Knutsford

Worth seeing in and around Knutsford

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.

1. 01
   Cuckooland Museum

   The Cuckooland Museum, previously known as the Cuckoo Clock Museum, was a private museum that exhibited mainly cuckoo clocks, housed in the Nether Tabley Old School, Cheshire, England. The collection comprised over 150 years of cuckoo clock-making history, since the 19th to the early 21st century.

   3.6 km · horological museum in England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover

   St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover is in the civil parish of Peover Superior. Close to Peover Hall and farm.

   5.3 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Mary's Church, Rostherne

   St Mary's Church lies between the village of Rostherne and Rostherne Mere in Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

   5.3 km · church in Rostherne, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Wilfrid's Church, Mobberley

   St Wilfrid's Church stands to the north of the village of Mobberley, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

   4 km · Grade I listed church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Brook Street Chapel, Knutsford

   Brook Street Chapel, is in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

   100 m · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St John the Baptist's Church, Knutsford

   St John the Baptist's Church is in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

   200 m · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Tatton Hall

   Tatton Hall is a country house in Tatton Park near Knutsford, Cheshire, England. It is designated as a Grade I listed building, owned by the National Trust and managed under lease by Cheshire East Council, and open to the public.

   3.2 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Cheshire East, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Peover Hall Stable Block

   Peover Hall Stable Block is in the grounds of Peover Hall, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

   5.4 km · Grade I listed building in Cheshire East, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Holford Hall

   Holford Hall is a country house west of the village of Plumley, Cheshire, England. It consists of a fragment of a much larger timber-framed house, built in 1601 for Mary Cholmondeley on a moated site.

   5.4 km · Grade II* listed country house in Plumley, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Over Tabley Hall

    Over Tabley Hall is a country house in the parish of Tabley Superior in Cheshire, England. It stands in an isolated position to the northwest of junction 19 of the M6 motorway.

    3.7 km · grade II listed English country house in Tabley Superior, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Tatton Park

   Historic estate with Tudor hall, neo-classical mansion, lavish gardens, a deer park and playground.

2. 02
   Knutsford Heritage Centre

   90A King St., info@knutsfordheritage.co.uk.

From Wikivoyage: Knutsford, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Elizabeth Gaskell tours Play Golf Feed the ducks Knutsford Beer Festival is held in April on Egerton Place. The next is probably 18-20 April 2024, tbc. Truckfest North West celebrates heavy haulage and monster trucks, at Cheshire Showground in mid-September.

From Wikivoyage: Knutsford, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Knutsford has a very large number of restaurants. They are all situated in the centre of town, mainly on King Street.

1. 01
   Gusto

   Eastern Revive, 93 King Street, WA16 6E,.

2. 02
   Church Inn

   This country pub dates from 1715 and gets rave reviews for its food.

From Wikivoyage: Knutsford, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Knutsford

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 8 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 32 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 78 km

Stations

Knutsford railway station, 100 m · Plumley railway station, 4.5 km · Mobberley railway station, 4 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Knutsford

  77 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £10–13
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Knutsford

  90 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £12–16
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Knutsford

  97 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · £10–14
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