake (38 min)
A 1700s reservoir with areas of ancient woodland, known for canoeing, birding & fishing for pike. Apedale Community Country Park (27 min)
Open parkland criss-crossed with footpaths, nature trails, open meadows and secluded glades. National Trust - Biddulph Grange Garden (24 min)
National Trust site inspired by the East, with a dahlia walk and plants from round the world. Capesthorne Hall (29 min) Ford Green Hall (27 min)
Timber-framed farmhouse museum furnished with 17th-century textiles and objects, plus period garden. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (27 min)
Displays tracing Potteries' history, plus extensive ceramics collection, fine art and WWII Spitfire. Waterworld (24 min)
Tropical-themed water park offers wave pool, slides, rides and flumes, plus a weekly aqua disco. | 
