St Oswald's Church (Lower Peover)

Elegant market town of independent shops and monthly artisan markets, the 'Cranford' of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel.

4.4 km N · Cheshire

World Heritage radio-astronomy site near Goostrey, dominated by the giant Lovell Telescope, with a science-centre and arboretum.

6.3 km SE

Restored open-pan salt works at Marston near Northwich, one of the last of its kind and now a museum of Cheshire's salt trade.

7.2 km W

The parkland of a vanished hall on Budworth Mere, with lime avenues and birdwatching hides.

7.2 km W

Neoclassical mansion, gardens and vast deer park.

7.4 km N

A double herbaceous border of the 1840s, reckoned the oldest of its kind in England.

9.4 km NW