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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 Poynton StationPoynton

27 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.

4.3 km SE

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.

5.3 km E

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.

6.7 km NE

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.

7.1 km W

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.

7.2 km SE

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.

7.3 km SW

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.

3.4 km SE · Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Staffordshire

Adlington Hall

House & garden near Prestbury

The Legh family's home for 700 years, with an organ Handel reputedly played.

3.6 km S

Lyme Valley Park

Country park near Bollington

A country park in Cheshire.

4.3 km SE

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.

5.2 km E · Cheshire & Staffordshire

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.

6.2 km NE · Greater Manchester, Derbyshire & Cheshire

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.

6.3 km NE

Bollington

Village

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

6.4 km SE · Cheshire

Prestbury

Village

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

6.4 km S · Cheshire

Photo of The Navigation Inn, a pub near Marple, Greater Manchester, north west England.

The Navigation Inn

Pub near Marple

Canal-side pub at Marple by the Peak Forest locks, popular with boaters and towpath walkers.

6.9 km NE

Everything else within 10 km (12) — 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.