Farming has diversified in many directions over the years, but Clonter Opera Farm must be unique. Set amidst grassy fields and daffodil-filled woodland the theatre was founded in 1974 and its operatic picnics are well known among opera lovers. And there are the Conservation Walks (now permissive paths) aimed at the creation and protection of wildlife habitats. Choose the longer walk for a leg stretch, while pram pushers can start from Messuage Farm and take the shorter, made-up path.
LOCATION: Between Holmes Chapel and Congleton
START: From A535 at Twemlow Green follow signs for Swettenham. Fork right along Congleton Road, layby parking at third road junction by signpost to Swettenham Heath & Swettenham Village
Grid ref: SJ810677 Postcode: CW122LW
DISTANCE: 4.5 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 2.5 hours
MAP: Explorer - Wilmslow, Macclesfield Landranger 118
REFRESHMENTS: Take a flask
EN ROUTE: Daffodils
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News