Tourist attractions Macclesfield

This truly exceptional half-timbered manor house is surrounded by shallow moats. The floors are uneven, the gabled windows have retained their original 16C window panes, and precious wood panellings embellish the interior. Building work began in 1440..

In a wooded park of 11 ha crossed by the River Bollin stands a high cotton mill built in 1784.Initially powered by an enormous wheel weighing 50 tonnes, it was not equipped with a steam engine until the 1840s.

Covering 20ha, this is a veritable green lung on the outskirts of Manchester. Entry is through the nursery and kitchen garden. The path on the left leads to terraces laid out in front of a 19C neo-Classical building. The central path heads towards ..