Photo of Alderley Edge, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Nether Alderley, Cheshire, north west England. — © Brian Frost / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Alderley Edge

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Wooded sandstone escarpment steeped in legend.

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Alan Garner set The Weirdstone of Brisingamen here, drawing on the old legend of a wizard guarding sleeping knights beneath the hill. Alderley Edge is a wooded sandstone escarpment held by the National Trust, honeycombed with copper mines worked on and off since the Bronze Age. Paths lead out to Stormy Point and other openings in the trees looking across the Cheshire plain towards the Peak District. The station in Alderley Edge village is right below it.

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More places to visit near Alderley Edge

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

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.

1.8 km SW

Photo of Styal Country Park, a country park near Alderley Edge, Cheshire, north west England.

Styal Country Park

Country park near Alderley Edge

A mill estate whose valley garden drops to the River Bollin past restored glasshouses.

4.9 km NW

Photo of Capesthorne Hall Gardens, a garden near Siddington, Cheshire, north west England.

Capesthorne Hall Gardens

Garden near Siddington

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

5.1 km S

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

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.

8.5 km E

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

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

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

8.7 km E

Photo of Jodrell Bank Observatory, a visitor attraction near Goostrey, Cheshire, north west England.

Jodrell Bank Observatory

Attraction near Goostrey

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

8.8 km SW