Nantwich is set to host the annual “Battle of Nantwich” re-enactment once again on January 21.
The “Holly Holy Day” celebration marks the 1644 Battle in the town, which proved to be one of the key events in the English Civil War between the Royalists and Parliamentarians.
A new project launched by Nantwich Mill Community Energy Company aims to generate clean and green energy for the town – come rain or shine.
The not-for-profit Community Benefit Society has been awarded £100,000 by the North West Energy Hub’s Rural Community Energy Fund.
A new seating feature has been installed and unveiled on Mill Island in Nantwich.
Mayor of Nantwich Cllr Stuart Bostock visited Mill Island to take a look at the new seating feature.
By Jonathan White
The annual ‘Battle of Nantwich & Winter Fayre’ has been cancelled by the Covid pandemic, organisers have confirmed.
The Holly Holy Day annual event normally takes place on the final weekend of January, and is one of the biggest one-day events in the town.
By Jonathan White
Thousands of people lined the streets of Nantwich this weekend to enjoy the annual Battle of Nantwich & Winter Fayre.
The event culminated in The Sealed Knot staging a re-enactment of the Battle on Mill Island.
Thousands are expected to line the town centre streets for the annual ‘Battle of Nantwich’ next Saturday, writes Jonathan White.
For more than 40 years the troops of The Sealed Knot have gathered in Nantwich to re-enact the battle that took place in 1644.
Nantwich Partnership is hoping to carry out improvements to two visitor attractions in the town.
It has submitted plans for more seating and a landscape feature area on Mill Island.
Mill Island and the River Weaver will turn yellow with the first hospice fundraising Nantwich Duck Race next month.
Hundreds of children and families will gather at Mill Island as a fleet of rubber ducks are released into the water in aid of Hope House Children’s Hospices.
Thousands of people young and old once again packed into Nantwich town centre to witness another spectacular Holly Holy Day “Battle of Nantwich” celebration.
The Sealed Knot marched through the town as they re-enacted the 1644 Battle of Nantwich, one of the key events in the English Civil War.
By Jonathan White
Activities have been organised at St Mary’s Church in Acton on the annual ‘Holly Holy Day’ Battle of Nantwich on Saturday January 26.
The Church will be open from 9am until 11:30am serving hot drinks and buttered toast with the opportunity to go up the Church’s Tower.
Nantwich is once again gearing up for one of its busiest days of the year when Holly Holy Day commemorations are held on January 26.
The town centre is likely to be packed as thousands cram in to watch The Sealed Knot re-enact the infamous 1644 Battle of Nantwich.
Seven footbridges over the River Weaver in Nantwich have been spruced up Cheshire East Council in a £98,000 project.
The scheme aimed to boost the network of walking routes for residents, visitors and shoppers in the town.
Nantwich residents are being urged to lodge their views as part of the Cheshire East Local Plan consultation, which highlights areas of the town centre that could be developed in future.
The consultation follows the adoption of the Local Plan Strategy in 2017.
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