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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 Heaton Chapel StationHeaton Chapel

24 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 Marple Locks, a landmark in Greater Manchester, north west England.Highlight

Marple Locks

Landmark near Marple

Flight of sixteen canal locks and a towering stone aqueduct where the Peak Forest Canal climbs out of the Goyt valley.

8.4 km SE

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.

9.6 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

1 km N

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.

1.6 km E

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.

1.8 km S

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.

5.3 km E · Greater Manchester, Derbyshire & Cheshire

Photo of the Ashton Canal, a 7-mile canal running from Manchester to Ashton-under-Lyne, north west England.

Ashton Canal

Canal

East Manchester's canal, lifting boats out of the city through eighteen locks toward the Pennine crossings.

5.8 km N · Greater Manchester

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.

5.8 km E

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.

6.9 km NW · Greater Manchester & West Yorkshire

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.

7.5 km NW · Greater Manchester & Cheshire

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

Werneth Low Country Park

Country park near Marple

A country park in Greater Manchester.

7.5 km E

Everything else within 10 km (13) — 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.