Manchester Airport 23 min
Fletcher Moss Park (26 min)
Green space donated to the people of Manchester, with original features, sports facilities and cafe. Anderton Boat Lift Visitor Centre (21 min)
Boat trips through a working hydraulic lift raising vessels from the River Weaver to the canal. Quarry Bank (22 min)
Heritage site from the early Industrial Revolution and home to Europe's most powerful water wheel. Arley Hall & Gardens (26 min)
Stately, 19th-century country home open for events, plus a formal garden, cafe, gift shop & nursery. Marbury Country Park (21 min)
Ancient woodland, streams and a large open space, including a play area and orienteering course. Walton Hall and Gardens (28 min)
Lavish Elizabethan-style hall with ornamental gardens, including picnic areas, a kids' zoo and cafe. National Trust Little Moreton Hall (25 min)
Garden, history, and architecture Runway Visitor Park (19 min)
Park at Manchester Airport offering runway views, a cafe & tours of a Concorde & other aircraft. Capesthorne Hall (13 min) Lion Salt Works (15 min)
Educational museum exploring the history of salt production at a restored open-pan salt-making site. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre (11 min)
Educational observatory museum with science exhibits, the Lovell Radio Telescope, plus outdoor cafe. National Trust - Dunham Massey (20 min)
Georgian house set in formal gardens and parkland, with displays on its former owners and servants Bramall Hall (28 min)
Large public space around a 14th-century manor house, with bowling green, cafe and picnic areas. Tatton Park (10 min)
Historic estate with Tudor hall, neo-classical mansion, lavish gardens, a deer park and playground. Gauntlet Birds of Prey Eagle & Vulture Park (8 min)
Eagle, owls, vulture, and zoo | 
