Nantwich, Cheshire
Details
Accessibility
https://www.nantwichtowncouncil.gov.uk/shop-mobility/
"The Town Council’s Shopmobility service is open Monday to Saturday and gives people with mobility problems better access to the town centre by allowing them to hire powered scooters from the Civic Hall or Market Hall.
Call 01270 628633 to book one of the 2 scooters. The service is free of charge."
Brief description
https://www.nantwichtowncouncil.gov.uk/visiting-nantwich-guide/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantwich
"Nantwich (/ˈnæntwɪtʃ/ NAN-twitch) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It has among the highest concentrations of listed buildings in England, with notably good examples of Tudor and Georgian architecture. It had a population of 14,045 in 2021.1] Nantwich has one of the county's largest collections of historic buildings, second only to Chester.[40] These cluster mainly in the town centre on Barker Street, Beam Street, Churchyard Side, High Street and Hospital Street, and extend across the Weaver on Welsh Row. Most are within the 38 hectares (94 acres) of conservation area, which broadly follows the bounds of the late medieval and early post-medieval town.[10][41]
The oldest listed building is the 14th-century St Mary's Church, which is listed Grade I. Two other listed buildings are known to predate the fire of 1583: Sweetbriar Hall and the Grade I-listed Churche's Mansion, both timber-framed Elizabethan mansion houses. A few years after the fire, William Camden described Nantwich as the "best built town in the county".[42] Particularly fine timber-framed buildings from the town's rebuilding include 46 High Street and the Grade I-listed Crown coaching inn. Many half-timbered buildings, such as 140–142 Hospital Street, have been concealed behind brick or rendering. Nantwich contains many Georgian town houses, good examples being Dysart Buildings, 9 Mill Street, Townwell House and 83 Welsh Row. Several examples of Victorian corporate architecture are listed, including the former District Bank by Alfred Waterhouse. The most recent listed building is 1–5 Pillory Street, a curved corner block in 17th-century French style, which dates from 1911. Most of the town's listed buildings were originally residential, but churches, chapels, public houses, schools, banks, almshouses and workhouses are represented. Unusual listed structures include a mounting block, twelve cast-iron bollards, a stone gateway, two garden walls and a summerhouse.
Dorfold Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean mansion in the nearby village of Acton,[43] considered by Pevsner one of the two finest Jacobean houses in Cheshire.[44] Its grounds accommodate Nantwich Show each summer, including International Cheese Awards.
Nantwich Museum, in Pillory St, has galleries on the history of the town, including Roman salt-making, Tudor Nantwich's Great Fire, the Civil War Battle of Nantwich (1644) and the more recent shoe, clothing and local cheese-making industries. Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, a few miles outside the town, is a once government-owned nuclear bunker, now a museum. Also in Pillory St is the 82-seat Nantwich Players Theatre, which puts on about five plays a year.[45]"
Address
Nantwich Museum
29 Pillory St
Nantwich
CW5 5BQ
And Nantwich Town Council
Nantwich Civic Hall,
Market Street,
Nantwich,
Cheshire,
CW5 5DG
Email us at: nantwichtc@nantwichtowncouncil.gov.uk
Phone
For enquiries and infirmation about the Town Council, please:
Call us on: 01270 619224 Mon - Fri9:00 - 16:30, Sat - Sun Closed
Website
https://www.nantwichtowncouncil.gov.uk/visiting-nantwich-guide/
https://www.visitcheshire.com/explore/nantwich-p96451
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantwich
Directions
Opening Times
Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change
Transport
"Nantwich railway station is on the line from Crewe to Whitchurch, Shrewsbury and other towns along the Welsh border. It is served mainly by stopping trains between Crewe and Shrewsbury.
Arriva, D&G Bus and a few smaller companies operate bus routes in and around Nantwich, some with funding from Cheshire East council."
Amenities
https://www.nantwichtowncouncil.gov.uk/visiting-nantwich-guide/
https://www.nantwichtowncouncil.gov.uk/pubs-cafes-and-restaurants-in-nantwich/
Travel Information
For further travel information please see: www.traveline.info
Or call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33
(Calls cost 12p per minute plus your phone company's access charge)
Location
Nearest Venues
Hings Chinese takeaway, Nantwich, Cheshire
28 metres*
Oxley's funeral services, Nantwich, Cheshire
29 metres*
*Distances are calculated in a straight line from the current venue, please allow extra time/distance based on available paths or roads.