Cheshire Cycleway
Rode Hall (one of Cheshire's Gardens of Distinction)
Rode Hall, Scholar Green, Cheshire, ST7 3QP
Tel: 01270 873237
Rode Hall boasts a Repton landscape of lake and woodland, plus terraced rock garden, grotto, and working kitchen garden nearer to the big house. The head gardener, Kelvin Archer, is famous within the giant gooseberry world for his champion entries.
Opening times (2008):
Gardens: 1 Apr - 30 Sep 08, 14.00-17.00, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Also snowdrop walks in February.
House: 1 Apr - 30 Sep 08, 14.00-17.00, Wednesdays and bank holidays only.
Facilities:
Tea rooms and sales of plants and seasonal produce.
Admission fee (2008):
House and garden: adult £5, senior citizens £4.
Garden only: adult £3, senior citizens £2.50.
From the Cheshire Cycleway:
Cycle here from the cycleway by taking the canal towpath eastwards from Hassall Green, or from Childs Lane near the A34 south of Congleton, take Brownlow Heath Lane southwards to Brownlow Heath, then Brook Lane leading to Chance Hall Lane. This leads to a T junction where you turn left into Church Lane and look for Rode Hall's drive on the right.
Find this place marked in the centre of this map.