The Rookery, Tattenhall

#3 among attractions in Tattenhall

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The Rookery is a former country house in the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire, England. The house was originally owned by the Orton family. It was reconstructed in 1909 for F. W. Wignall of the Tate & Lyle company. It has since been used as a nursing home. The house is timber-framed on a stone plinth. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. ()

Coordinates: 53°7'25"N, 2°46'14"W

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Tattenhall United Kingdom

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The Rookery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Beeston Castle, Sandstone Trail, Peckforton Castle, Maiden Castle.

3.2 miE
Forts and castles, Historical place
Beeston Castle
83 min walk • Beeston Castle, crowning a rocky crag with sweeping views over the Cheshire countryside, is a fortress steeped in history and legend. This medieval castle, now in ruins, was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, on the site of an earlier...
3 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sandstone Trail
76 min walk • The Sandstone Trail is a 55-kilometre long-distance walkers' path, following sandstone ridges running north–south from Frodsham in central Cheshire to Whitchurch just over the Shropshire border. The path was created in 1974 and extended in the 1990s.
3 miE
Forts and castles
Peckforton Castle
77 min walk • Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills one mile northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
3.7 miS
Forts and castles
Maiden Castle
96 min walk • Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hill fort, one of many fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age, but one of only seven in the county of Cheshire in northern England.
4.3 miN
Bridge
Hockenhull Platts
110 min walk • Hockenhull Platts consists of three bridges southwest of the village of Tarvin, Cheshire, England. They are also known as the "Packhorse Bridges" or the "Roman Bridges", and are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II listed buildings.
~650 ftSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Alban's Church, Tattenhall
4 min walk • St Alban's Church is in the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with that of All Saints, Handley.
4.1 miW
Church
St John the Baptist's Church
105 min walk • St John the Baptist's Church is in the village of Aldford, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas.
3.3 miS
Church
Brown Knowl Methodist Church
84 min walk • Brown Knowl Methodist Church is in Sherrington's Lane in the settlement of Brown Knowl in the civil parish of Broxton, Cheshire, England.
4 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum
Stretton Watermill
104 min walk • Stretton Watermill is a working historic watermill in Stretton, Cheshire, England. It is owned and administered by Cheshire West and Chester Council.
3.3 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Bishop Bennet Way
85 min walk • The Bishop Bennet Way is a bridleway in south west Cheshire, England. It is named after William Bennet, Bishop of Cork and Ross and subsequently Bishop of Cloyne, who carried out detailed surveys of Roman roads including those between Deva and Mediolanum.
2.4 miSE
Church
All Saints Church
61 min walk • All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Harthill, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. As of 2010 the church is being converted into a community facility for the village and locality.