The highest tea room in England which boasts 'best views' of North West

Sitting a whopping 1,670 feet above sea level, this Cheshire tea room boasts simply stunning views while you enjoy a cup of fresh-brewed tea or a slice of home-made cake. The Peak View Tea Rooms sits just beneath Shining Tor - the highest point in Cheshire - and is known for boasting some of the best views in the north west.

Based on the Buxton Road, just outside Macclesfield, the café overlooks the sweeping Cheshire plain with a wealth of outdoor seating to take in the scenery. The self-proclaimed 'highest tea room in England' offers astounding views across the Peaks for those enjoying a day out.

The original tea room was built in 1956 and named The Moorland Café before it was renamed Dish & Spoon. In the 1980s it was bought under new ownership and called the Shining Tor restaurant. Now under the name of The Peak View Tea Rooms - it's always been a place for people to enjoy food with stunning scenery, reports CheshireLive.

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Taken over by Gail and Philip Heath in 2007, the married couple have kept many of its original features. Ranging from the original beams, firestone to the original Traser tiles from the 1950s.

When CheshireLive visited the Peak View Tea Rooms, it was only a short trip but the journey alone would have been worth the visit. Traversing through the hills up past the Cat and Fiddle, the views are simply breath-taking.

But if driving through the hills doesn't appeal to you, when you arrive at the tea room you'll realise it was well worth the journey. As soon as you park up outside the Peak View Tea Rooms, you're hit by an astounding view across the Cheshire plain.

Gail says that on a clear