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Hospital Street, Nantwich, Cheshire

Nantwich (36 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire

(1.1 miles, 1.8 km of Acton)

Today, Nantwich is a busy bustling place of business and commerce that still manages to retain its unique 'Elizabethan' flavour...

Beeston Castle in Tarporley, Cheshire.

Tarporley (15 Pictures) in the county of Cheshire

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction NW of Acton)

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

Mow Cop Castle, Staffordshire

Mow Cop (15 Pictures) in the county of Staffordshire

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction E of Acton)

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...

Potteries, Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent (31 Pictures) in the county of Staffordshire

(15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction E of Acton)

Town known best as "the potteries" but in reality Stoke-on-Trent is a 1906 amalgamation of six towns, each of which still maintain their own individuality and character...

Chester City Walls, Chester

Chester (290 Pictures) a Historic City in the county of Cheshire

(16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction NW of Acton)

Chester, the county town of Cheshire, is one of the oldest and most complete walled cities with fantastic architecture and history...

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Cholmondeley Castle. A soldiers view in 1940. Tim Croft.

Cholmondeley Castle (19 Pictures)

(6.1 miles, 9.9 km, direction W)

The village of Cholmondeley is famous for its fascinating, romantic castle, built in 1801 in the Gothic style. Built as the seat.....

Beeston Castle

Beeston Castle (41 Pictures)

(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction NW)

Set on a lonely hillside along the run of the Peckforton Hills, lie the ruins of Beeston Castle. It was built in the.....

Peckforton Castle, Cheshire, taken from the outer walls of Beeston Castle.

Peckforton Castle (9 Pictures)

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction NW)

This modern day version of a 12th-century castle is set in the heart of the Cheshire Plains, an area which is scattered with.....

Little Moreton Hall

Little Moreton Hall (48 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.5 km, direction E)

Little Moreton Hall is without doubt the finest example of timber-framed architecture in England. The building overflows with.....

Delamere Forest, Nr Tarporley, Cheshire

Delamere Forest Park (24 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction NW)

Green lungs do not come more beautiful than the densely tree populated Delamere Forest Park found in a haven of countryside, near.....

Anderton Boat Lift August 2009 (Bottom)

The Anderton Boat Lift (9 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction N)

The Anderton Boat Lift is the world's first boat lift, and the only working one in the UK..

Mow Cop Castle, Staffordshire

Mow Cop Castle (12 Pictures)

(14.1 miles, 22.8 km, direction E)

Mow Cop Castle is a Grade 2 listed building and dates back to 1754 when Randle Wilbraham of nearby Rode Hall built it as a.....


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