Places to explore near Altrincham StationAltrincham

An early-Georgian mansion with one of Britain's largest winter gardens and a deer park.

2.9 km W

Neoclassical mansion, gardens and vast deer park.

6.8 km S

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

7.3 km SE

Wooded reservoir on the edge of Lymm village, a peaceful circular walk of water, dingle and gorge.

8.9 km W

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

9.6 km S · Cheshire

The world's first swing aqueduct — a 235-foot iron trough that pivots aside, water and all, to let ships pass on the Manchester Ship Canal.

9.7 km N

The Duke's canal of 1761 that began the Canal Age, crossing the Mersey flats between Manchester, Runcorn and Leigh.

1.2 km N · Greater Manchester & Cheshire

Beamed country pub at Little Bollington near Dunham Massey and the Bridgewater Canal, serving since at least 1745.

4.2 km W

Hushed estate hamlet above Rostherne Mere, a nature reserve, with St Mary's on the hill.

4.5 km SW · Cheshire

Church on a hill above Rostherne Mere, its wooded setting mentioned in a deed of 1188.

5.1 km SW

The Victorian seaway that made inland Manchester a port, taking ocean-going ships 36 miles up from the Mersey estuary.

6.7 km NW · Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Merseyside

Old timber-and-brick church at Warburton, on the site of a 12th-century priory of Norbertine canons.

7.4 km W

Village straddling the Bridgewater Canal, with a sandstone cross, wooded dingle and the reedy expanse of Lymm Dam.

7.5 km W · Cheshire

A National Trust place in Cheshire.

8.1 km S

Traditional country pub down the lanes at Mobberley, with fireside snugs and a big beer garden.

9.4 km SE