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

Styal Country Park© David Dixon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Gatley StationGatley

17 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

4.9 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Mersey Vale Country Park, a country park in Greater Manchester, north west England.

Mersey Vale Country Park

Country park near Manchester

A country park in Greater Manchester.

2.7 km NE

Photo of Reddish Vale Country Park, a country park near Marple, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Reddish Vale Country Park

Country park near Marple

A country park in Greater Manchester.

5.7 km NE

Photo of Highfields Country Park, a country park in Greater Manchester, north west England.

Highfields Country Park

Country park near Manchester

A country park in Greater Manchester.

5.9 km NE

Photo of the Bridgewater Canal, a 39-mile canal running from Runcorn to Leigh, north west England.

Bridgewater Canal

Canal

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

6.8 km NW · Greater Manchester & Cheshire

Photo of the Manchester Ship Canal, a 36-mile canal running from Eastham to Manchester, north west England.

Manchester Ship Canal

Canal

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

8.6 km N · Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Merseyside

Photo of Chadkirk Estate Country Park, a country park near Marple, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Chadkirk Estate Country Park

Country park near Marple

A country park in Greater Manchester.

9 km E

Photo of the Peak Forest Canal, a 15-mile canal running from Dukinfield Junction to Bugsworth Basin, England.

Peak Forest Canal

Canal

Climbing out of Manchester's fringe to Whaley Bridge and Bugsworth Basin, once the transhipment point for Peak limestone.

9.1 km E · Greater Manchester, Derbyshire & Cheshire

Photo of the Rochdale Canal, a 32-mile canal running from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge, England.

Rochdale Canal

Canal

The first canal across the Pennines — 91 broad locks between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, reopened whole in 2002.

9.1 km N · Greater Manchester & West Yorkshire

Photo of The Plough & Flail, a pub near Mobberley, Cheshire, north west England.

The Plough & Flail

Pub near Mobberley

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

9.2 km S

Everything else within 10 km (7) — 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.