On her camping road trip through Cheshire, Caroline Mills discovers a county as surprising as it is beautiful.
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With Georgian terraces, surviving mills and far-reaching views out to the hills, there’s plenty for visitors to see and do in Macclesfield.
Take it slow and savour these pockets of tranquility.
Cheshire’s segment of the Peak District may be small, but it is filled with rolling hills and picturesque villages.
Explore one of England’s ‘Walkers are Welcome’ towns on this delightful 2½-mile circular route.
The county is blessed when it comes to impressive manor houses.
Steeped in history – Roman, medieval, Tudor, Georgian and Victorian – Chester is a charming place to wander down the ages.
We take a tour of the county’s lesser-known trails, nature reserves and forests.
Peckforton Castle is well positioned atop a high ridge © Philip Bird LRPS CPAGB, Shutterstock Great walking and cycling with panoramic views is guaranteed…
For every chemical works or power station that blights the landscape, there’s a quarry turned nature reserve or postcard-pretty village. Much of the northwest…
This corner of Cheshire, bumping up against the Pennines, gets gradually wilder the further inland you head. To the west of the Macclesfield Canal…
Knutsford, the real-life Cranford, is a charming country town with characterful streets, quirky architecture and the grand Tatton Estate right on the doorstep. If…
Don’t be surprised to be called ‘duck’ or ‘shug’ in these parts; these are local terms of endearment. Cheshire’s eastern edge is an industrious…
Surrounded by lovely countryside and rich in industrial heritage, Marple is also on the Cheshire Ring route, so ideal for canal lovers. Some might…
The Anderton Boat Lift is a truly impressive feat of Victorian engineering © Marketing Cheshire The green heart of Cheshire, pocked with meres and…