News - Sandstone Trail

Sandstone Trail officially one of ‘Britain’s Favourite Walks’

It's official! Fans of Julia Bradbury and Ore Oduba's popular ITV programme, 'Britain's Favourite Walks' have voted to include the [...]

Sandstone Trail Cottages Sleeps 3 Rooms 2 Pets Yes pppn £46 [...]

Wooden tents?: Beeston View Pods are set on a quiet farm with stunning views over the Sandstone Trail Enjoy amazing [...]

Blue remembered hills: Panoramic views towards the Welsh hills from the Sandstone Trail As well as the ever-popular long distance linear [...]

Best bitter: Locally brewed beers such as the nectar-like Eastgate Ale can be sampled at the Pheasant Inn, in [...]

Timber and stone: A half-timbered Tudor house on Horsley Lane, with Beeston Castle behind Cheshire’s Sandstone Trail is one [...]

Luxury stay: The traditional Swan Hotel in Tarporley There is plenty of excellent accommodation either along or within easy [...]

Making a comeback: Barn owl numbers are steadily increasing across rural Cheshire Cheshire is still a pleasantly rural county [...]

'Castle of the Rock': Beeston Castle rises high above the Cheshire Plain The Cheshire countryside along the Sandstone Trail [...]

Information for walkers: Blue-painted information panels crop up regularly along the Sandstone Trail The Sandstone Trail is undoubtedly one [...]

Up for it?: Happy walkers close to the finish in Delamere Forest The Sandstone Trail Challenge is a long [...]

Design delight: These inspiring modern walking books are a pleasure to use These superb walking books will soon get you out [...]

Highwire act: Adventurous teenagers and adults will love Go Ape in Delamere Forest The Sandstone Trail runs through some of [...]

Green tunnel: The Sandstone Trail runs through Nettleford Wood on the edge of Delamere Forest Originally created as a vast [...]

Bat cave?: Now closed off to protect rare roosting bats, the caves at Beeston probably once housed Civil war horses [...]

Some of Cheshire’s best pubs and country inns — and some of the best pub walks in Cheshire — can [...]

Walkers' paradise: xxxx The Sandstone Trail is undoubtedly one of the best walks, and best walking routes, in Cheshire. It’s [...]

Lowland heath: Open heath dominated by heather, gorse and bilberry is one of the UK's rarest habitats The National Trust's sterling [...]

Bare hills: Like most of the Sandstone Ridge in the past, Overton Hill was almost treeless in 1910 Much of [...]

Cheshire bluebells are coming into bloom in Bodnook (bird nook) Wood, below Raw Head on the Sandstone Trail. Soon the [...]

A rare species of bat has recently been found in the caves below Beeston Castle. Lesser horseshoe bats were [...]

Top nosh: The 'hidden' Boot Inn at Willington serves delicious food year round For walkers, pub goers and lovers [...]

Farm and pub: Now called the Pheasant Inn, the pub and farm was originally called the Carden Arms Originally called [...]

Mighty wind: Woodsmen clear trees uprooted during the 'Peckforton Cyclone' On the evening of 27th October 1913, Stonehouse Lane, on the [...]