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Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
|
0.0 |
Depart Crewe on Local road(s) (West) |
3.5 mi |
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|
3.5 |
At Warmingham, stay on Local road(s) |
3.0 mi |
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|
6.5 |
Bear LEFT (North) onto A533 |
0.7 mi |
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|
7.2 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto A54 |
0.5 mi |
Congleton |
|
7.7 |
Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) |
0.2 mi |
|
|
7.9 |
Continue (North-East) on B5081 |
0.6 mi |
Byley |
|
8.5 |
Bear RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) |
3.7 mi |
Cranage |
|
12.1 |
At Goostrey, stay on Local road(s) |
5.8 mi |
Twemloe Green |
|
17.9 |
At Chelford, turn LEFT (North) onto A535 |
1.1 mi |
Alderley Edge |
|
19.0 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) |
1.6 mi |
Nether Alderley |
|
20.6 |
Turn LEFT (North) onto A34 |
0.7 mi |
Stockport |
|
21.3 |
Arrive Alderley Edge |
HARE HILL, Over Alderley, Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 4QB
A woodland garden with azaleas, rhododendrons and a delightful walled garden at its heart, containing a pergola and wire sculptures. The surrounding parkland has attractive walks, including a link path to Alderley Edge (2ml)
Between Alderley Edge and Prestbury, turn off north at B5087 at Greyhound Road
|
Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
|
0.0 |
Depart Alderley Edge on A34 (North) |
0.4 mi |
Stockport |
|
0.4 |
Turn LEFT (West) onto A535 |
0.9 mi |
Chelford |
|
1.3 |
Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto Local road(s) |
0.9 mi |
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|
2.1 |
Bear LEFT (West) onto B5085 |
1.9 mi |
Knolls Green |
|
4.0 |
Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) |
2.1 mi |
Knolls Green |
|
6.1 |
At New Mills, stay on Local road(s) |
1.7 mi |
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|
7.7 |
At Ashley, stay on Local road(s) |
3.7 mi |
Rostherne |
|
11.5 |
Arrive Tatton Park |
TATTON PARK, Knutsford Cheshire WA16 6QN
One of the most complete historic estates open to visitors. 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 and specially commissioned Gillow furniture. The theme of Victorian grandeur extends into the garden, with fernery, orangery, rose garden, pinetum and Italian and Japanese gardens. There is also the medieval Old Hall, a 1930s working farm, a children's play area and many walks, including 'Wartime Tatton'. The trail around the lake offers the chance to see many varieties of waterfowl. The garden shop, gift shop and speciality food shop offer a variety of home produce and giftware
3½ml N of Knutsford, 4ml S of Altrincham, 5ml from M6, exit 19; 3ml from M56, exit 7, well signposted on A556; entrance
on Ashley Road, 1½ml NE of jn. A5034 with A50
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Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
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0.0 |
Depart Tatton Park on Local road(s) (North) |
6.0 mi |
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6.0 |
Turn RIGHT (South) onto A538 |
0.8 mi |
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|
6.9 |
Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) |
2.1 mi |
Styal |
|
9.0 |
Arrive Quarry Bank Mill |
QUARRY BANK MILL, Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 4LA
This working Georgian cotton mill, built in 1784 by entrepreneur Samuel Greg, provides a fascinating insight into the early Industrial Revolution. The complex of buildings which grew up around the magnificent 50-ton waterwheel charts the growth of cotton textile manufacture from cottage industry to noisy weaving factory. Through hands-on opportunities visitors can learn about the processes involved, and the restored Apprentice House, where pauper apprentice children lived, gives an insight into the arduous social conditions of the time. The new Steam Power Galleries, with an 1840 beam engine steaming daily and audio-visual theatre, show how steam complemented water power through the 19th century
1½ml N of Wilmslow off B5166, 2½ml from M56, exit 5, 10ml S of Manchester
STYAL ESTATE COUNTRY PARK, Estate Office, 7 Oak Cottages, Styal, Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 4JQ
An unspoilt part of the valley of the River Bollin, with many pleasant riverside walks in attractive woodland. The park includes Quarry Bank Mill (see p.256), the factory colony village of Styal and surrounding farmland
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Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
|
0.0 |
Depart Quarry Bank Mill on Local road(s) (North) |
2.1 mi |
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|
2.1 |
Turn RIGHT (West) onto A538 |
0.8 mi |
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|
3.0 |
Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Local road(s) |
3.2 mi |
Ashley |
|
6.2 |
Turn LEFT (West) onto B5162 |
0.7 mi |
Bowdon |
|
6.9 |
Bear LEFT (West) onto B5161 |
0.3 mi |
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|
7.2 |
At Bowdon, continue (West) on B5160 |
0.5 mi |
Dunham Town |
|
7.7 |
Arrive Dunham Massey |
DUNHAM MASSEY, Altrincham Cheshire WA14 4SJ
An early Georgian house, Dunham Massey was extensively reworked in the early years of this century. The result is one of Britain's most sumptuous Edwardian interiors, housing exceptional collections of walnut furniture, paintings and magnificent Huguenot silver. The richly planted garden contains extensive borders and late-flowering azaleas, as well as an orangery, Victorian bark house and well house. The surrounding deer park was laid out in the early 18th century and contains a series of beautiful avenues and ponds
3ml SW of Altrincham off A56; exit 19 off M6; exit 7 off M56
DUNHAM MASSEY: WHITE COTTAGE, Little Bollington, Altrincham Cheshire WA14 4TJ
An important timber-framed cottage, built c.1500 as a cruck trussed open hall and altered in the 17th century. Recently restored by the Trust using traditional materials and techniques and now a private residence, open to visitors by kind permission of the tenants
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Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
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0.0 |
Depart Dunham Massey on B5160 (West) |
0.8 mi |
Dunham Town |
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0.8 |
Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) |
0.3 mi |
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|
1.1 |
At Dunham Town, stay on Local road(s) |
1.0 mi |
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|
2.1 |
Turn RIGHT (West) onto B5160 |
1.2 mi |
Warburton |
|
3.3 |
Bear LEFT (West) onto A6144 |
0.3 mi |
Heatley |
|
3.6 |
At Warburton, bear RIGHT (North-West) onto Local road(s) |
0.4 mi |
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|
4.0 |
Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto B5159 |
142 yds |
|
|
4.1 |
*Toll Road* Stay on B5159 |
65 yds |
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|
4.1 |
At Toll Booth, continue (North) on Local road(s) |
0.7 mi |
Hollinfare |
|
4.8 |
Bear LEFT (West) onto A57 |
1.9 mi |
|
|
6.6 |
At M6 J21, turn RIGHT (North-West) onto Local road(s) |
8.0 mi |
Martinscroft |
|
14.7 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto A572 |
0.6 mi |
|
|
15.3 |
Turn LEFT (North-West) onto A49 |
1.1 mi |
Bryn |
|
16.3 |
At M6 J23, turn LEFT (West) onto A580 |
0.8 mi |
St Helens |
|
17.1 |
Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) |
12.3 mi |
Haydock |
|
29.4 |
Turn RIGHT (West) onto A577 |
0.1 mi |
|
|
29.5 |
At Westhead, turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) |
1.4 mi |
|
|
31.0 |
At Scarth Hill, stay on Local road(s) |
1.6 mi |
Aughton Park |
|
32.6 |
At Aughton Park, stay on Local road(s) |
1.0 mi |
|
|
33.6 |
Turn LEFT (West) onto B5195 |
1.5 mi |
Downholland Cross |
|
35.1 |
Turn RIGHT (North-East) onto Local road(s) |
1.5 mi |
Barton |
|
36.6 |
At Haskayne, stay on Local road(s) |
4.1 mi |
Formby |
|
40.7 |
Bear LEFT (South) onto B5424 |
0.1 mi |
|
|
40.9 |
At Formby, turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) |
0.7 mi |
Freshfield |
|
41.6 |
At Freshfield, stay on Local road(s) |
0.5 mi |
|
|
42.0 |
Arrive Formby Dunes |
FORMBY, Victoria Road, Freshfield, Formby Sefton L37 1LJ
A wonderful stretch of unspoilt coastline, made up of rolling sand dunes and attractive pine woods set between the sea and Formby town. There are interesting plants and birds to be found, and this is one of the last places in England where visitors may catch a glimpse of the rare red squirrel
15ml N of Liverpool, 2ml W of Formby, 2ml off A565
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Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
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0.0 |
Depart Formby Dunes on Local road(s) (North) |
0.5 mi |
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|
0.5 |
At Freshfield, stay on Local road(s) |
0.7 mi |
Formby |
|
1.2 |
At Formby, turn LEFT (East) onto B5424 |
0.1 mi |
Freshfield |
|
1.3 |
Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) |
4.1 mi |
Haskayne |
|
5.4 |
At Haskayne, stay on Local road(s) |
5.1 mi |
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|
10.5 |
At Pinfold, stay on Local road(s) |
1.0 mi |
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|
11.5 |
Turn LEFT (North-West) onto B5242 |
0.3 mi |
Snape Green |
|
11.8 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) |
2.0 mi |
Brown Edge |
|
13.8 |
At New Lane, stay on Local road(s) |
1.1 mi |
Tarlscough |
|
14.9 |
At Tarlscough, stay on Local road(s) |
2.2 mi |
|
|
17.1 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto B5246 |
0.1 mi |
|
|
17.3 |
Bear LEFT (East) onto A59 |
0.1 mi |
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|
17.4 |
Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) |
54 yds |
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|
17.4 |
Arrive Rufford Old Hall |
RUFFORD OLD HALL, Rufford, nr Ormskirk Lancashire L40 1SG
One of Lancashire's finest 16th-century buildings, famed for its spectacular Great Hall with an intricately carved movable wooden screen and dramatic hammerbeam roof. It is rumoured that Shakespeare performed in this hall for the owner, Sir Thomas Hesketh, in whose family Rufford remained for 250 years. The house contains fine collections of 16th- and 17th-century oak furniture, arms, armour and tapestries
7ml N of Ormskirk, in village of Rufford on E side of A59
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Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
|
0.0 |
Depart Rufford Old Hall on Local road(s) (East) |
54 yds |
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|
0.1 |
Turn LEFT (North) onto A59 |
21 yds |
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|
0.1 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto B5246 |
1.0 mi |
Parbold |
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1.0 |
Bear LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) |
1.2 mi |
Mawdesley |
|
2.2 |
At Mawdesley, stay on Local road(s) |
2.7 mi |
Mawdesley |
|
4.9 |
Turn LEFT (North) onto B5250 |
0.9 mi |
|
|
5.8 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto A581 |
0.2 mi |
Euxton |
|
6.0 |
Turn LEFT (North) onto B5253 |
0.6 mi |
|
|
6.6 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) |
2.6 mi |
Euxton |
|
9.2 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto B5248 |
2.2 mi |
|
|
11.4 |
Continue (East) on Local road(s) |
0.7 mi |
Whittle-le-Woods |
|
12.1 |
At Whittle-le-Woods, stay on Local road(s) |
2.2 mi |
|
|
14.3 |
At Brindle, turn RIGHT (North-East) onto B5256 |
0.5 mi |
Hoghton |
|
14.7 |
Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) |
1.6 mi |
Gregson Lane |
|
16.3 |
Turn RIGHT (South-East) onto A675 |
120 yds |
Abbey Village |
|
16.4 |
Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) |
1.9 mi |
Samlesbury |
|
18.2 |
At Samlesbury Bottoms, stay on Local road(s) |
2.1 mi |
|
|
20.3 |
Turn RIGHT (South-East) onto A677 |
0.2 mi |
|
|
20.5 |
Turn LEFT (North-East) onto Local road(s) |
7.1 mi |
Mellor |
|
27.6 |
Turn RIGHT (East) onto B6246 |
0.5 mi |
|
|
28.1 |
Turn RIGHT (South) onto A671 |
0.2 mi |
Burnley |
|
28.3 |
Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) |
4.2 mi |
Read |
|
32.6 |
Bear LEFT (South-East) onto A671 |
1.1 mi |
Burnley |
|
33.7 |
Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) |
0.5 mi |
|
|
34.3 |
Arrive Gawthorpe Hall |
GAWTHORPE HALL, Padiham, nr Burnley Lancashire BB12 8UA
An Elizabethan gem in the heart of industrial Lancashire, Gawthorpe resembles the great Hardwick Hall and is very probably by the same architect, Robert Smythson. In the middle of the 19th century Sir Charles Barry was commissioned to restore the house, thereby creating the opulent interiors we see today. There are many notable paintings on loan from the National Portrait Gallery, and an unparalleled collection of needlework, assembled by the last family member to live here, Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth
On E outskirts of Padiham; ¾ml drive to house on N of A671; M65 jct 8 towards Clitheroe, then signposted from second traffic light junction
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Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
|
0.0 |
Depart Gawthorpe Hall on Local road(s) (South) |
0.5 mi |
|
|
0.5 |
Turn RIGHT (West) onto A671 |
43 yds |
Padiham |
|
0.6 |
Turn LEFT (East) onto A646 |
4.6 mi |
Halifax |
|
5.2 |
At Walk Mill, turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) |
0.8 mi |
Mereclough |
|
5.9 |
At Mereclough, stay on Local road(s) |
7.0 mi |
Blackshaw Head |
|
12.9 |
Bear RIGHT (West) onto A646 |
0.4 mi |
Burnley |
|
13.4 |
Bear LEFT (South) onto A681 |
0.5 mi |
Clough Foot |
|
13.9 |
At Todmorden, bear LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) |
1.0 mi |
|
|
14.9 |
At Walsden, continue (South) on A6033 |
1.8 mi |
Summit |
|
16.6 |
Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) |
1.0 mi |
|
|
17.7 |
At Calderbrook, stay on Local road(s) |
1.3 mi |
|
|
18.9 |
Turn LEFT (East) onto A58 |
0.3 mi |
Rishworth |
|
19.3 |
Turn RIGHT (South-West) onto B6225 |
2.9 mi |
|
|
22.2 |
Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) |
1.0 mi |
New Hey |
|
23.2 |
At New Hey, turn LEFT (East) onto A663 |
1.3 mi |
Shaw |
|
24.4 |
Turn LEFT (East) onto B6197 |
1.8 mi |
Delph |
|
26.3 |
Turn RIGHT (South-West) onto A672 |
1.1 mi |
Moorside |
|
27.4 |
At Moorside, turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) |
2.8 mi |
Delph |
|
30.2 |
Turn RIGHT (West) onto A669 |
0.3 mi |
Lees |
|
30.5 |
Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) |
1.2 mi |
Hurst |
|
31.7 |
Turn LEFT (East) onto B6177 |
0.6 mi |
|
|
32.3 |
Turn RIGHT (South) onto A635 |
98 yds |
Stalybridge |
|
32.4 |
Turn LEFT (North-East) onto Local road(s) |
142 yds |
|
|
32.4 |
At Mossley, stay on Local road(s) |
0.7 mi |
|
|
33.1 |
Turn RIGHT (South) onto B6175 |
2.2 mi |
Millbrook |
|
35.3 |
Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) |
1.7 mi |
|
|
37.0 |
Bear LEFT (East) onto A6018 |
0.8 mi |
|
|
37.8 |
Bear RIGHT (South) onto B6174 |
0.3 mi |
|
|
38.1 |
Bear LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) |
1.1 mi |
|
|
39.2 |
At Broadbottom, stay on Local road(s) |
1.0 mi |
Charlesworth |
|
40.2 |
Turn RIGHT (South) onto A626 |
0.5 mi |
Chisworth |
|
40.7 |
Turn LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s) |
4.8 mi |
Chisworth |
|
45.5 |
At New Mills, turn RIGHT (West) onto B6101 |
0.7 mi |
Marple |
|
46.2 |
Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) |
0.8 mi |
|
|
47.0 |
Turn RIGHT (West) onto A6 |
0.3 mi |
Stockport |
|
47.3 |
At Disley, turn LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s) |
2.6 mi |
Whaley Bridge |
|
49.9 |
Arrive Lyme Park |
LYME PARK, Disley, Stockport Cheshire SK12 2NX
The home of the Legh family for 600 years and originally a Tudor house, Lyme was transformed by the Venetian architect Leoni into an Italianate palace and one of the biggest houses in Cheshire. Some of the Elizabethan interiors survive and contrast dramatically with later rooms. The state rooms are adorned by Mortlake tapestries, Grinling Gibbons wood-carvings and an important collection of English clocks. Outside, the Victorian garden contains Lewis Wyatt's great conservatory and is surrounded by a medieval deer park, complete with hunting tower. Lyme appeared as 'Pemberley' in the BBC's recent adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice
Entrance on A6, 6½ml SE of Stockport, 9ml NW of Buxton (house and car park 1ml from entrance)
|
Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
|
0.0 |
Depart Lyme Park on Local road(s) (East) |
3.9 mi |
|
|
3.9 |
Turn RIGHT (West) onto B5470 |
2.1 mi |
Rainow |
|
6.0 |
Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) |
2.4 mi |
Bollington |
|
8.5 |
At Bollington, bear LEFT (West) onto B5090 |
0.5 mi |
|
|
9.0 |
Continue (West) on B5091 |
0.4 mi |
|
|
9.4 |
Turn RIGHT (North) onto A523 |
0.3 mi |
Stockport |
|
9.7 |
Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) |
0.3 mi |
|
|
10.0 |
Continue (West) on A538 |
0.7 mi |
Mottram St Andrew |
|
10.7 |
Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Local road(s) |
2.2 mi |
Warren |
|
12.9 |
Bear RIGHT (West) onto B5087 |
0.6 mi |
Alderley Edge |
|
13.5 |
Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) |
1.2 mi |
Nether Alderley |
|
14.7 |
Turn LEFT (South) onto A34 |
0.4 mi |
Congleton |
|
15.1 |
Arrive Nether Alderley |
NETHER ALDERLEY MILL, Congleton Road, Nether Alderley, Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 4TW
A fascinating and unusual water-mill, dating from the 15th century. It has overshot tandem wheels and is powered by water from a lake, against which the mill is built. After lying derelict for thirty years, the Victorian machinery was restored in the 1960s and is now in full working order, with regular flour-grinding demonstrations
1½ml S of Alderley Edge, on E side of A34
|
Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
|
0.0 |
Depart Nether Alderley on Local road(s) (West) |
1.4 mi |
|
|
1.4 |
Turn LEFT (South) onto A535 |
1.7 mi |
Chelford |
|
3.1 |
Turn LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s) |
2.2 mi |
Siddington |
|
5.3 |
Bear RIGHT (South-West) onto B5392 |
0.9 mi |
Lower Withington |
|
6.2 |
At Lower Withington, bear LEFT (South-West) onto Local road(s) |
1.1 mi |
|
|
7.3 |
At Gleadsmoss, stay on Local road(s) |
3.8 mi |
|
|
11.1 |
Bear RIGHT (South) onto A534 |
0.3 mi |
|
|
11.4 |
Bear LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) |
1.2 mi |
Brownlow Heath |
|
12.6 |
At Brownlow Heath, stay on Local road(s) |
0.2 mi |
|
|
12.8 |
Turn RIGHT (South) onto A34 |
1.0 mi |
|
|
13.8 |
Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) |
87 yds |
|
|
13.8 |
Arrive Little Moreton Hall |
LITTLE MORETON HALL, Congleton Cheshire CW12 4SD
Britain's most famous and arguably finest timber-framed moated manor house. The drunkenly reeling south front, topped by a spectacular long gallery, opens onto a cobbled courtyard and the main body of the Hall. Magnificent wall paintings and a notable knot garden are of special interest. The Hall has served as a location for several films, including Lady Jane and Moll Flanders
4ml SW of Congleton, on E side of A34
|
Mile |
Instruction |
For |
Towards |
|
0.0 |
Depart Little Moreton Hall on Local road(s) (West) |
87 yds |
|
|
0.1 |
Turn LEFT (South) onto A34 |
0.5 mi |
|
|
0.6 |
Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) |
1.6 mi |
Rode Heath |
|
2.2 |
Turn LEFT (South) onto A50 |
0.2 mi |
Church Lawton |
|
2.4 |
At Rode Heath, bear RIGHT (South-West) onto Local road(s) |
3.4 mi |
|
|
5.7 |
At Hassall, stay on Local road(s) |
1.5 mi |
|
|
7.3 |
At Winterley, stay on Local road(s) |
3.1 mi |
|
|
10.4 |
Turn LEFT (South) onto B5076 |
0.3 mi |
|
|
10.7 |
Arrive Crewe |