Platt Wood

Platt Wood is a forest in Poynton-with-Worth, Cheshire East, England. Platt Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Higher Poynton, as well as near Middlewood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lyme Park and Middlewood railway station.

Lyme Park

Park

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lyme Park is a large estate south of Disley, Cheshire, England. It is managed by the National Trust and consists of a mansion house surrounded by formal gardens and a deer park in the Peak District National Park.

Middlewood railway station

Railway station

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Middlewood railway station serves the villages of High Lane in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, and Middlewood, near Poynton in the Cheshire East district of England.

Disley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Disley railway station serves the village of Disley in Cheshire, England. It is sited 12+1⁄3 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Buxton Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Mills and Marple.

New Mills

Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.

New Mills is in Derbyshire. It's unlikely to feature on many itineraries in its own right, but it's worth stopping off for an hour or two if travelling between Manchester and the Peak District.

Marple

Photo: Parrot of Doom, Public domain.

Marple is a small town in the borough of Stockport, historically in Cheshire but now part of Greater Manchester. Agatha Christie often travelled this way, and named her character "Miss Marple" after her train was delayed here.