Prestbury
Prestbury is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England; it lies about 2 miles (3 km) north of Macclesfield.
Prestbury is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England; it lies about 2 miles (3 km) north of Macclesfield. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 3,324; it increased slightly to 3,471 at the 2011 census. The ecclesiastical parish is almost the same as the former Prestbury local government ward which consisted of the civil parishes of Prestbury, Adlington and Mottram St Andrew.
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Worth seeing in and around Prestbury
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.
- 01King 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.
3.7 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Adlington Hall
Adlington Hall is a country house near Adlington, Cheshire. The oldest part of the existing building, the Great Hall, was constructed between 1480 and 1505; the east wing was added in 1581.
3.1 km · country house in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St John the Baptist's Church, Bollington
St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in Church Street, Bollington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3.5 km · Grade II listed church in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Holy 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.
3.8 km · grade II listed church in Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Michael's Church, Macclesfield
St Michael and All Angels Church overlooks Market Place in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield.
3.9 km · church in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Christ 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.
3.9 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St 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.
3.7 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Peter's Church, Prestbury
St Peter's Church is the parish church of Prestbury, Cheshire, England. It is probably the fourth church on the site.
500 m · church in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Hurdsfield House
Hurdsfield House is a former country house, now surrounded by housing, in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It was built for a branch of the Brocklehurst family.
3.6 km · grade II listed English country house in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10St Oswald's Church, Bollington
St Oswald's Church is in Bollington Cross, Bollington, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
1.7 km · Grade II listed church in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Prestbury
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 11 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 47 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 71 km
- Stations
- Adlington railway station, 3.1 km · Prestbury railway station, 0 m · Macclesfield Hibel Road railway station, 3.5 km
- Liverpool → Prestbury57 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · £7–9
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Prestbury70 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £9–12
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Prestbury76 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £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 Prestbury
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 Prestbury. 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 Prestbury
Prestbury is 22 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bollingtontown and civil parish in Cheshire, England3.5 km
- Adlingtonvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK3 km
- Mottram St Andrewvillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, UK3.2 km
- Over Alderleycivil parish in Cheshire East, UK3.5 km
- Kerridgevillage in Cheshire, UK3.1 km