Manchester Airport 43 min
Crewe Heritage Centre (14 min)
In/outdoor rail museum with old locomotives, signal boxes, model railway and rides. Weekends only. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (24 min)
Displays tracing Potteries' history, plus extensive ceramics collection, fine art and WWII Spitfire. Beeston Castle (29 min)
A ruined English Heritage castle atop a crag, with woodland wildlife trails and spectacular views. Cholmondeley Castle Gardens (27 min)
Elegant, 19th-century castle gardens with lakeside walks, a play area, plus llamas and pygmy goats. Nantwich Museum (10 min)
Compact local history museum featuring temporary & permanent exhibitions in a former library. National Trust Little Moreton Hall (26 min)
Garden, history, and architecture Queens Park (13 min)
Long-standing public park featuring lots of green space, landscaped gardens, a lake & golf course. Middleport Pottery (21 min)
Pottery, canal, and museum Trentham Estate (26 min)
This 725-acre estate features gardens, shopping, a monkey forest, an adventure course & more. The Dorothy Clive Garden (13 min) Rode Hall & Gardens (25 min)
A Georgian red-brick manor housing pottery and paintings, with 10-acre gardens and a snowdrop walk. Waterworld (22 min)
Tropical-themed water park offers wave pool, slides, rides and flumes, plus a weekly aqua disco. Apedale Community Country Park (25 min)
Open parkland criss-crossed with footpaths, nature trails, open meadows and secluded glades. Trentham Monkey Forest (29 min)
Woodland and meadows with 140 monkeys living in freedom, with forest path, info boards and videos. Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker (16 min)
A nuclear bunker and defence complex offering tours and 20th-century military history exhibitions. | 
