Activities and places to visit near to our holiday cottage:
- Alton Towers Theme park – 2.6 miles
- Alton Towers Waterpark – 2.6 miles
- Golf course (Whiston Hall pay and play) – 1 mile
- Cycle Routes – 1 mile to dismantled railway from Alton to Denstone (approx 9km, flat, very easy)
- Horse riding – 8 miles
- Leisure Centre / swimming pool – Cheadle South Moorlands 3 miles
- Alton Towers Spa – 2.6 miles
- Zoo – 3 miles (pictured) to Peak Wildlife Park
- Churnet Valley Steam Railway – 2 miles
- Canal boat day trips and hire
- Pubs/tea rooms/ restaurants - there are loads
- Theatres, museums
- National Trust properties and gardens (nearest Sudbury Hall, Ilam Hall, Biddulph Grange - pictured)
- Trentham Gardens - gardens, shopping, restaurants
- Consall Hall Gardens (and neighbouring nature reserve)
- Reservoirs with boating and sailing facilities (Carsington Water, Rudyard Lake)
- Market Towns – Cheadle, Leek, Ashbourne, Buxton, Stoke-on-Trent, Uttoxeter
- Antique Centres – Ashbourne, Leek
- Walking - footpaths and trails all around
- Dove Dale and the Stepping Stones- 4 miles (pictured)
- Local company that offers adventure activities (rock climbing, bushcraft, archery, abseiling, canoe tours) - Derwent Pursuits