Tourist Information Centre
We have four centres each with detailed information and advice on places to stay and what to do in the area.
Walking
Explore our forest and reservoir or take in the scenery from the towpath of the Cheshire Ring Canal.
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Explore Poynton
A thriving small town with a pleasant shopping centre and many links to its historic past as a small mining village.
Recreational walkways (Inclines) have been formed alongold colliery railway trackbeds, linking into the Middlewood Way, and there is a Poynton Farm Trail too.The Park, with its large pool, is home to a popular agricultural and horticultural show every August.
The Anson Engine Museum tells the local story and also has a fine collection of gas engines. On the main road the restored fountain commemorates Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
The Brookside Garden Centre houses a Miniature railway and Museum, open all year round.
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Highlights This Month
- Garden Planet 1/3/2008
- The Old Shops of Poynton Exhibition 23/3/2008
- The Diesel Exhibition - Celebrating 150 Years 10/5/2008
- Secret Garden at Quarry Bank Garden 1/6/2008