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Nantwich

Nantwich (36 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (1.1 miles, 1.8 km)

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

Oakhanger Mere,

Crewe (4 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (4.9 miles, 7.8 km, direction NE)

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...

A picture of Audlem

Audlem (3 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction S)

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...

St Helen's Church, Tarporley

Tarporley (15 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction NW)

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

Delamere Forest, Nr Tarporley, Cheshire

Delamere (39 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction NW)

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.....

Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Market Drayton (9 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction S)

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...

Saint Ediths Church, Shocklach, Cheshire

Shocklach (1 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction W)

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.....

Mow Cop at sunset

Mow Cop (15 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction E)

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...

Congleton Town Centre, Cheshire

Congleton (54 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction NE)

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"...

Opening up for birthing at Stoke on Trent, Trent and Mersey canal

Stoke-on-Trent (31 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction E)

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...

Norton lane, Norton in the moors, Staffordshire.

Norton in the Moors (6 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction E)

Norton-in-the-Moors is exactly what its name implies - it is an old village set on the side of a windswept hill with far reaching views over rolling countryside towards the Peak District...

Chester Race Course and Stand - September 2009

Chester (290 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cheshire (16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction NW)

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

Summit of Helsby hill looking over River Mersey towards Liverpool.

Helsby (16 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction NW)

Helsby is famous for Helsby Hill which rises to a height of 462ft, and has traces of an Iron-Age camp...

A picture of Frodsham

Frodsham (11 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction NW)

In the medieval times Frodsham was an important port and borough belonging to the earls of Chester...

A picture of Knutsford

Knutsford (29 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (17.4 miles, 28.1 km, direction NE)

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...

Colemere near Ellesmere in Shropshire, UK.

Colemere (2 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (17.8 miles, 28.6 km, direction SW)

Clolemere is a countryside heritage site with miles of waymarked walks circling over 70 acres of water, woodland and sweet scented meadows...

The mere, Ellesmere, Shropshire

Ellesmere (8 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (18.6 miles, 30.0 km, direction SW)

Ellesmere, has a lovely 'holiday' atmosphere which gives it an 'away from it all' feel...

View from Corbet Wood (Grinshill), Shropshire

Grinshill (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction S)

The picturesque village of Grinshill is spread beneath Grinshill Hill, an isolated rocky outcrop which rises above the plains of the Severn Valley...

Rudyard lake, Staffordshire

Rudyard (3 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (20.0 miles, 32.2 km, direction E)

A pretty village with a delightful cluster of cottages and houses with lovely gardens, bordered by woods at the south end of the picturesque Rudyard Reservoir...

View from Stormy Point, Alderley Edge, Cheshire

Alderley Edge (16 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cheshire (20.5 miles, 32.9 km, direction NE)

Alderley Edge is a popular tourist spot in the county of Cheshire, consisting of a prominent 'edge' or sandstone ridge which is popular with walkers and offers stunning views. You.....

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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.....

Oulton Park Superbikes, Oulton Park, Cheshire

Oulton Park (10 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction N)

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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.....

View of canal from Big Wood footbridge. Marbury Country Park, Cheshire

Marbury Country Park (8 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction N)

Once part of a large country estate, Marbury Parks history dates back to AD 1200. Guided walks are on offer all year round, with.....

Hawkstone Folly

Hawkstone Park (14 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction S)

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Lovell telescope: scan of an old 6x4 print

Lovell Radio Telescope and Arboretum (2 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction NE)

For over 40 years the giant Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank has been a familiar feature of the Cheshire landscape and an.....

Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Hodnet Hall (3 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction S)

Picturesque Hodnet Hall stands on the bank of a small valley, it is a handsome red-brick mansion designed in the 19th-century by.....

Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (1 Pictures)

(15.7 miles, 25.2 km, direction E)

This is the foremost museum for fine porcelain produced over several centuries in the famous potteries of Staffordshire. Here,.....

Trentham Gardens, Summer 2006.  Following the extensive restoration of the Italian Gardens

Trentham Gardens (12 Pictures)

(16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction SE)

These pictures are of the garden and lake of Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This was the former home of the.....

Chester Castle, Chester

Chester Castle (2 Pictures)

(16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction NW)

The extensive ruins of Chester Castle can be found on a hillside overlooking the River Dee in close proximity to where the county.....

Monkey Forest, Trentham, near Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

Monkey Forest (7 Pictures)

(16.1 miles, 26.0 km, direction SE)

This is an outstanding tourist attraction for children and adults of all ages. Here, in a vast wilderness of trees 140 Barbary.....

Serpentine Pool, Greenway Bank Country Park, Biddulph

Greenway Bank Country Park (3 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.3 km, direction E)

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Chester's Roman Amphitheatre

Chester Roman Amphitheatre (1 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.3 km, direction NW)

It is almost impossible to list the magnificent Roman treasures this town possesses. Its extraordinary Roman Amphitheatre is but.....

Chester Roman Garden

Roman Gardens (2 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction NW)

The Roman Garden, thus called is a somewhat misleading name. It was certainly not here in Roman times, but is a left-over from.....

Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral (40 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction NW)

A Minster was built here in the 10th-century to hold the remains of St.Werburgh, a Mercian princess who died in 707......


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