Dozens of people will sleep rough in Nantwich town square later this month as part of a campaign to raise awareness of local homelessness issues.
The Big Sleep Out also aims to raise much needed funds for CHANCE Changing Lives homeless charity.
Nantwich’s Spring Market will return to the town square this Saturday April 7 following its popularity last year.
The market, which will run from 9am until 3pm, will feature a large selection of stalls offering an eclectic mix of seasonal produce, gifts and treats.
Nantwich War Memorial is now officially a Grade II listed monument.
Historic England has added the memorial, on the town square on High Street, to the list of buildings of ‘Special Architectural or Historic Interest’.
Organisers of the annual Battle of Nantwich “Holly Holy Day” are laying on another feast of entertainment as the town again commemorates the infamous English Civil War clash in Cheshire.
Every year, the town has remembered what happened on January 25, 1644 when the Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists in a battle in the Henhull area to end the siege of the town.
Scores of Santas young and old braved the wind and rain to complete the annual Nantwich Santa Dash.
Families donned their best Christmas outfits for the event in aid of Hope House Children’s Hospice.
By Jonathan White
Thousands of people enjoyed the Nantwich Christmas Lights switch on in the town square.
Chris Radford from The Cat 107.9 FM community radio returned to compere the event with entertainment on stage.
Thousands of people attended Remembrance Sunday parades or paused in silence wherever they were to honour those who gave their lives in battle.
Remembrance parades took place in Nantwich, Crewe, Wistaston and other villages around the region.
By Jonathan White
An autistic artist is creating stunning oil paintings of Nantwich scenes to sell as cards.
Talented Christian Turner, aged 23, from Sandbach, produced this painting of Nantwich Town Square as his first scene.
Visitors packed in to Nantwich town square for the popular Societies Spectacular event.
More than 30 local groups and societies opened up stalls to promote what they do to a large audience in an event organised by Nantwich Town Council.
The artistic talents of Nantwich school children are being displayed at Nantwich Museum in the fifth Skoolzfest exhibition.
This year’s Skoolzfest 17 exhibition in the Millennium Gallery runs until Saturday July 1, taking the theme of ‘New Beginnings’.
Vintage vehicle fans crammed Nantwich’s streets for the ever-popular Weaver Wander classic car parade.
Wonderful vehicles of all shapes, sizes, colours and eras took part in the event, organised by the Crewe & Nantwich Weaver Rotary.
Campaigners in South Cheshire are planning a second protest against the proposed National Funding Formula which could see budget cuts in schools.
Hundreds of families gathered in Nantwich town square a week ago to voice their anger at the NFF which could see local schools more than 3% worse off.
Hundreds of families across Cheshire East gathered in Nantwich today to protest at school cuts under the Government’s planned National Funding Formula.
Teachers and parents in Nantwich and Crewe fear the new NFF will see Cheshire East worse off, facing a 4.5% cut in budgets over the next two years.
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