The stunning hidden farm with a waterfall that welcomes festival for bank holiday weekender

It was once billed as "Manchester's best kept secret" - but this bank holiday weekend thousands of revellers will be heading over to a hidden Stockport farm in a stunning countryside setting for a music extravaganza. The Moovin Festival makes its August bank holiday return with a packed bill of entertainment including Orbital, Louie Vega and Black Grape.

Upon arrival at the festival at Whitebottom Farm in Compstall in Stockport, guests get to enjoy the beautiful countryside of Etherow Country Park. On the site itself there's a picturesque waterfall, lake and acres of rolling fields.

As for the festival itself? The main stage remains in the vast former cow shed where it all began as a secret "Barn Party" with just a few hundred people in 2014.

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It was such a success that the following year Moovin Festival was officially born - founded by former Hacienda DJ Herbie Saccani. He would go on to be joined by Hacienda brand manager Paul "Fletch" Fletcher and partner Rebecca Rosenberg who are now busily putting the final preparations to the site for 2022.

Fletch recalls when Herbie first told him about the event. He says: "It was at a time where I had just left running the nightclub Sankeys and had a rare weekend off. Herbie got in touch telling me about this really cool Farm that he's doing a party in and to come down to check it out.

"So me and a few friends headed down and basically fell in love with the place straight away, it had a vibe to it , it felt almost like a secret illegal rave. There were two stages at that time - a cow barn stage and a second tent.

"I remember having a bit of a moment sat on one of the hay bales in the barn saying this place is just