The Mid Cheshire Ridge, sometimes referred to as the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge, is a range of low sandstone hills which stretch north to south through Cheshire in North West England. The ridge is discontinuous, with the hills forming two main blocks, north and south of the "Beeston Gap". The main mass of those to the south are known as the Peckforton Hills; the larger group of hills to the north do not have a collective name. The Cheshire Sandstone Ridge was shortlisted for AONB designation in 2021.
Peckforton ridge, with Beeston (left) and Peckforton (right) castles. The Beeston Gap is on the far left
Beeston Castle hill
Raw Head
Sandstone detail
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary. Warrington is the largest settlement, and the city of Chester is the county town.
Image: The view north west from Beeston Castle geograph.org.uk 4547395 (edited, cropped)
Image: Little Moreton Hall geograph.org.uk 3625859
The Cheshire Plain from the Mid-Cheshire Ridge.
Chester