Community Events

Nantwich sports clubs to stage Christmas parties this weekend

Nantwich sports clubs to stage Christmas parties this weekend

Two popular sporting clubs in Nantwich are staging their Christmas parties this weekend. Nantwich Town FC will welcome Tina Turner tribute act Kinisha to the club’s Fairfax Suite for their traditional Christmas Party on Friday (December 14).

December 10, 2012
Nantwich group Greenspaces spearheads Leighton Greenway project

Nantwich group Greenspaces spearheads Leighton Greenway project

A Nantwich environmental group is spearheading a scheme to boost eco-friendly transport links in Crewe. Greenspaces South Cheshire has teamed up with partners to improve the route of the Leighton Greenway Extension project.

December 5, 2012
Santa’s Grotto in Nantwich helps to raise charity money

Santa’s Grotto in Nantwich helps to raise charity money

By Jonathan White Santa Claus has taken time off from his busy schedule to meet and hand out presents to Nantwich children. He’s set up a Nantwich branch of his Grotto in the attic of Nantwich Bookshop in High Street, Nantwich town centre.

December 3, 2012
Beth Tweddle at Nantwich Lights switch on in 2012

Thousands enjoy Nantwich Christmas Lights switch-on

Thousands of people packed into the centre of Nantwich to enjoy the traditional Christmas Lights switch on event. Families young and old were entertained by live music, fair rides, a lantern parade, fireworks and Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle!

December 2, 2012
Nantwich Museum to stage Art of the Olympics talk

Nantwich Museum to stage Art of the Olympics talk

An illustrated talk on the Art of the Olympics takes place at Nantwich Museum at 3pm on Thursday December 6. It will be given by Adrian Sumner, the creative economy officer at Cheshire West & Chester Council.

November 30, 2012
RedShift Radio plans Nantwich events to celebrate FM broadcast

RedShift Radio plans Nantwich events to celebrate FM broadcast

RedShift Radio will turn off its broadcast on 87.7FM across South Cheshire at midnight on Sunday December 2. The not-for-profit Community Radio station brings its latest 28-day broadcast to a close.

November 27, 2012
Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross to launch Nantwich Festive Family fun run

Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross to launch Nantwich Festive Family fun run

Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross will be kicks-starting a festive family fun run in Nantwich to help raise charity cash. The spectacle, in aid of Hope House Children’s Hospice, will see hundreds of Santas dashing around the town centre on Sunday December 9.

November 27, 2012
Greyhound Rescue Christmas Fair at Nantwich a runaway success!

Greyhound Rescue Christmas Fair at Nantwich a runaway success!

More than 400 visitors turned out for the GRWE Greyhound Rescue Christmas Fair in Nantwich Civic Hall. The event helped to raise £2,500 for the dogs who need help and new homes.

November 20, 2012
Pilates and Zumba classes to launch in Nantwich and Wistaston

Pilates and Zumba classes to launch in Nantwich and Wistaston

New Pilates and Zumba Fitness classes are opening in Nantwich. A daytime Zumba keep fit session is being launched in January on Thursdays from 10.15am in Nantwich parish rooms.

November 19, 2012
Nantwich Museum craft group to stage Christmas sale

Nantwich Museum craft group to stage Christmas sale

Nantwich Museum’s craft group will be selling Christmas items, decorations, and cushions in the Millennium Gallery next week. The sale is to help raise funds for the Pillory Street venue on November 24 from 10.30am until 4.30pm.

November 17, 2012
South Cheshire Youth Market to run at Minshulls Garden Centre

South Cheshire Youth Market to run at Minshulls Garden Centre

Young traders will be selling their crafts and gifts at a South Cheshire Youth Market tomorrow (November 17). The event takes place at Minshulls Garden Centre in Church Minshull near Nantwich between 10am and 4pm.

November 16, 2012
Greyhound Rescue Christmas Fair set for Nantwich Civic Hall

Greyhound Rescue Christmas Fair set for Nantwich Civic Hall

Santa’s little helpers will be busy in Nantwich this weekend when the GRWE Greyhound Rescue Christmas Fair comes to town. The event at Nantwich Civic Hall will have more than 40 stalls selling shabby chic, jewellery, candles, and cakes.

November 13, 2012
Worleston girls sell cakes and raise £125 for Children in Need

Worleston girls sell cakes and raise £125 for Children in Need

Five schoolgirls from Nantwich raised £125 for Children in Need by running a cake stall outside their local shop! The enterprising youngsters manned their mini patisserie outside Hulse Grocery & Bakery, on Main Road, Worleston, for 12 hours.

November 13, 2012