It consists of farms; a picnic site; Redesmere, a half-mile long lake; and the Capesthorne Estate.

Redesmere, created as a feeder reservoir for the ornamental lakes of Capesthorne Hall in the late 18th century, once had an island.

Local legend says that it came into being as a result of a vow by a knight who believed his lady was unfaithful, and that he would not look on her face again until the island floated.

There then followed a storm which tore the island from the bottom of the lake, and it floated ever since, clearing the lady's name.

[1][2][3] The writer Alan Garner included a reference to the Floating Island of Redesmere in his novel The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.