Towns in Cheshire

Runcorn, Cheshire

Runcorn is a lively urban town at the side of the great Mersey River. It began in the 10th-century when Alfred the Greats' daughter, Aethelfleda, built a fort at a site along the...

Sandbach, Cheshire

Sandbach is a market town in Cheshire

Shocklach, Cheshire

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...

Styal, Cheshire

The village of Styal stands on the River Bollin close to the town of Wilmslow. It is renowned for Quarry Bank Mill and the surrounding Styal Estate with houses once occupied by the mill workers.

Tarporley, Cheshire

Attractive large village which developed as a coaching stop on the main London to Liverpool road during the 17th and 18th-centuries.

Warrington, Cheshire

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.

Widnes, Cheshire

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.

Wincle, Cheshire

Winsford, Cheshire

This is a small town lying on the River Weaver, it was once important for the production of salt, it also serves as a residential region for people working in Manchester or Liverpool.