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Discover Tegg’s Nose Country Park and experience Cheshire’s wild hill country where rock dominates the landscape. Dry stone walls and sturdy barns add to the dramatic character of the steeply sided valleys while many of the hill tops are pitted with old quarries.
Quarrying was certainly happening at Tegg’s Nose in the 1500’s and continued until 1955. Men blasted, hammered, hacked and chiselled away at the rock in harsh conditions for low wages.
Today nature has softened the scars of industry and there is plenty to see at Tegg’s whatever time of year. You don’t have to go far to enjoy exhilarating views over the Cheshire Plain and on a clear day you can see Liverpool’s cathedrals and Welsh hills beyond. Spring and autumn are perfect for walking while sledging is always popular in the winter.
There is a Visitor Centre at the main car park, which provides shelter (handy for changing wet boots at the end of a walk!), leaflets and information about the park are on hand here and there are toilets for public use (including disabled toilets). Groups who want to use the Visitor Centre, for example as a base for orienteering or other running events, or indeed any other use, should contact the Rangers on the number below.
Why "Tegg’s Nose"? Early maps show the area as Tegge’s Naze. This may have come from Tegge, an early Norse Settler and ‘nose’ meaning a promontory or it may be that the hill originally looked like a sheep or ‘teg’.
By car - signed on the A537, at the Buxton Old Road turning. Our full address for getting to us via SatNav is: Tegg's Nose Country Park, Buxton Old Road, Macclesfield, SK11 0AP.
Car park charges: 1 hour - 60p, 1 to 3 hours - £1.70, 3 to 10
hours - £2.00
Blue badge holders free.
Regular visitors may want to buy an annual permit for the car park, priced at £25. To apply for a permit please download, complete and return the application form. Please review the Tegg's Nose Country Park parking terms and conditions prior to applying for a permit. Permits will run from the date the application is processed.
Climbing and Abseiling facilities in the quarry are available for use by groups and individuals in the area of the quarry hole, where there is a fixed belay rail. Climbing is not permitted in other parts of the quarry.
Because of limited space both at the top and base of the climbing wall, we operate a booking system to try to prevent too many people using the wall at any time. Groups or individuals who want to use the climbing facilities should initially complete the appropriate booking form and then send it to the email address at the bottom of this page.
In the case of organised groups we are obliged to check qualifications and insurance of instructors, as detailed in the booking form, and paper copies should be sent to the Rangers office. Please ring the rangers on the number below for more information.
Tegg's Nose has been designated as a Regionally Interesting
Geological/Geomorphological Site or RIGS. More information on RIGS
can be found on the Natural
England website.
The Cheshire RIGS group have produced education packs for Key Stages Two (ages 7-11) and Three (11-14) each consisting of a set of field notes and questions for pupils and a pack of guidance notes for teachers, including preparatory and follow up activities. The packs are simple and fun to use.
Anyone who would like a copy of these files, whether teachers, students or just curious to know more about geology, should contact the Rangers, via the email address below, and we will send a copy out to you.
Now available to download - The Tegg's Nose Armchair Walks are for people who enjoy the countryside but are not able to easily get out, or perhaps for everyone on a dark winters evening.
Relax on a comfy chair and listen to Juliet Molyneux and Ian Coppack from the Cheshire East Ranger service describe Tegg’s Nose Country Park, its views, geology and wildlife.
After downloading transfer to a portable media player using appropriate software or listen via software on your computer.
If you would prefer not to download the Armchair walks you can pick up the free CD from Tegg's Nose Visitors Centre (location details can be found above).
