East of Birmingham

[mrkjd]

We are travelling from Oxford to East Manchester just before Xmas and were thinking of making a camping trip of it over 3 or 4 nights in the Cali. Pondering over an atlas we see M40 / M1 / A1 corridors we could zig zag between but where to stay and what to see? Anybody got any recommendations or done something similar? given the time of year I guess our preference would be museums/castles/cathedrals and pretty towns rather than yomping over hills.

 

[Californication69]

Buxton. Nice market spa town.

 

[Trudi]

If you went up the M6 instead, you could stop off near Sandbach/Congleton and see little Morton Hall.
Great pub stop nearby on the canal called the Broughton Arms. Rode Heath.
Then travel towards Chester through Nantwich, Beeston and into Chester for the Markets, Cathedral and Roman ruins.
Or travel up the way your thinking with Bakewell and Buxton and back via Chester etc.

 

[BristolCali]

I would second the Buxton suggestion. South Peak district like Ashbourne is also great. Drive up avoiding the M6, you could get on the A50 then head north cross country from about Sudbury or Uttoxeter to Leek then Buxton then onto Chapel-en-le-Frith.