Coaching as good as it gets with facilities to match…read more If you want to look good, be fit and get involved in the world of crossfit then this is for you. On the other hand if you want to just loose a few pounds there is no better place. 5 stars

Oh oh oh oooooh! I totally love lavender, so was pleased to find the only Organic Lavender farm in…read morethe UK. Various named varieties of Lavender, as well as Peppermint and Chamomile, are grown, harvested and distilled on the farm. Full day events, afternoon and evening tours and talks are available. As well as events organised for the public, continuing education for qualified therapists is available. There is a shop which sells organic essential oils, personal care products, vegetable soaps, herb creams, lotions, hand cream, shampoo, conditioner, bath oils, candles and other aromatherapy products that have been grown and distilled on the farm. Vegetable soaps made on the farm with the organic essential oils and natural plant extracts are also on sale. It's worth it just for the lavender smell!

Old and rather battered but much loved village hall. People keep talking about raising money to…read moreknock it down and build a new one in its place but I'd be rather sad if they did as this one has lots of character and holds lots of happy memories for many folks. Local people hire it for birthday and anniversary 'do's' occasionally but I don't think it's possible to get a licence to serve alcohol there any more so they tend to be 'bring your own' affairs. As a result, and also as it IS a bit tatty in all honesty, it wouldn't really appeal to anyone who wasn't a local as a function venue. There's a regular indoor carboot style affair held there every Sunday morning which seems quite popular. The local bowling club hosts its social occasions there and the local school seems to use it quite frequently too. It is also the practice hall for the rather splendid 'Singleton Cloggers', a Morris dancing troupe which was formed in Singleton in 1949 and, apart from a gap of a few years in the late sixties, have performed at Singleton gala ever since (although now they perform much further afield too). All in all it's a comfy old Bagpuss of a village hall and long may it stay that way!

Anglers everywhere have been flocking to Leatherbarrow Angling centre since the late 1960's to have…read moretheir fly-fishing rods custom made and tailored to their needs. It is quite a large shop, well organised with a full range of rods and fishing tackle a far cry from my butterfly net I used to use when I was a child. I popped in to have a mooch around, not because I believe that I will catch the largest pike in Britain and have my photo with aforementioned pike plastered across all the broadsheets, but because my god-son has expressed an interest in fishing and I thought I would check this very British past-time out. Colin Leatherbarrow, owner and expert regarded me with an expression of bemusement as I tottered to the counter in my four inch stilettos and asked him to show me a rod.... oh dear. With slightly twitching lips he told me to bring the god-son in and he could talk him through what he will need to get started. He sells and makes carp and specialist rods from £125, fly rods from £150 and there are so many different types and specifications that my head began to hurt. My mind drifted away from rods and my gaze fell on a stuffed framed fish on the wall which gave the shop a fishy authenticity. By this time I was far too embarrassed to ask Colin if this was one of his catches but well done if it was because this was a monster! Perhaps this shop is a little too advanced for my god-son and should be left for the more experienced angler to visit. Maybe I should dig out my butterfly net and give it to him after all.

Great shop and used too go in back the 1980s used to sea fish with Colin Master rod builder on the…read moreAlexandra Docks and Backpool glad to find your shop is still open and making great rods.Made me and my m8 Big Kev 2 vary nice Cono-flex cod rods

Towering 160m above both what was once the old-money village of Alderly Edge (now a mecca for…read morePremiership footballers and Wags) and the Cheshire Plain in general, the edge has some of the best views of anywhere in the area thanks to the dramatic edge - a steep cliff-like drop. The edge has historic associations with, somewhat incongruously, mining and wizardry, but these days it's a great place to go for a walk with either the kids, the dog, visitors or even a solitary stroll. There are car parks at both the foot of the edge and the top (the latter is the main one) giving the option of a quick trip to the edge itself and back or a longer, more demanding up-and-down walk.

Nice place for kids cycling and dog walking. In the square they're shops where you can obtain ice…read morecream , beer, coffee and cake or a cafe fora full lunch.

I absolutely adore this place and feel so privileged it's on my door step…read more Haigh Hall Country Park has something for everyone. Whether you want a family day out with a picnic to a dog walk or even a romantic walk this place is for you. At the top car park at the hall end there's a cafe (which serves decent coffee!), awesome newly refurbished playground for the kids and there's almost always an ice cream van around. Move further down and there's a mini golf course and the gardens. Down at the hall, taking a look across the golf course to the view across wigan is absolutely recommended. The view on a nice day is stunning! Once your past the hall, you have the 2 mile winding walk through woodland to plantation gates. On the way you'll go over the canal and some pigs have recently taken residence about halfway through.