Attractive large village which developed as a coaching stop on the main London to Liverpool road during the 17th and 18th-centuries...
Today, Nantwich is a busy bustling place of business and commerce that still manages to retain its unique 'Elizabethan' flavour...
Shocklach is a small rural hamlet set beside a tributary of the River Dee between Wrexham and Nantwich. It is a lovely agricultural area of quiet lanes stringing together pretty.....
The village of Delamere can be found in the midst of beautiful Cheshire countryside in an area of forests and rivers. It is perhaps best known as the home of the magnificent.....
Crewe has always been associated with its great railway junction, and it is from this point in the "hey-day" of rail travel that Crew began to prosper...
Chester, the county town of Cheshire, is one of the oldest and most complete walled cities with fantastic architecture and history...
A walk around the village reveals pleasant black and white timber framed properties, delightful cottages, and buildings of the Victorian era when the canal system and railways came to the area...
Helsby is famous for Helsby Hill which rises to a height of 462ft, and has traces of an Iron-Age camp...
In the medieval times Frodsham was an important port and borough belonging to the earls of Chester...
Ellesmere, has a lovely 'holiday' atmosphere which gives it an 'away from it all' feel...
Market Drayton is famous as the home of Gingerbread, and as the birthplace of Robert Clive - Clive of India, he was educated at the Grammar School, founded in 1558, and his desk bearing his carved initials is still preserved...
Clolemere is a countryside heritage site with miles of waymarked walks circling over 70 acres of water, woodland and sweet scented meadows...
There is much that is Victorian about Widnes, this can be seen in the splendid public library building and the park named after a great Queen and Empress...
Its name derives from Canute, the great Danish King who is said to have journeyed this way when he quite possibly forded the local stream...
The sheer scale of the height of this village with the quaint sounding name has made it famous, for it is believed that on a clear day the hill is visible to no less than five counties...
This lively market town stands on a bend of the River Dane, it quite possibly takes its name from the Celtic word "congle" which in English means "a bend"...
This town can claim to have something made for Queen Victoria, which was famously rejected by her - this is the pair of Golden Gates made in 1850 for Sandringham House...
The picturesque village of Grinshill is spread beneath Grinshill Hill, an isolated rocky outcrop which rises above the plains of the Severn Valley...
The Wirral Peninsula is an area of Merseyside approximately 60 square miles (160 square Km) known as 'The Wirral'..
The centre-piece of the village is the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Museum, this was built as a memorial to Lady Lever and was opened in 1922...
This modern day version of a 12th-century castle is set in the heart of the Cheshire Plains, an area which is scattered with.....
Set on a lonely hillside along the run of the Peckforton Hills, lie the ruins of Beeston Castle. It was built in the.....
The village of Cholmondeley is famous for its fascinating, romantic castle, built in 1801 in the Gothic style. Built as the seat.....
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Green lungs do not come more beautiful than the densely tree populated Delamere Forest Park found in a haven of countryside, near.....
The extensive ruins of Chester Castle can be found on a hillside overlooking the River Dee in close proximity to where the county.....
It is almost impossible to list the magnificent Roman treasures this town possesses. Its extraordinary Roman Amphitheatre is but.....
The Roman Garden, thus called is a somewhat misleading name. It was certainly not here in Roman times, but is a left-over from.....
A Minster was built here in the 10th-century to hold the remains of St.Werburgh, a Mercian princess who died in 707......
Chester Zoo makes a fascinating day out for everyone at whatever age. For mostly we all love creatures of the wild and enjoy.....
The Anderton Boat Lift is the world's first boat lift, and the only working one in the UK..
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This large, handsome red-brick house was built during the 1680's by Thomas Webb for Joshua Edisbury, High Sheriff of.....
Once part of a large country estate, Marbury Parks history dates back to AD 1200. Guided walks are on offer all year round, with.....
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At The Boat Museum in Ellesmere Port we bring Britain's canal history back to life. Come and explore the exhibitions in the.....
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Runcorn is almost entirely encircled by two canals, the Bridgewater Canal built during the middle of the 18th century and the.....
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