List of parks, picnic areas and greenways

Once a hive of industrial activity, this area has now been restored into a habitat for a wide variety of wildlife.

Consall Nature Park is situated within the beautiful valley of the River Churnet. The site is owned by Staffordshire County Council, and now under the management of RSPB.

Deep Hayes Country Park is a mixture of woods, meadows and pools.

Froghall Wharf is some three miles north of Cheadle in North Staffordshire within the beautiful Churnet Valley at the end of the Cauldon Canal.

Greenway Bank contains features from the days when the site was the landscaped grounds of a stately home.

The greenway is an old railway line between Leek and north of Rudyard Lake.

The Oakamoor picnic area is adjacent to the Oakamoor-Denstone Greenway, a disused railway running along the Churnet Valley.