Links to other sites

Here are some useful websites and contact numbers

WHILE we are sure you will enjoy a visit solely to the museum, visitors from outside the town may also like to make it into a day out by visiting other parts of the town and area - or stay longer and see the surrounding tourist attractions. Full details - including accommodation - can be obtained from Nantwich Tourist Information Centre in the Civic Hall, Market Street (part of Cheshire East Council's office). Telephone and fax: 01270 537359.

Museums

• Englesea Brook Museum and Chapel   Museum of Primitive Methodism.

• Congleton Museum   A town museum.

• Culture24 website (formerly the 24-Hour Museum). A listing of UK museums.

Tours (walking)

• The Museum conducts tours around Nantwich. See this page for more information.

• The Rotary Club of Crewe and Nantwich Weaver conducts walking tours of the town.

• And here is one with a specific interest: Nantwich Ghost Tours.

Nantwich websites

• Visit Nantwich, Bill Pearson's website.

• Another is NantwichWEB.

• There's a personal website called A Dabber's Nantwich by our webmaster which includes What's On listings and website pages for Nantwich and surrounding districts. 

• There is more history - featuring a former walled garden on the edge of town - in a website for the Nantwich Walled Garden Society. 

• The Nantwich Group of the Family History Society of Cheshire has a website.

• If you are planning a longer visit to Nantwich - and you are here at the relevant time - you could visit a production by Nantwich Players at their theatre on the Waterlode / Love Lane car park off Pillory Street - opposite the Museum. 

• There are also commercial websites, including The Best of . . . Nantwich and Come to Nantwich which will provide information about the town.

Events

• Holly Holy Day  A website about the annual (January) Holly Holy Day which includes a  Battle of Nantwich re-enactment. See the Battle of Nantwich page on this website.

• Information about local events can be found on the website of Nantwich Town Council.

• The Rotary Club of Crewe and Nantwich Weaver has a website listing Nantwich events: www.whatsoninnantwich.co.uk. 

Other places to visit while in the area

• Audlem is a pleasant village about eight miles from Nantwich. For more information, go to http://www.audlem.org/

• Wrenbury is another local village you may care to see. Their website is: www.wrenbury.info/ 

Groups with related interests

• Crewe and Nantwich Metal Detecting Society, one of whose members, Reg Baker, found the Roman coins now on display in the Museum's collection. The Hurleston Brooch was found at a charity rally organised by C&NMDS and Nantwich Rotary Club.

Sponsors

• Cheshire East Council   Headquarters in Sandbach. Telephone: 0300 123 55 00.

• Nantwich Town Council   Telephone: 01270 619224.

• Joseph Heler  Local cheese makers and distributors. Telephone: 01270 841500.

Nearby attractions with a salt interest

• The Lion Salt Works at Marston, Northwich. The museum is undergoing restoration to become a "unique heritage attraction" and is closed to the public until 2013.

• Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse (formerly the Salt Museum) at Northwich, Cheshire. Telephone: 01606 271640. There is a salt gallery on the first floor.

Tourist information

• Nantwich and South Cheshire Official Visitors' Guide: http://nantwich.ivisitorguide.com

• Cheshire's market towns.  All 21 towns and villages across the county are featured on a website that lists events, attractions, restaurants, shops and hotels.

• "Cheshire's Hidden Gems": www.discovercheshire.co.uk

Travelling to visit the Museum and Nantwich

• Trains and buses: Cheshire Traveline - Integrated Transport Service, 0871 200 2223. Open seven days a week, 8am to 8pm.

• Cheshire Bus Line: 0845 140 2666

• National Rail:  Telephone: 08457 484950.

• Wales and Border Trains.

• National Express Coaches:  08717 818181