Its cloistered courtyard and rose garden are well worth exploring. Continue by picking up the Gritstone Trail heading uphill to the Knightslow Wood enclosure with its impressive Scotch pines.

A Cheshire beauty spot has been listed as one ... climbing and abseiling. The 35-mile Gritstone Trail also passes through the park on its way to Disley in the north and Kidsgrove in the south.

The landscape is also very rare because like Cheshire's Bickerton ... a 40-minute walk to the top of the Cloud, following Gritstone trail (56km footpath along Peak District).