Autumn colour in the North West

Make sure your camera is charged as the natural world transforms in colour across the North West. Take in the drama of autumn at these special places near you.

The lantern in autumn at Lyme, Cheshire
Lyme   Cheshire

Unmissable autumnal views at Lyme

Lyme’s woods are ablaze with autumn colour, and the yellows and browns of the surrounding moorland landscape stretch away to distant horizons, speckled with red deer.

All the colours of autumn at Lyme
Quarry Bank Mill in the autumn
Quarry Bank   Cheshire

Quarry Bank

Catch autumn colour cascading down through the woods and into the gardens at Quarry Bank - reds, golds and bronze set against a bright blue autumn sky. Keep your eyes peeled for fungi poking through the leaves too!

Explore beyond the mill at Quarry Bank
A couple walking in autumn woodland
Speke Hall   Liverpool

Autumn colours at Speke Hall

Enjoy glorious shades of yellow and gold on this autumnal walk, spot migrant birds on the sandy Mersey coastline and discover the history of this special place.

Enjoy our autumn colours and wildlife
A family in the garden at Dunham Massey
Dunham Massey   Cheshire

Discover a different side to Dunham Massey

The deepest evergreens, riots of red and golds from thousands of autumn shrubs and trees make up the UK’s largest winter garden at Dunham Massey.

Experience a kaleidoscope of colour at Dunham Massey
Autumn leaves carpet the ground at Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge and Cheshire Countryside   Cheshire

Woodland colour at Alderley Edge

Wander through the beautiful beechwoods at Alderley Edge, decked out in autumn swathes of bronze, golds and reds.

Autumn at Alderley
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire Tudor Great Hall
Rufford Old Hall   Lancashire

Soak up a riot of seasonal colour at Rufford Old Hall

Rufford Old Hall’s Virginia Creeper glows in dazzling colours of crimson and bronze, echoed in the surrounding woods. A flash of blue from Kingfishers on the canal add to the spectacle.

Take in autumn colour at Rufford Old Hall
Sunlight beams through the trees at Formby
Formby   Liverpool

Discover colour on the coast at Formby

Crisp blue autumn skies, miles of bronze sand and a flash of a rare red squirrel in the coastal pinewoods - autumn arrives at Formby for a memorable day out.

Plan your autumn experience at Formby