Easy hikes and walks around Hatton

Walton Hall is a country house in Walton, Warrington, Cheshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The hall and its surrounding garden and grounds are owned and administered by Warrington Borough Council and open to the public. Sir Gilbert Greenall (1806–1894) built Walton Hall in 1836. He was the son of Edward Greenall (1758–1835) who had purchased the Walton Estate in 1812. At this time there was an old hall on the property north east of the present building which has since been demolished. When his father died in 1835, Gilbert inherited the Walton Estate. In the following year he married Mary Claughton. In this year also he commenced building Walton Hall, a project which took two years. He was a partner in his long established family brewing firm of Greenall Whitley & Company with his brothers and made a large fortune. He invested his money in property and became part of the landed gentry. He became a Member of Parliament from 1847 until 1892 representing Warrington. He was also High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1873 and was a Justice of the Peace. He was a personal friend of Lewis Carroll whose father was the vicar in the nearby Church at Daresbury. He visited Carroll when he was at Oxford University and Carroll visited him at Walton Hall. A photo was taken by Carroll of the Hall in 1859 when he was there. Source: Wikipedia

Nice place to grab a hot drink and a small bite to eat, some seating (though no toilet).

Nice gardens

The Lumb Brook Valley is a beautiful forested area. It has a size of 8.88 ha (21.94 acres). Here you can find a lot of wildflowers, especially in spring. Beautiful, easy-to-walk paths lead through the forest area. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/lumb-brook-valley/

In a 15-minute film from "Classics of World Literature", Tilmann Spengler presents the life and work of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 to 1898) - known to millions of viewers as the author of "Alice in Wonderland" under his pseudonym LEWIS CARROL. The article (in German) can be found in the ARD media library under the following link => https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/klassiker-der-weltliteratur/lewis-carroll/ard-alpha/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL3ZpZGVvLzliYmU4Mzc4LTk2OGUtNGEwOC05YWUyLWU4NTVhNTNiYWE3YQ

Walton Hall is a country house in Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The hall and its surrounding garden and grounds are owned and administered by Warrington Borough Council. Walton Hall and Gardens operates a pay and display car park. Mon – Fri: £3 Sat – Sun and bank holidays: £4

A centre built in celebration of the author and poet, Lewis Carroll, known for writing the world famous "Alice in Wonderland". The centre holds a history on the author, as well as a prominent Alice in Wonderland stained glass window.

This was a commercial plantation – effectively a tree factory – planted over 30 years ago. There had been a woodland at Daresbury in the 19th century, but this had mostly been cut down by 1910. The conifer plantation that we see now was planted in 1978. The trees on Keckwick Hill behind Daresbury Firs are not part of the plantation. In this more natural woodland, if trees are cut down it is to let in light for wildflowers and young trees to grow, or to make the woodland safer and easier for the public to use.