Poynton

A thriving small town with a pleasant shopping centre and many links to its historic past as a small mining village.

Recreational walkways (Inclines) have been formed alongold colliery railway trackbeds, linking into the Middlewood Way, and there is a Poynton Farm Trail too.The Park, with its large pool, is home to a popular agricultural and horticultural show every August.

The Anson Museum tells the local story and also has a fine collection of gas engines. On the main road the restored fountain commemorates Queen Victoria's Jubilee.

The Brookside Garden Centre houses a Miniature railway and Museum, open all year round.