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Photo of Lyme Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bollington in the Peak District, Cheshire, north west England.

Lyme ParkPhoto Explore Heritage / Pexels

Places to explore near Macclesfield StationMacclesfield

30 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 3 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.Iconic

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

2.9 km E

Photo of White Nancy, a folly near Bollington, Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

White Nancy

Folly near Bollington

Whitewashed sugar-loaf folly on Kerridge Hill above Bollington, built to mark Waterloo, with wide views over plain, Pennines and Wales.

4 km NE

Photo of Gawsworth, a village in Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

Gawsworth

Village

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

5.6 km SW · Cheshire

Photo of Alderley Edge, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Nether Alderley, Cheshire, north west England.Iconic

Alderley Edge

SSSI near Nether Alderley

Wooded sandstone escarpment steeped in legend.

6.7 km NW

Photo of Nether Alderley Mill, a watermill in Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

Nether Alderley Mill

Watermill near Nether Alderley

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

8 km W

Photo of Lyme Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bollington in the Peak District, Cheshire, north west England.Iconic

Lyme Park

House & garden near Bollington

Palladian mansion and moorland deer park.

9.9 km NE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Macclesfield Canal, a 26-mile canal running from Marple Junction to Hall Green, England.

Macclesfield Canal

Canal

A high-level canal along the Peak District's western edge, carried on Telford-school embankments past silk-town wharves.

0.5 km E · Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Staffordshire

Photo of Eddisbury Park Field, a country estate near Bollington, Cheshire, north west England.

Eddisbury Park Field

Country estate near Bollington

A National Trust place in Cheshire.

1.6 km E

Photo of Teggs Nose Country Park, a country park near Bollington in the Peak District, Cheshire, north west England.

Teggs Nose Country Park

Country park near Bollington

A country park in Cheshire.

2.6 km E

Photo along the Gritstone Trail, a 35-mile long-distance path running from Disley to Kidsgrove, England.

Gritstone Trail

Long-distance path

Along the Peak District's western gritstone edges from Disley to Kidsgrove, with the Cheshire Plain spread below.

2.8 km E · Cheshire & Staffordshire

Prestbury

Village

Ancient, affluent village on the Bollin with a Norman chapel, timbered houses and a broad old main street.

4.1 km N · Cheshire

Photo of Maggoty's Wood, a nature reserve near Gawsworth, Cheshire, north west England.

Maggoty's Wood

Nature reserve near Gawsworth

A National Trust place in Cheshire.

4.7 km SW

Bollington

Village

Old mill town in the Peak foothills, its canal and the White Nancy folly on Kerridge Hill above.

4.7 km NE · Cheshire

Photo of St James the Great, a church near Gawsworth, Cheshire, north west England.

St James the Great

Church near Gawsworth

Church with a 500-year-old barrel roof standing above a picturesque pond, facing the Tudor manor of Gawsworth Hall.

4.8 km SW

Gawsworth [Old] Hall

House & garden near Gawsworth

A black-and-white Tudor manor with a rare Elizabethan pleasure garden and old tilting ground.

4.9 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (15) — 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.