Rural Adventures

The Cheshire countryside is the perfect place to stretch your legs, blow away the cobwebs, refresh your mind, lift your spirits and set your senses tingling again.

Walk along the Sandstone Trail and take in the panoramic views overlooking the Cheshire Plain. Discover perfect horseriding country, for beginners and experts alike, and join in Cheshire’s thriving equestrian scene. Follow the Cheshire Cycleway along country lanes, bridlepaths and dedicated cycle tracks through villages, historic estates and country parks. Enjoy gentle days on the waterways, navigating the locks and the extraordinary Anderton Boat Lift, mooring up at canalside pubs for lunch.

For the more adventurous, why not experience life on a Cheshire farm, with ‘Farmer for a Day’, come face to face with hawks, buzzards and falcons on a Falconry Experience or enjoy a spinetingling encounter by going eyeball to eyeball with a ten foot long sand tiger shark in a dive at The Blue Planet Aquarium. Bring yourself back to life in Rural Cheshire.

You take the high ground...

For breathtaking views across the Cheshire Plain, follow the Sandstone or Gritstone Trails over Cheshire’s higher ground, climb up to the Medieval ruins of 13th century Beeston Castle perched on its high outcrop, orwalk along the dramatic, 343m-high ridge known as the Cloud, where you will also discover burial mounds dating back to the Stone Age, and the 18th century folly ofMow Cop Castle, a familiar landmark from miles around. You could even climb to the tip of Tegg’s Nose on the edge of the Peak District.

... I’ll take the low ground

With more than 200 miles ofwaterways, Cheshire has a greater length of canals than any other English county. Rent a canal boat by the day, take a river trip on a show boat orwalk the delightful tow paths, providing ideal routes for peaceful strolls through some of the county’s hidden countryside.

The inland waterways in Cheshire really do make for a peaceful retreat.

Diary Dates

ARLEY HORSE TRIALS & COUNTRY FAIR – SATURDAY 26TH & SUNDAY 27TH MAY
Enjoy the thrilling spectacle of eventing and share in this celebration of all that rural life has to offer. Marvel at the skills, bravery and horsemanship of the Horse Trials, as riders compete in the dressage and show jumping rings, and then guide their horses against the clock over the challenging cross-country course.

CHESHIRE COUNTY SHOW – TUESDAY 19TH & WEDNESDAY 20TH JUNE
Cheshire County Show is the largest 2-day county show in the North West. Featuring showing of livestock, dogs, horses, shire horses, flowers and cheese, a food hall with live demonstrations, crafts, country pursuits, hundreds of trade stands and main ring events.

CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE GAME & COUNTRY FAIR – SATURDAY 29TH & SUNDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER
There is something for everyone at this spectacular event. Enjoy superb demonstrations, attractions and displays; wander around the Craft Village, Field Sports Arena and specialist Horse & Dog Attractions.