Ellesmere, has a lovely 'holiday' atmosphere which gives it an 'away from it all' feel...
The picturesque village of Grinshill is spread beneath Grinshill Hill, an isolated rocky outcrop which rises above the plains of the Severn Valley...
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.....
Shrewsbury is a wonderfully atmospheric town which beguiles the visitor with sights of bygone centuries and much a great charm is to be found in its narrow streets and medieval buildings...
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...
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...
Today, Nantwich is a busy bustling place of business and commerce that still manages to retain its unique 'Elizabethan' flavour...
Interestingly, Acton Burnell has connections with America that go back to the stirring days of the Declaration of Independence in 1776...
Attractive large village which developed as a coaching stop on the main London to Liverpool road during the 17th and 18th-centuries...
Chester, the county town of Cheshire, is one of the oldest and most complete walled cities with fantastic architecture and history...
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...
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This town is named for the famous bridge that spans the River Severn - the world's first Iron Bridge....
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This magnificent building is the last of the great Welsh castles built by Edward I that is still lived in today. It was begun in.....
Picturesque Hodnet Hall stands on the bank of a small valley, it is a handsome red-brick mansion designed in the 19th-century by.....
This large, handsome red-brick house was built during the 1680's by Thomas Webb for Joshua Edisbury, High Sheriff of.....
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These magnificent remains of an Augustinian Abbey founded by William Fitzalan in about 1135, occupy a beautiful setting in the.....
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The site of Shrewsbury Abbey is an ancient one, quite possibly dating back to Saxon times when a wooden church would have stood.....
The village of Cholmondeley is famous for its fascinating, romantic castle, built in 1801 in the Gothic style. Built as the seat.....
An elegant 18th century mansion with regancy interiors and deer park, Attingham Park is of the great houses of the.....
This modern day version of a 12th-century castle is set in the heart of the Cheshire Plains, an area which is scattered with.....
Wroxeter Roman City lies about 5 miles south-east of Shrewsbury, here lies the remains of what was the fourth largest town in.....
Set on a lonely hillside along the run of the Peckforton Hills, lie the ruins of Beeston Castle. It was built in the.....
Although crenulated, the spectacular red sandstone ruins of Acton Burnell speak more of a grandiose place of comfort rather than.....
The extensive ruins of Chester Castle can be found on a hillside overlooking the River Dee in close proximity to where the county.....
Powis Castle is a magnificent dramatic building rising above a hauntingly beautiful landscape. The castle sits on the borders of.....
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.....
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