What's On
Treacle Market
Macclesfield
26th Feb 2012Macclesfield is known as Treacletown, referring to the centuries old accident ....
'The Collection' Contemporary Photography Exhibition
Marburae Gallery
2nd Mar 2012 - 7th Apr 2012The most playful photography exhibitions in Cheshire to date, showcasing site specific 3D photography by Sam Paechter ....
County Charity Cycle
Edgeley Park, Stockport
17th Mar 2012Stockport County supporters are getting on their bikes for the "County Charity Cycle" to raise money for good causes ....
Death and Burial
Stockport Story Museum
11th Nov 2011 - 29th Apr 2012For thousands of years people have sought to give their dead a respectful burial ....
The Finishing Touch
Hat Works Museum
6th Dec 2011 - 11th May 2012From feathers to fabrics from ribbons to beads and flowers, hats have been trimmed in a myriad of ways ....
Breaking New Ground
Quarry Bank Mill & Styal Estate
24th Sep 2011 - 31st Mar 2012Discover the story behind the ground-breaking technology that made Quarry Bank's newly aquired garden ....
Where to Visit
Places
- Acton Bridge
- Adlington
- Alderley Edge
- Alsager
- Altrincham
- Ashley
- Audlem
- Bache
- Bebington
- Bidston
- Birchwood
- Birkenhead
- Bramhall
- Bromborough
- Buckley
- Buxton
- Caergwrle
- Capenhurst
- Cefn-y-Bedd
- Chapel-en-le-Frith
- Cheadle Hulme
- Chelford
- Cheshire Oaks
- Chester
- Congleton
- Crewe
- Cuddington & Sandiway
- Davenport
- Delamere
- Derby
- Disley
- Dove Holes
- Earlestown
- Eastham
- Edge Hill
- Ellesmere Port
- Flixton
- Frodsham
- Furness Vale
- Glazebrook
- Goostrey
- Gwersyllt
- Hale
- Halewood
- Handforth
- Hawarden
- Hazel Grove
- Heaton Chapel
- Helsby
- Heswall
- Holmes Chapel
- Hooton
- Hope
- Hoylake
- Ince & Elton
- Irlam
- Kelsall
- Kidsgrove
- Knutsford
- Leasowe
- Levenshulme
- Little Sutton
- Liverpool
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Longport
- Lostock Gralam
- Lymn
- Macclesfield
- Malpas
- Manchester
- Manchester Airport
- Meols
- Middlewood
- Mobberley
- Moreton
- Mouldsworth
- Nantwich
- Neston
- New Brighton
- New Mills
- Newton-le-Willows
- Northwich
- Padgate
- Penyffordd
- Plumley
- Port Sunlight
- Poynton
- Prees
- Prestbury
- Rock Ferry
- Runcorn
- Sandbach
- Sankey
- Shotton
- Shrewsbury
- Spital
- Stanlow & Thornton
- Stockport
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Styal
- Tarporley & Beeston
- Upton
- Urmston
- Uttoxeter
- Wallasey
- Warrington
- Wem
- West Kirby
- Whaley Bridge
- Whitchurch
- Widnes
- Wilmslow
- Winsford
- Woodsmoor
- Wrenbury
- Wrexham
- Yorton
The cobbled market square is surrounded by pubs and most of the remaining old buildings of the town. It also contains a fine old market cross, the old town stocks, the war memorial and a horse trough placed here to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. An Old Town Trail and a series of Parish Paths Walks are available from the Hearse House Visitor Centre on Market Street.
Chapel-en-le-Frith owes much of its prosperity to the Ferodo Works, makers of brake linings and car components, whose factory dominates the northern end of the town. Its founder, Henry Froode, was a local man who was one of the inventors of brake linings.
The Peak Forest Tramway closed in the 1920s and now makes a very pleasant walk connecting Bugsworth Basin with Dove Holes Dale.
The Chestnut Centre is a 25 acre conservation park has several species of otters, owls, birds of prey and Scottish wild cats and foxes, which can be seen in a pleasant environment in which Fallow deer graze. It's a great place to take children, and has is a tea-room and shop.