Best Tea Shop Walks in Cheshire

Cheshire's scenery is rivalled by few other counties: high moorlands, languid rivers, lush pastures, and its craggy sandstone and gritstone outcrops. There are ancient towns, pretty villages and architectural gems, linked by countless footpaths and bridleways - and well-endowed with tea shops! Few of the walks in this book exceed five miles and most are much shorter. All are designed to reveal the rich tapestry of Cheshire's landscape, history and wildlife. The reward at the end of each walk is afternoon tea - or morning coffee, or a leisurely lunch - in one of nearly thirty recommended (and tested) establishments. These include a monastic refectory, a station waiting room, and 18th-century cotton mill and several garden centres.