Bosley Minn, Peak District

Name: Bosley Minn
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#203 among attractions in Peak District

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Bosley Minn is one of two names – the other being Wincle Minn – given to a prominent hill in southeast Cheshire and in the southwestern corner of the Peak District National Park in northern England. The long axis of the Minn runs NNE–SSW and its broad summit, which reaches to 386 metres at its highest point, slopes away to the valley of the Shell Brook in the east and towards Bosley Reservoir in the west. It is the western aspect of the hill, facing Bosley which is known as Bosley Minn whilst the eastern side which faces the village of Wincle is referred to as Wincle Minn. ()

Coordinates: 53°11'51"N, 2°5'19"W

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Bosley Minn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lud's Church, Tegg's Nose, Gawsworth Old Hall, The Cloud.

2.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Lud's Church, Peak District
74 min walk • Lud's Church is a deep chasm penetrating the Millstone Grit bedrock created by a massive landslip on the hillside above Gradbach, Staffordshire, England.
3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Tegg's Nose
92 min walk • Tegg's Nose is a hill east of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. It has a short ridge with a high point of 380 metres at SJ947725, terminating in a promontory at the southern end.
3.6 miNW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Gawsworth Old Hall
92 min walk • Gawsworth Old Hall is a Grade I listed country house in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England. It is a timber-framed house in the Cheshire black-and-white style. The present house was built between 1480 and 1600, replacing an earlier Norman house.
3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
The Cloud
76 min walk • The Cloud or Bosley Cloud is a prominent hill on the border between Cheshire and Staffordshire a couple of miles west of the Peak District National Park boundary. At 343 metres in height, it is one of the highest hills in the area.
2.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Shutlingsloe, Peak District
71 min walk • Shutlingsloe is a hill near the village of Wildboarclough, in the east of the county of Cheshire. It stands to the south of Macclesfield Forest, on the edge of the Peak District and within the Peak District National Park.
2.9 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Saviour's Church, Peak District
76 min walk • St Saviour's Church is in the village of Wildboarclough, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
3.7 miNW
Church, Historical place, Gothic architecture
St James' Church, Macclesfield
95 min walk • St James' Church is in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England, and is sited near Gawsworth Hall. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield.
3.6 miSW
Archaeological site
The Bridestones
91 min walk • The Bridestones is a chambered cairn, near Congleton, Cheshire, England, that was constructed in the Neolithic period about 3500–2400 BC.
3.9 miNE
Church
Forest Chapel, Peak District
101 min walk • Forest Chapel stands in an isolated position in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough in Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park 4.5 miles from Macclesfield. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3.2 miW
Church
St Michael's Church
83 min walk • St Michael's Church is in Church Lane, North Rode, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
3.6 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Gritstone Trail
93 min walk • The Gritstone Trail, or Cheshire Gritstone Trail, is a 35-mile long-distance footpath in England which follows the most westerly hills of the Peak District from Disley Station to Mow Cop, and on via the Macclesfield Canal to Kidsgrove Station.