Places to explore near Goostrey StationGoostrey

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

2 km NE

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

6.2 km NW · Cheshire

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

9 km NE

Pair of intricately carved Saxon stone crosses from the 9th century standing in Sandbach's cobbled market square.

9.1 km S

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

9.4 km N · Cheshire

Wooded sandstone escarpment steeped in legend.

10 km NE

A country park in Cheshire.

4.2 km S

Sixty-year-old grower's farm shop at Byley selling homegrown vegetables and Cheshire produce.

5.6 km W

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

6.1 km NW

Rare timber-framed medieval church at Lower Peover, its aisles built of black-and-white oak with a 1582 west tower.

6.2 km NW

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

6.4 km E

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

6.6 km NE

Brindley's Grand Trunk of 1777 — Potteries bottle kilns, the Anderton Boat Lift and the long darkness of Harecastle Tunnel.

8.3 km SW · Staffordshire, Cheshire & Derbyshire