Cheshire Cycleway

Quarry Bank Mill Garden & Apprentice House Garden, Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 4LA

Tel: 01625 527468

In a quiet wooded valley just a mile or so from all things modern at Manchester Airport, there's a fascinating place that'll transport you back to the turn of the century - the turn of the 18th to the 19th century, that is.

See the in-depth feature and photo galleries about the Apprentice House and Garden on gardeningmasterclass.co.uk.

Opening times (2008):

Estate: all year, 7.00-18.00, daily.

Apprentice House: 1 Mar - 31 Oct 08, daily. 1 Nov 08 - 31 Jan 09, Wed-Sat.

(timed tickets available from mill on arrival)

Apprentice House Garden: open at same times as the Apprentice House.

Quarry Bank Garden: 11 Mar - 31 Oct 08, daily, 11.00-17.00.

Mill: 1 Mar - 31 Oct 08, daily, 11.00-17.00. 1 Nov 08 - 31 Jan 09, Wed-Sat, 11.00-16.00 (last admission 1 hour before closing).

Facilities:

Refreshments at the mill.

Admission fee (2008):

Apprentice House Garden: free

Mill and Apprentice House, or Mill and Quarry Bank Garden: Adult £9.50, child £4.80, family £22.70.

Mill only: Adult £6.70, child £3.70, family £17.00.

Estate: £3.60 (to park your car); no charge for pedestrians or cyclists.

Discounted combined rail, bus and entry tickets, enquire at your local station.

From the cycleway:

The Cheshire Cycleway passes about 3 miles to the west of Styal. From Davenport Lane/Newley Hall Lane, take Burleyhurst Lane eastwards towards Morley Green. At Morley Green, turn left into Morley Green Road. At the junction with the A538 (Altrincham Road), turn left onto the cycle path. Follow this alongside the main road until a roundabout, where you should turn right (there's a cycle route sign to Styal). At the gate across the road, turn right then immediately left onto a bridleway through a field. This leads via an uphill zig-zag to a track that takes you to the airport perimeter. Turn right onto this and continue to Styal village. At the T junction, turn right into Hollin Lane. After passing Station Rd on the left, turn right by the side of some cottages (signposted 'restricted byway'). Follow this traffic-free route down to the gardens and the mill.

Find this place marked in the centre of this map.

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