Eid al-Adha is right around the corner as mosques across the country get ready to host the special prayers.
06.06.2023 - 17:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
When it comes to planning days out, you can’t beat a leisurely stroll around a country estate or stately home. Whether it's admiring the flora and fauna of a walled garden, deer spotting in rugged open grounds, or exploring a grand old hall, there’s plenty of places to visit.
And here in Manchester, we’re blessed with a number of stunning natural and historic sites on our doorstep, where you can stretch your legs, enjoy a picnic and relax in nature. While many might head to Dunham Massey with its ancient deer park or Lyme Park with its 1,300 acre estate, there’s a south Manchester spot which is popular with locals but passers-by might miss.
Set in a valley below Romiley, located on the River Goyt in Stockport, Chadkirk Chapel and Country Estate is a picturesque country park encompassing a 60-acre farm, an ancient well and a 16th Century chapel. It’s also home to a beautifully kept walled garden, a vast array of woodland and its own Coronation Meadow - one of the first 60 in the country when the scheme was launched.
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There’s a number of points from which to explore this expansive country estate, but if you’re travelling by car or catching a train to Romiley Station, the chapel - the estate’s very own historic gem - is a good place to start. The structure of the Grade II-listed building - notably the half-timbered walls and roof trusses - dates back to the 16th century, however, as the name incorporates the word ‘kirk’, deriving from the Scandinavian word for a church or chapel, it’s understood there was much earlier worship here.
It is thought that St Chad, the 7th-century Bishop of Lichfield, was brought to this remote corner of his diocese by his
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