The county editions · England
Greater Manchester
City stories & Pennine edges.
13 remarkable places
Healey Dell Nature ReserveA little less ordinary
Industrial stories, canals and green escapes reaching towards the Pennines.
The Wildland edit, Greater Manchester.
Worth the journey
01 / The leading story
7.3Unusual place
Healey Dell Fairies’ Chapel
Healey Dell Nature Reserve, Station Road, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, OL12 6BG
A water-sculpted rock formation in a wooded gorge, wrapped in local fairy lore and set among the remains of Healey Dell’s mills and railway.
Nature & landscapes
Healey Dell Nature Reserve
Healey Dell, near Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Nature & landscapes
Redisher Wood
Park Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire, BL0 9RZ
Nature & landscapes
Cheesden Valley
Cheesden Valley, near Bury and Rochdale, Greater Manchester
History & heritage
The Monastery Manchester
89 Gorton Lane, Manchester, M12 5WF
03 / Layers of time
Places with a past.
The complete edit
Explore Greater Manchester
7.3Unusual place
Healey Dell Fairies’ Chapel
Healey Dell Nature Reserve, Station Road, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, OL12 6BG
7.1Mixed-habitat reserve
Healey Dell Nature Reserve
Healey Dell, near Rochdale, Greater Manchester
7.1Ancient woodland
Redisher Wood
Park Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire, BL0 9RZ
6.3Valley
Cheesden Valley
Cheesden Valley, near Bury and Rochdale, Greater Manchester
6.3Monastery
The Monastery Manchester
89 Gorton Lane, Manchester, M12 5WF
6.2Museum & collection
Avro Heritage Museum
Chester Road, Woodford, Stockport SK7 1QS
5.8Valley
Piethorne Valley
Above Newhey, near Milnrow, Greater Manchester
5.8Lake
Sale Water Park
Sale, Trafford, Greater Manchester
5.8Valley
Two Brooks Valley
Hawkshaw valley, between Turton Road and Bolton Road, Greater Manchester
Reservoir
Hollingworth Lake
Littleborough, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, on the edge of the South Pennines.
5.3Broadleaf woodland
Redisher Woods
Redisher, near Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester
5.2Waterside landscape
Ashworth Waterfall
Ashworth Valley, near Heywood and Rochdale, Greater Manchester
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