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Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate, Styal, Wilmslow, Cheshire
SK9 4LA. Tel: 01625 527468. One of Britain's greatest industrial
heritage sites, including complete working cotton mill. Live
demonstrations in the mill. National Trust. Charges apply. About
5 miles north east of Knutsford.
Manchester Airport, Manchester,
M90 1QX. Tel: +44 (0) 161 489 3000. We welcome non-travelling
visitors, especially those who enjoy watching aircraft take off
and land. So, we've laid on some very special plane observation
facilities just for you. Concorde G-BOAC, the most famous aircraft
in the world, is now on public display in Manchester Airport's
Aviation Viewing Park. The Spectator Terrace provides visitors
with an excellent spot to view aircraft take off and land. Visitors
centre, aviation shop and catering outlets. Whatever your choice
Manchester Airport makes a great day out! www.manchesterairport.co.uk.
About 5 miles north east of Knutsford.
Nether Alderley Mill, Congleton Road, Nether Alderley, Macclesfield,
Cheshire, SK10 4TW. Tel: 01625 527468. 15th-century mill beside
a tranquil mill pool. Mammoth 200 ton stone roof supported by
a fine timber frame. National Trust. Charges apply. About 5 miles
east of Knutsford.
Tatton Park, Knutsford,
Cheshire WA16 6QN. Tel: 01625 534400. Magnificent estate with
mansion, grand garden, deer park, farm and Tudor old hall. Home
to a grand array of antiques and furniture. Gift shop, garden
shop, and speciality food shop. Children-friendly 1930s rare-breeds
farm and adventure playground. National Trust. Charges apply.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk. About 2 miles north of Knutsford.
Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 4SJ. Tel: 0161 941 1025.
Country estate including mansion with important collections and
'below stairs' areas, impressive garden and deer park. Ancient
herd of fallow deer in a stunning 250 acre parkNational Trust.
Charges apply. www.nationaltrust.org.uk. About 6 miles north
of Knutsford.
Tabley House, Knutsford,
Cheshire WA16 0HB - Tel: 01565 750151. Tabley is the only 18th
century Palladian country house in Cheshire. It has a 9-bay central
block facing south, flanked by pavilions and quadrant passages
set well back and splendid Doric portico reached by curved stairs.
Tabley House is home to a number of important paintings collected
by the Leicester family, principally by the 1st Lord de Tabley.
www.tableyhouse.co.uk. About 2 miles southwest of Knutsford.
ANDERTON BOAT LIFT, Lift Lane, Anderton, Northwich CW9 6FW- Tel:
01606 786777. The Anderton Boat Lift is one of the greatest monuments
to Britain's last canal age and known as the "Cathedral
of the Canals". Built in 1875 it was the world's first and
is currently the UK's only Boat Lift. Boat owners and visitors
alike are able to ride the Lift and a new Operations Centre houses
education and visitor facilities - creating one of the region's
most important visitor attractions. About 7 miles west of Knutsford.
Jodrell Bank Observatory,
School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Manchester,
Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL - Tel: 01477 571321. Jodrell
Bank Observatory is part of the School of Physics and Astronomy
at The University of Manchester. The Observatory is home to the
Lovell Radio Telescope and the MERLIN/VLBI National Facility
which is operated by the University on behalf of PPARC. It is
a place of learning, teaching and research for the many astronomers,
students and engineers who develop and use the facilities here.
www.jb.man.ac.uk. About 6 miles southeast of Knutsford.
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