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Photo of Lyme Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bollington in the Peak District, Cheshire, north west England.

Lyme ParkPhoto Explore Heritage / Pexels

Places to explore near Adlington (Cheshire) StationAdlington

27 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 3 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.Iconic

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

2.6 km E

Photo of White Nancy, a folly near Bollington, Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

White Nancy

Folly near Bollington

Whitewashed sugar-loaf folly on Kerridge Hill above Bollington, built to mark Waterloo, with wide views over plain, Pennines and Wales.

4.2 km SE

Photo of Alderley Edge, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Nether Alderley, Cheshire, north west England.Iconic

Alderley Edge

SSSI near Nether Alderley

Wooded sandstone escarpment steeped in legend.

5.4 km W

Photo of Lyme Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bollington in the Peak District, Cheshire, north west England.Iconic

Lyme Park

House & garden near Bollington

Palladian mansion and moorland deer park.

5.5 km NE

Photo of Styal Country Park, a country park near Alderley Edge, Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

Styal Country Park

Country park near Alderley Edge

A mill estate whose valley garden drops to the River Bollin past restored glasshouses.

7.6 km W

Photo of Nether Alderley Mill, a watermill in Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

Nether Alderley Mill

Watermill near Nether Alderley

Overshot 16th-century watermill under a long stone roof near Alderley Edge, restored to working order by the National Trust.

8 km SW

Photo of Marple Locks, a landmark in Greater Manchester, north west England.Highlight

Marple Locks

Landmark near Marple

Flight of sixteen canal locks and a towering stone aqueduct where the Peak Forest Canal climbs out of the Goyt valley.

9.4 km NE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Adlington Hall

House & garden near Prestbury

The Legh family's home for 700 years, with an organ Handel reputedly played.

0.6 km W

Photo of the Macclesfield Canal, a 26-mile canal running from Marple Junction to Hall Green, England.

Macclesfield Canal

Canal

A high-level canal along the Peak District's western edge, carried on Telford-school embankments past silk-town wharves.

1.7 km E · Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Staffordshire

Prestbury

Village

Ancient, affluent village on the Bollin with a Norman chapel, timbered houses and a broad old main street.

3 km S · Cheshire

Bollington

Village

Old mill town in the Peak foothills, its canal and the White Nancy folly on Kerridge Hill above.

3.6 km SE · Cheshire

Photo along the Gritstone Trail, a 35-mile long-distance path running from Disley to Kidsgrove, England.

Gritstone Trail

Long-distance path

Along the Peak District's western gritstone edges from Disley to Kidsgrove, with the Cheshire Plain spread below.

3.9 km SE · Cheshire & Staffordshire

Lyme Valley Park

Country park near Bollington

A country park in Cheshire.

3.9 km E

Photo of Hare Hill, a house & garden near Prestbury, Cheshire, north west England.

Hare Hill

House & garden near Prestbury

A National Trust place in Cheshire.

5 km SW

Photo of Eddisbury Park Field, a country estate near Bollington, Cheshire, north west England.

Eddisbury Park Field

Country estate near Bollington

A National Trust place in Cheshire.

7.4 km S

Photo of Teggs Nose Country Park, a country park near Bollington in the Peak District, Cheshire, north west England.

Teggs Nose Country Park

Country park near Bollington

A country park in Cheshire.

7.9 km SE

Everything else within 10 km (11) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.