Forest Chapel, Peak District

Name: Forest Chapel
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1625 572013

#68 among attractions in Peak District

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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. It is an Anglican church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield. Its benefice is combined with those of Jenkin Chapel, Saltersford and Holy Trinity, Rainow. ()

Completed: 1834 (190 years ago)Coordinates: 53°14'47"N, 2°2'24"W

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Peak District United Kingdom

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Forest Chapel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Middlewood Way, Tegg's Nose, Cats Tor, Shutlingsloe.

3.6 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Middlewood Way, Macclesfield
91 min walk • The Middlewood Way is an 11-mile "linear park" in England, between Macclesfield and Rose Hill, Marple, opened on 30 May 1985 by Dr David Bellamy.
1.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Tegg's Nose
43 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.
2.7 miNE
Hill
Cats Tor, Peak District
68 min walk • Cats Tor is a Peak District hill on the border between Cheshire and Derbyshire, between the towns of Macclesfield and Buxton. The summit is 518 metres above sea level. Tor is an Old English word for a high, rocky hill. The higher peak of Shining Tor is about 2 km south along The Tors gritstone ridge.
1.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Shutlingsloe, Peak District
41 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.
3.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Errwood Reservoir, Peak District
81 min walk • Errwood Reservoir is a drinking-water reservoir in the Peak District National Park, within the county of Derbyshire and very close to the boundary with Cheshire.
2.2 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Saviour's Church, Peak District
56 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.
1.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Shining Tor, Peak District
41 min walk • Shining Tor is the highest hill in the modern ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The summit has a maximum elevation of 559 m above sea level.
3.4 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Paul's Church, Macclesfield
87 min walk • St Paul's Church is in Brook Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3.5 miE
Mountain
Burbage Edge, Peak District
89 min walk • Burbage Edge is a gritstone escarpment overlooking the Burbage district of Buxton in Derbyshire, in the Peak District. The hill's summit is 500 metres above sea level. Not to be confused with the Burbage Rocks extension of Stanage Edge near Hathersage.
2.8 miN
Church
Jenkin Chapel, Peak District
72 min walk • Jenkin Chapel, stands in an isolated position on the western slopes of the Pennines, 4.3 miles northeast of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
3.3 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Peter's Church, Macclesfield
83 min walk • St Peter's Church is in Windmill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the deanery of Macclesfield.