tarboat's photos with the keyword: macclesfield forest

Datestone over the door at the Eagle & Child at Burntcliff Top on the road from Allgreave to Gradbach. In 1892 the landlord was William Tunnicliffe. This former pub,built in 1738 is now a private house and the building is listed Grade II.

I took a walk up from Langley up Tegg's Nose this morning and was presented with this view across Ridgegate Reservoir to a misty Macclesfield Forest. It's a great place to live and I do so enjoy being able to walk in such grand countryside.

A walk up to Shutlingsloe via Macclesfield Forest revealed this view over Macclesfield to the power station at Fiddler's Ferry hard at work on a winter's afternoon.

I went walking on what must have been one of the windiest days ever, even for the hills above Macclesfield. Nearly blown off my feet several times during the but it was great to be out in the wide ope spaces of the Peak fringe. This lonely tree caught my eye in this view from near Broughsplace, looking towardsCuckoo Rocks.

Another shot from a day out walking with Eagle1942. Shutlingsloe seen from below Shining Tor after we climbed up the valley from Thursbitch.

One of the joys of living in Macclesfield is the view from the town of the hills on the edge of the Peak National Park. This view taken across Macclesfield from near Gawsworth Road emphasises the ridges as the land rises. In the centre is Higher Blakelow Farm with Blakelow behind, then comes Tegg's Nose Country Park with the quarry land covered in heather and bilberry. The highest land in the background is the northern part of Macclesfield Forest with the conifers planted on the catchment for the reservoirs at Trentabank and Ridgegate. Only the forest area falls within the National Park.

The brooding slopes of Tegg's Nose Country Park loom over the Leathers Smithy public house. In the foreground the waters of Ridgegate Reservoir form a familiar whirlpool before heading to the taps and showers of the good citizens of Macclesfield.