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Brereton Heath is a local nature reserve with a lake surrounded by woodland and heathland, managed by Cheshire East Council and around 25 minutes’ drive from Lapland UK Manchester at Capesthorne Hall. A level path loops around the lake, making it an easy walk for young children and pushchairs, and it’s a pleasant place to break a journey between Capesthorne Read more…
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Macclesfield Forest is a large area of woodland and reservoirs on the western edge of the Peak District, around 30 minutes’ drive from Lapland UK Manchester at Capesthorne Hall. The Trentabank car park and visitor area is the usual starting point for family-friendly forest walks around the reservoirs — a peaceful, festive-feeling setting of tall conifers in winter. Car park Read more…
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Tegg’s Nose is a country park on the hills just east of Macclesfield, run by Cheshire East Council’s ranger service and around 25 minutes’ drive from Lapland UK Manchester at Capesthorne Hall. A former quarry, it offers big views over Macclesfield and the Cheshire Plain, with a visitor centre, toilets, picnic tables and a pay-and-display car park off Buxton Old Read more…
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Lyme is a large National Trust estate on the edge of the Peak District near Disley, with a grand house, formal gardens and a deer park, around 35 minutes’ drive from Lapland UK Manchester at Capesthorne Hall. The deer park is a spectacular place for a winter walk and a chance to spot red deer. It’s a little further than Read more…
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Alderley Edge is a wooded sandstone escarpment cared for by the National Trust, around 15 minutes’ drive from Lapland UK Manchester at Capesthorne Hall, with far-reaching views across the Cheshire Plain. It’s steeped in local legend — the story of a wizard guarding sleeping knights beneath the Edge — and the Trust’s family-friendly Wizard’s Wander trail brings that and the Read more…
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Redesmere is a lake beside the A34 at Siddington, just over a mile from Capesthorne Hall — the closest place on our list to Lapland UK Manchester, only a few minutes’ drive away. There’s free parking at the water’s edge (follow Redesmere Lane past Siddington Village Hall), and it’s a lovely spot for little legs to stretch before or after Read more…
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One of Cheshire’s most loved family destinations, Tatton Park offers hundreds of acres of beautiful parkland, a working farm, walled garden, mansion house and deer roaming freely. With seasonal events throughout the year including Christmas activities, it’s a perfect day out for families making the most of their Lapland UK Manchester weekend. Read more…


