Discover Cheshire. This is a fantastic website for planning walks, cycle routes and planning a visit to the area.

Year of the Gardens 2008

Parks and Country Houses

• Gawsworth Hall
• Tatton Park
• Dunham Massey
• Little Moreton Hall
• Lyme Park
• Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Park
• Bridgemere Britains biggest plants men
• Alderley Edge
• Biddulph Grange
• Hare Hill Gardens

Caves

• Pooles Cavern
• Blue John Caves
• Speedwell Cavern (boat!)
• Heights of Abraham

Sports & Activities

• Mountain Biking in the hills
• Upper Limits (rock climbing, archery, rope walking etc.)
• Motor Racing at Oulton Park
• Horse Racing at Chester Race Course and also at Aintree, the Home of the Grand National
• Football at Manchester United, Liverpool Fc, Everton Fc & Manchester City
• Cricket at Old Trafford

Museums and Attractions

• Freedom Canal Boat Hire
• Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
• Meet the Bees
• Animal Farm, Castleton
• Churnet Valley Railway
• Congleton Museum
• Bollington Discovery Centre
• Macclesfield Museums
• Anson Engine Museum
• Crich Tramway
• Alton Towers
• Cuckooland
• Stapeley Water Gardens
• Chester Zoo
• Cheshire Waterlife & Falcorny Centre
• Salt Museum
• Port Sunlight Village
• Anderton Boat Lift
• Blue Planet Aquarium
• The Potteries Stoke - home to the world's greatest pottery manufacturers
• Imperial War Museum in Manchester
• Lowry Centre in Manchester
• Clonter Opera deep in Cheshire’s countryside.
• Potters Barn Courses include longbow making.

• Delamere Forest
• Sandstone Trail
• Cheshire Canals
• Gritstone Trail
• Macclesfield Forest

Cycling Routes

• Tissington Trail
  
• Manifold Valley