Aston & Wrenbury

Wrenbury Art group member’s painting features in major exhibition

Wrenbury Art group member’s painting features in major exhibition

An amateur painter from Nantwich has one of his works on display at a major exhibition.

Martin Bale, a member of Wrenbury Art Group, has seen his painting called “The Joy of Dolphins” accepted into this year’s Three Counties Art Exhibition at Keele University.

December 17, 2014
Round Table Santa’s Float set for busy Nantwich schedule

Round Table Santa’s Float set for busy Nantwich schedule

Father Christmas will be out and about as Santa’s Float visits Nantwich and surrounding villages over the next 10 days.

The Crewe & Nantwich Round Table Christmas Float will be visiting streets across South Cheshire to help raise money for local causes.

December 6, 2014
Thousands in Nantwich and Crewe attend Remembrance Sunday services

Thousands in Nantwich and Crewe attend Remembrance Sunday services

By Jonathan White
Thousands of people turned in across Crewe and Nantwich to pay their respects on Remembrance Sunday.

Parades and services were held in both Crewe and Nantwich town centres as families remembered those who have fallen in conflict over the last 100 years.

November 9, 2014
Nantwich school governor’s special Remembrance Day tribute

Nantwich school governor’s special Remembrance Day tribute

Remembrance Day will take on a special poignancy for a governor at a primary school near Nantwich when three generations of his family mark the 100th anniversary of World War One.

Fred Wright, chair of the governors at Sound Primary, will remember the fallen, including his own uncle and nine other pupils from the small rural school.

November 7, 2014
Wingate Centre in Wrenbury donated £1,600 from Sainsbury’s cheese!

Wingate Centre in Wrenbury donated £1,600 from Sainsbury’s cheese!

Staff at Wingate Children’s Centre in Wrenbury have cheesy smiles – thanks to Nantwich Sainsbury’s!

The Middlewich Road store has just donated all the proceeds from sales it made at its Nantwich Show stall.

October 29, 2014
Animal cruelty charges dropped against Nantwich abattoir owners

Animal cruelty charges dropped against Nantwich abattoir owners

Animal cruelty charges against directors of a Nantwich abattoir have been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service due to insufficient evidence.

The decision comes just four weeks after a separate investigation into alleged horse passports irregularities at the same Red Lion abattoir was abandoned for the same reason.

October 27, 2014
Pub and bakery team up for new Farmers Market in Bunbury

Pub and bakery team up for new Farmers Market in Bunbury

A pub and bakery business are teaming up to hold regular Farmers Market and Craft Fairs in Bunbury, near Nantwich.

Tom Morrison, who runs Berry Fresh Bakery in Wrenbury, is helping to organise the event to be staged at the award-winning Yew Tree Inn in Bunbury.

October 26, 2014
Councillors unveil new lane for Wingate Children’s Centre in Wrenbury

Councillors unveil new lane for Wingate Children’s Centre in Wrenbury

A much-needed new approach lane to a Nantwich children’s centre has been unveiled.

Officials have opened the new road leading to The Wingate Centre in Wrenbury which puts an end to years of pot-hole problems for visitors and staff.

October 16, 2014
New Cheshire Wildlife Trust education centre opens near Nantwich

New Cheshire Wildlife Trust education centre opens near Nantwich

Dozens of guests joined the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire David Briggs for the opening of a new wildlife trust education centre near Nantwich.

The £120,000 new Bickley Barn education centre, between Wrenbury and Malpas, is based in a converted 100-year-old diary milking barn.

September 9, 2014
Model railway club in Nantwich steams ahead by doubling members

Model railway club in Nantwich steams ahead by doubling members

A model railway club near Nantwich has doubled its membership – just six months after launching.

Wrenbury & District Model Railway Club now has 24 active members who meet every week in Village Hall, Wrenbury.

August 12, 2014
Gateway Peugeot balloon challenge raises cash for Nantwich groups

Gateway Peugeot balloon challenge raises cash for Nantwich groups

A local car dealer has been helping “inflate” the coffers of Nantwich community groups.

Gateway Peugeot Crewe has staged a “guess the amount of balloons in a car” competition at several events.

July 18, 2014
Thousands enjoy Nantwich Fete and SkoolsFest

Thousands enjoy Nantwich Fete and SkoolsFest

Thousands of people crammed into Nantwich today for the town Fete and annual SkoolsFest event. Proud parents watched hundreds of primary school youngsters sing and dance on the green in front of St Mary’s Church.

June 28, 2014
Sainsbury’s donates more than £7,000 to Nantwich’s Wingate Children’s Centre

Sainsbury’s donates more than £7,000 to Nantwich’s Wingate Children’s Centre

Wingate Children’s Centre near Nantwich has been boosted by more than £6,000 from the town’s Sainsbury’s store. A cheque for the record amount of £6,255 was handed to the centre’s manager Chris Bridgman, who is retiring after 11 years at the Wrenbury facility.

June 26, 2014