Places of Interest
Given Stoneyfold Park’s location in the historic village of Bosley, Cheshire, visitors and residents are ideally placed to explore everything that this part of the North West has to offer. From the energetic to the sedate, from the town to the countryside, from the historic to the contemporary, there is something for everyone within easy reach of Stoneyfold.
Chatsworth House
Chatsworth is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, one of Britain’s best loved historic estates and the heart beat of the Peak District National Park.
Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1PP
Website: www.chatsworth.org Distance: 28.8 miles
Macclesfield Forest
Macclesfield Forest is a working forest located in the east of Cheshire close to Macclesfield and Langley and Wildboarclough Villages. The forest is owned by United Utilities and has four reservoirs.
Langley, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Website: www.macclesfield-forest.co.uk Distance: 4.5 miles
Blue John Cavern
The world famous cavern can be found in Winnats Pass, a spectacular limestone gorge in the Peak District. You can take an underground tour of the caverns where Blue John can be seen in its natural state.
The Blue John Cavern, Castleton, Hope Valley S33 8WP
Website: www.bluejohn-cavern.co.uk Distance: 22.6 miles
Buxton Opera House
Buxton Opera House is one of Britain’s leading receiving theatres, presenting around 450 performances each year including dance, comedy, children’s shows, drama, concerts, pantomime and opera.
Buxton Opera House, Water Street, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6XN
Website: www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Distance: 12.6 miles
Bakewell
Bakewell is a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales, deriving its name from ‘Badeca’s Well’. It is the only town included in the Peak District National Park and is famous for “The Bakewell Tart”.
Bakewell, Derbyshire
Website: www.bakewellonline.co.uk Distance: 23.2 miles
Haddon Hall
Haddon Hall is a fortified medieval manor house dating from the 12th Century, and is the home of Lord and Lady Edward Manners whose family have owned it since 1567.
Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1LA
Website: www.haddonhall.co.uk Distance: 26.1 miles
Lyme Park
Lyme Park is a large estate consisting of a mansion house, surrounded by formal gardens, in a deer park in the Peak District National Park. The house is the largest in Cheshire and a Grade I listed building.
Lyme Park, Disley, Stockport, Cheshire SK12 2NR
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk Distance: 14.9 miles