Things to Do

You're spoilt for choice for things to do in Cheshire. See below to find stately homes, luxury spa facilities, award-winning gardens, waymarked country trails and outdoor activities ranging from crag-climbing and wildlife walks, archery lessons and falconry sessions, to craft workshops and children’s holiday courses. Whether you want to pack your diary full or prefer to take life at a more leisurely pace, you'll find a selection of fantastic stuff to visit, see and learn.

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  1. Dunham Massey Hall Gardens (NT)

    Location

    Altrincham

    Here is one of the North West's great plantsman's gardens with richly planted borders and majestic trees, as well as an orangery, Victorian bark house and well house.

    Type

    Type:

    Garden

  2. Lyme Park & Gardens (NT)

    Location

    Stockport

    Great National Trust estate with lavishly decorated house and fine gardens.

    Type

    Type:

    Historic House / Palace

  3. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre & Arboretum

    Location

    Macclesfield

    With over 2,500 species of trees and shrubs, this arboretum, next to the world famous Lovell Radio Telescope is a tree lovers’ paradise.

    Type

    Type:

    Parkland / Woodland Garden

  4. Little Moreton Hall (NT)

    Location

    Congleton

    Step back in time, over 500 years.

    Type

    Type:

    Historic House / Palace

  5. Dunham Massey Brewing Company

    Location

    Dunham Massey

    A family-run, small craft brewery, from a barn on the Dunham Massey estate, producing 12 beers, including brews with the novel names of Chocolate Cherry Mild and Deer Beer.

    Type

    Type:

    Brewery

  6. Dunham Massey Hall Park (NT)

    Location

    Altrincham

    Park with formal avenues and fallow deer.

    Type

    Type:

    Municipal Park

  7. Tatton Park - Home Farm

    Location

    Knutsford

    Perfect for all the family, the farm provides a picture of rural life where time has stood still since the 1930s.

    Type

    Type:

    Farm

  8. Sandbach Farmer's Market

    Location

    Sandbach

    Sandbach Farmers Market - 2nd Saturday Monthly (from 12th June) - 8:30am - 1:30pm
    Delicious locally sourced produce, Victorian Children's games, live music.

    Type

    Type:

    Market

  9. Great Budworth Real Dairy Ice Cream Farm

    Location

    Northwich

    Enjoy freshly-made ice cream with 18 different flavours.

    Type

    Type:

    Tea / Coffee Shop

  10. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

    Location

    Macclesfield

    Come and take a trip to Mars....

    Type

    Type:

    Heritage / Visitor Centre

  11. Red House Farm Shop and Tearooms

    Location

    Altrincham

    Nestled in the rural village of Dunham Massey, Red House Farm is an award winning farm shop and tea rooms - true supporters of local foods with most products sourced from within the North West of England.

    Type

    Type:

    Tea / Coffee Shop

  12. Grosvenor Garden Centre

    Location

    Chester

    Excellent reputation for providing its customers with quality horticultural and lifestyle products,

    Type

    Type:

    Garden Centre

  13. Dunham Massey  Hall (NT)

    Location

    Altrincham

    An 18th century mansion with over 30 rooms open to the public. Collections of furniture, paintings and silver. Library, laundry, kitchen and stables.

    National Trust property.

    Type

    Type:

    Historic House / Palace

  14. Cheshire Farm Ice Cream

    Location

    Tattenhall

    The largest ice cream parlour in the region offering 40 flavours of ice cream and sorbet.

    Type

    Type:

    Farm

  15. Quarry Bank Mill and Garden (NT)

    Location

    Styal

    One of our garden’s greatest secrets has been revealed!

    Type

    Type:

    Water Mill

  16. Norton Priory Museum & Gardens

    Location

    Runcorn

    Amid the engaging sights at this 800-year-old religious retreat - herbs, vegetables and fruits grown, including the national collection of quince trees.

    Type

    Type:

    Museum

  17. Ness Botanic Gardens

    Location

    Neston

    Voted Large Attraction of the Year 2008 at the recent Visit Chester and Cheshire Tourism Awards.
    These outstanding botanic gardens overlooking the Dee Estuary contain the finest collection of rhododendron and azaleas in the Northwest.

    Type

    Type:

    Garden

  18. Tatton Park - The Old Hall

    Location

    Knutsford

    The Old Hall is set in an enclosure in the parkland between the beautiful mere and the site of an Anglo Saxon village with its landscape history trail.

    Type

    Type:

    Museum

  19. Tatton Park

    Location

    Knutsford

    With forty indoor servants to spit and polish, cook and clean, wash and iron, this elegant Regency mansion was a constant bustle of activity in the days of the Egerton family which owned the house from the turn of the 18th century. With its impressive south-facing portico dominating the view of the...

    Type

    Type:

    Historic House / Palace

  20. Cheshire Farm Ice Cream Animal Corner

    Location

    Tattenhall, Chester

    Visit our selection of animals which are bound to capture your hearts with their playful characters.

    Type

    Type:

    Farm

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