Flight of Fancy
Flight of Fancy is a work of art in Stockport, England. Flight of Fancy is situated nearby to Lily Pond, as well as near the grassland Holly Circle.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pear New Mill and Staircase House.
Pear New Mill
Industrial building
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pear New Mill is a former Edwardian cotton spinning mill on the northern bank of the River Goyt in Bredbury, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. Pear New Mill is situated 850 feet east of Flight of Fancy.
Staircase House
Photo: Polishname, Public domain.
Staircase House, also known as Stockport Museum, is a Grade II* listed medieval building dating from around 1460 in Stockport, historically in Cheshire and now within Greater Manchester, England. The house is notable for its rare Jacobean cage newel staircase. Staircase House is situated 4,100 feet west of Flight of Fancy.
Stockport railway station
Railway station
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
Stockport railway station serves the market and industrial town of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It is located 6 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly, on a spur of the West Coast Main Line to London Euston. Stockport railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Flight of Fancy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stockport and Brinnington.
Stockport
Photo: raver mikey, CC BY 2.0.
Stockport is a town in the south east of Greater Manchester, historically in Cheshire, at the point where the rivers Tame and Goyt combine to form the Mersey.
Brinnington
Suburb
Photo: Bob Abell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brinnington is a north-eastern suburb of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on a bluff above a bend in the Tame Valley, between the M60 motorway and Reddish Vale Country Park.
Heaton Norris
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heaton Norris is a suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is one of the Four Heatons, along with neighbours Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey and Heaton Moor. Heaton Norris is situated 1½ miles west of Flight of Fancy.
Flight of Fancy
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Stockport, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.41403° or 53° 24′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.13782° or 2° 8′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C5VCV76+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 13745261728OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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