Places to explore near Hartford StationHartford

The parkland of a vanished hall on Budworth Mere, with lime avenues and birdwatching hides.

3.4 km NE

The 'Cathedral of the Canals', an 1875 iron boat lift raising narrowboats fifty feet between the Weaver and the Trent & Mersey Canal.

3.8 km NE

Restored open-pan salt works at Marston near Northwich, one of the last of its kind and now a museum of Cheshire's salt trade.

5.4 km NE

Estate village of red-brick and timbered cottages climbing to St Mary's church, long held up as Cheshire's prettiest.

6.6 km NE · Cheshire

Cheshire's largest wood, 2,400 acres of oak and pine around the reedy lake of Blakemere Moss, laced with walking and cycling trails.

8.9 km W

Cheshire's salt river, canalised for the chemical trade and joined to the canal network by the Anderton Boat Lift.

1.5 km SE · Cheshire

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

2.9 km N · Staffordshire, Cheshire & Derbyshire

Monet-like water garden and nursery at Cuddington, with island beds, primulas and a wildlife pond.

5.2 km W

Handsome sandstone church rising over the estate village of Great Budworth, with a fine 14th-century tower.

6.6 km NE

A country park in Cheshire.

7.2 km SW

Family-made gardens near Delamere with a pool garden, exotic borders and woodland walks, plus a café.

7.9 km SW