Stockport - For that perfect day out Stockport is ideal. Steeped in industrial heritage, there are amazing sights like the Stockport Viaduct, Western Europe's largest railway viaduct with 11 million bricks forming 27 awe-inspiring arches. There are attractions like the Hatworks Museum, the UK's first and only museum dedicated to hats and hat-making, or the Stockport Air Raid Shelters, offering visitors first-hand experience of daily life in 1940s, war-torn Britain.

You'll be spoiled for choice when you come to Stockport! The magnificent Lyme Park is worth a visit, with a great house, formal garden and ancient deer park. The stunning Bramall Hall is a superb example of a black and white, timber-framed, Tudor manor house situated in 70 acres of landscaped park. The magnificent neo-classical Art Gallery has an exciting and ever changing exhibition programme as well as permanent collections.

Mixing urban and rural landscapes, Stockport sits midway between the peaks of Derbyshire and the rolling plains of Cheshire. When you need a break from the great attractions and entertainments the town has to offer, there are country parks, walks, canals and rivers that can offer you stunning, natural beauty, all within easy reach.

And there's wonderful shopping! Stockport has an excellent range of leading high street retailers, a busy, colourful marketplace and paved streets filled with specialist shops, from the sophisticated and stylish to the quaint and attractive . When the shopping's over, there is a good selection of pubs, cafes and good quality restaurants to choose from.