Places to explore near Chelford StationChelford

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

3.3 km NE

Wooded sandstone escarpment steeped in legend.

4.1 km NE

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

4.2 km SW

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

7 km NW · Cheshire

Cobbled lane leading to the timber-framed church of St Oswald and the old Bells of Peover inn beside it.

7.2 km W · Cheshire

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

7.5 km N

Neoclassical mansion, gardens and vast deer park.

9.6 km NW

Hushed village of pools and old halls, its timbered Gawsworth Hall and church of St James rising above a picturesque mere.

9.7 km SE · Cheshire

Woodland, parkland and lakeside gardens with formal rooms and a chapel around a Jacobean-style hall near Siddington.

3.4 km SE

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

5 km N

Black-and-white timber-framed church at Siddington, consecrated in 1521 and still largely of oak.

5.1 km SE

A National Trust place in Cheshire.

5.8 km NW

A National Trust place in Cheshire.

6.4 km E

Plain 1689 Nonconformist chapel in Knutsford where the novelist Elizabeth Gaskell worshipped and is buried.

6.9 km NW

Creeper-clad 14th-century coaching inn beside the timber-framed church at Lower Peover, reputedly a Patton and Eisenhower haunt in 1944.

7.1 km W