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- Where to Stay
Welcome to the on-line accommodation guide for East Cheshire and the Cheshire Peak District. Choose your ideal accommodation from farmhouse bed & breakfast to luxurious country hotels and cosy inns in East Cheshire and the Cheshire Peak District.
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Buxton Festival Hotels and Inns DeVere Mottram Hall, Prestbury Alderley Edge Hotel, Alderley Edge Shrigley Hall Hotel, Pott Shrigley Best Western Moorside Grange Hollin Hall Hotel, Kerridge Ryles Arms, Higher Sutton Stanley Arms, Macclesfield Forest B&Bs/Guest Houses White House ...
- What To Do & See
It was Macclesfield's role in the Industrial Revolution, as the greatest silk weaving centre in England, which brought it fame and fortune. This important piece of history is wonderfully captured in the award-winning Silk Museum, Paradise Mill and Heritage Centre.
- Walking and Cycling in East Cheshire
Explore Macclesfield Forest and the Cheshire Peak District, following waymarked walks which take you to spectacular viewpoints overlooking the Cheshire Plain, into the Peak District National Park, alongside the River Dane, to fabulous country pubs such as the Ship ...
- Gardens
The East Cheshire Edge is home to six of Cheshire's top ten gardens , making this the obvious destination for garden lovers.
- What's On
Events taking place throughout the Borough of Macclesfield. Buxton Festival has a special place in the hearts of music and literature lovers. The wide-ranging opera programme now includes two full-scale festival productions.
- The Delicious East Cheshire Edge
Knutsford, Wilmslow, Alderley Edge and Prestbury are all famous for their fashionable restaurants and bars, if you're looking for perfect places to eat.
- Eating Out in East Cheshire
Discover the current favourites among the fashionable restaurants of the East Cheshire Edge. Choose your ideal surroundings for a romantic candlelit dinner.
- Gourmet Shops and Local Produce
Discover the sublime selection of chocolates at the Chocolate Trading Company in Alderley Edge, where you can buy chocolates sprinkled with gold leaf, single estate chocolate tasting boxes and bars of 100% chocolate! Fill your shopping basket with mouthwatering ...
- Explore Towns & Villages of East Cheshire
On the outskirts of fashionable Manchester, enjoy the smart shops, restaurants and Cheshire lifestyle of Alderley Edge , Wilmslow, Prestbury and Knutsford . Discover the silk heritage in the handsome market town of Macclesfield, East Cheshire's principal town.
- Explore Alderley Edge
While it may revel in its reputation as the Champagne capital of Britain, Alderley Edge enjoys a charming village atmosphere.
- Explore Bollington
Very much an individual town by comparison with the rest of the borough, Bollington's buildings made from the distinctive local Kerridge stone retain a village atmosphere.
- Explore Cheshire Peak District
Take the Train to the Cheshire Peak District Escape from the city for a weekend in the Cheshire Peak District.. It couldn't be easier.
- Explore Disley
Nestling against Lyme Park and on the fringe of the Peak District National Park, Disley's village centre clusters round a classical fountain (1823) and church, with restaurants and antique shops.
- Explore Knutsford
Knutsford is one of Cheshire's prettiest market towns, full of character and with many buildings of great historical significance.
- Explore Macclesfield
The major market town for East Cheshire, Macclesfield grew as one of the main silk textile centres of the country, renowned for the skill of its designers and for its richly patterned woven fabrics.
- Explore Poynton
A thriving small town with a pleasant shopping centre and many links to its historic past as a small mining village.
- Explore Prestbury
This unspoilt picturesque village on the river Bollin with historic inns and renowned restaurants, galleries and shops, is a happy hunting ground for discriminating visitors.
- Explore Wilmslow
Wilmslow has become a favourite destination for designer shoppers, with its flagship department store Hoopers and a range of fashion, jewellery and interior design shops, inlcuding Jaeger, Paul Costelloe, Suzy Krakowski's fabulous hat shop, the Aga Shop, the House ...
- Is It Really Like That?
You've seen it on TV, you've read about in the newspapers, you've heard it all on the grapevine.
- Groups
Tailor-made Tours of the Textile Triangle Weave together the perfect package for your clients around the fascinating Textile Triangle of Macclesfield, Congleton and Leek.
- Textile Triangle Festival
- Textile Towns
Congleton Congleton grew from a thriving market town into a major centre of textile production in the 18th century. Visit the museum and find out what life was like for Congleton's mill workers.
- Canals, Costumes and Collections
Froghall Wharf Boats Boat trips and cruises in Staffordshire Froghall Wharf, Foxt Road, Froghall, Staffordshire, ST10 2HJ Tel: 01538 266486 An enjoyable way to experience the Cauldon Canal and Churnet Valley.
- Itineraries
Weave together the perfect package for your clients around the fascinating Textile Triangle of Macclesfield, Congleton and Leek. Explore this amazing region and discover its many textile treasures.
- Mills and Mansions
Compton Mill Compton Mill, Compton, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 5NJ Tel: 01538 388732 or enquiries@comptonfabrics.co.uk www.comptonfabrics.co.
- Silk and Shopping
Silk Museums Silk Museum, Park Lane,Macclesfield,Cheshire,SK11 6TJ. 01625 612045 info@macclesfield.silk.museum www.macclesfield.silk.museum The Silk Museum, Park Lane: This building was once The Macclesfield School of Art built in 1877 to train designers for the silk industry.
- Tapestry and Transport
Knutsford Heritage Centre 90A King Street, Knutsford. Tel: 01565 650506 Visit www.virtual-knutsford.co.uk/frameset.php?main=/heritagecentre.htm Visit Knutsford Heritage Centre, to see the beautiful Millennium Tapestry - an inspired work of contemporary art which took 83 kilometres of wool, 6.
- Walks and Workplaces
Leek guided mill walks Tourist Information Centre, 1 Market Place, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 5HH 01538 483 741 or tourism.services@staffsmoorlands.gov.uk www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk Contact 01538 483741 for brochures and guided walking tours of leek mills.
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