Lyme Hall

A mansion about 2.5 miles west of Whaley Bridge. It belongs to the National Trust and stands in a great park which is entered at Disley. Public Transport is available in the summer months to carry pedestrians along the mile-long drive to the hall. Lyme Hall appeared as ‘Pemberley’ in the BBC’s recent adaptation of the Jane Austen novel 'Pride and Prejudice' .

Water power, was the wonder of the late 18th Century and today technological breakthrough can be seen in action at Quarry Bank Mill. This remarkable Georgian museum is a valuable resource for learning industrial and social heritage.

Macclesfield Silk Museum

Over twenty thousand photographs relating to the silk industry and Macclesfield. All the Macclesfield mills are featured with external and internal views in most cases.

Macclesfield Canal

The canal was built to serve the mills, mines and quarries of the Marple, Poynton, Bollington, Macclesfield and Congleton areas as well as to provide a link from Manchester to the Potteries and Midlands.

The early 19th-century Wyatt house sits amid a landscaped deer park and is opulently decorated, providing a fine setting for the Egerton family's collections of pictures, books, china, glass, silver.

The Museum Of Science & Industry In Manchester

The theatre of dreams. Visit the Museum and take a tour of the Stadium.

The National Landmark Millennium Project for the Arts. A spectacular new building for the 21st century, it is unlike anything you will have seen before.

Jodrell Bank is a leading radioastronomy facility.

Saving Animal species from extinction

The UK's first and only museum dedicated to the exciting world of hats and hat making.

First-hand experience of daily life in 1940s, war-torn Britain. A labyrinth of tunnels under part of the town centre provided shelter - and a way of life - for Stockport and Manchester families through the dark days of the Blitz

Detailed information on all the facilities and attractions at Cheshire.Also gives information on attractions which have facilities for disabled visitors.  

One of the finest black and white timbered manor houses in the country, standing in 64 acres of landscaped grounds, three miles from the town centre. Built largely during the 15th and 16th centuries with some Victorian alterations and additions, the hall offers a glimpse of several hundred years of family history.