Peckforton Castle near Nantwich has been named as a finalist in the “Large Hotel of the Year” category of the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2013. The venue will now go forward to an awards ceremony being held on May 20 at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford.
MP for Crewe and Nantwich Edward Timpson has swapped his usual London Marathon for the Nantwich Triathlon. And Mr Timpson and his wife Julia completed the Cheshire 10km Run in Queen’s Park in Crewe to help prepare.
By Jonathan White Scores of villagers crammed into Wistaston Memorial Hall to view plans unveiled by Gladman Homes for 330 new properties. The public exhibition showed plans for the homes on land known locally as ‘Witter’s Field’, in Wistaston.
A blaze has damaged a popular play centre in Shavington, near Nantwich. Crews from Nantwich and Crewe were called out to tackle the fire which broke out at Playworld on Newcastle Road.
A Nantwich man has been found guilty of putting lives at risk by illegally carrying out gas work at three homes. Duncan Johnstone, 52, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive after he worked while pretending to be a registered gas fitter.
Nantwich residents are being urged to take their cars to their local fire station rather than the car wash this weekend. Firefighters, fire cadets and volunteers will be armed with buckets and sponges to help raise money for “The Fire Fighters Charity”.
A Nantwich marathon runner told how he was lucky to be alive after competing in the ill-fated Boston Marathon. Glen Mason had just finished the race when the two bomb blasts rocked the city centre, killing three and seriously injuring hundreds more.
Nantwich Show organisers have paid tribute to the man who helped turn the event into the biggest crowd-puller of its kind in the UK. John Broomhall has stepped down after 25 years as chairman of Nantwich Agricultural Society which stages the event every July at Dorfold Park.
A Nantwich auctioneer is in China this week to take part in the first ever European art sale held there. Robert Stones, principal of fine art and antiques auctioneers Peter Wilson, is involved with a consortium of UK firms involved in staging the event at Xiamen Freeport.
Celebrities from the worlds of food and sport will be at the Reaseheath College Family Festival in Nantwich next month. Demonstrations by celebrity chef Brian Mellor and football freestyler Craig Gorey will feature alongside a classic display by the Pen Llyn team of Lusitano horses.
More than 200 residents crammed into a village hall to air concerns on plans to build 1,800 new homes near Nantwich. Muller Property and Gladman Properties are targeting land off Middlewich Road and Church Lane, in Wistaston.
Theatre company Molyneux and Mother Murder Mysteries is to hold three murder mystery nights at Peckforton Castle near Nantwich. The company will host the suspense-filled evenings, called “Bada Bing Bada Boom”, on May 3, 4 and 24.
Jools Holland could be on the bill when Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival celebrates its 20th year. That’s the hope of festival organiser Phillip Martin who believes luring Holland to the town is a real possibility.
Recent Comments