Higher Hurdsfield
Higher Hurdsfield is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Higher Hurdsfield is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Higher Hurdsfield Parish Council is the lowest tier of government serving the residents. It has a population of around 300, increasing at the 2011 Census to 717,
and is situated on the eastern outskirts of Macclesfield, approximately 7 miles (11 km) from the border of Derbyshire and Cheshire. The nearest village is Rainow.
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Worth seeing in and around Higher Hurdsfield
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Moss Rose
Moss Rose, known as the Leasing.com Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, which is the home ground of Macclesfield F.C., and the former home of Macclesfield Town F.C., a club wound up in September 2020. The stadium, 1 mile south of the town centre, is on the west side of the A523 London Road.
3.8 km · association football ground in Macclesfield, England · Wikipedia - 02King Edward Street Chapel, Macclesfield
King Edward Street Chapel, Macclesfield is in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
2.4 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Alban's Church, Macclesfield
St Alban's Church in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, is a Roman Catholic parish church. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
2.8 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Tegg's Nose
Tegg's Nose is a hill east of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. It has a short ridge with a high point of 380 metres at SJ947725, terminating in a promontory at the southern end.
2.6 km · country park and hill in Cheshire East, UK · Wikipedia - 05Christ Church, Macclesfield
Christ Church is a redundant Anglican church in Great King Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.7 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Macclesfield United Reformed Church
Macclesfield United Reformed Church is located in Park Green, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
2.4 km · grade II listed church in Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St George's Church, Macclesfield
St George's Church is a former church in High Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
2.7 km · grade II listed church in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Paul's Church, Macclesfield
St Paul's Church is in Brook Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
2.2 km · grade II listed church in Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Peter's Church, Macclesfield
St Peter's Church is in Windmill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the deanery of Macclesfield.
2.4 km · grade II listed church in Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Holy Trinity Church, Hurdsfield
Holy Trinity Church is in Hurdsfield Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
1.3 km · grade II listed church in Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Higher Hurdsfield
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 15 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 51 km · East Midlands (EMA), 71 km
- Stations
- Macclesfield railway station, 2.1 km · Macclesfield Hibel Road railway station, 2 km
- Liverpool → Higher Hurdsfield60 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £7–9
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Higher Hurdsfield72 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £8–11
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Higher Hurdsfield69 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Higher Hurdsfield
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Higher Hurdsfield. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAfter taking in the splendid scenery and trekking to your heart's content, either camping out overnight or staying in Buxton, you might want to continue on to Sheffield, another post-industrial Northern city with more to offer than that description suggests.
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Next door to Higher Hurdsfield
Higher Hurdsfield is 25 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Macclesfieldtown and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK2.5 km
- Bollingtontown and civil parish in Cheshire, England3 km
- Rainowvillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, England1.9 km
- Sutton Lane Endsvillage in Cheshire East, England, UK3.7 km
- Langleyvillage in Cheshire, United Kingdom3.3 km
- Kerridgevillage in Cheshire, UK2.1 km