Holmes Chapel
Understand
The 15th century St. Luke's Church is a Grade I listed building
Holmes Chapel is a large village of just under 6,000 residents. Until 1974 the parish was known as Church Hulme. Green fields can be reached within a mile of the centre in any direction.
Get in
Off junction 18 of the M6. Only 20 miles from Manchester Airport (MAN IATA).
🌍 Holmes Chapel station has Northern Rail connections from Crewe and Manchester.
Get around
See
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St Luke's Church, London Road. The present church originated about 1430 as a timber-framed building with a Perpendicular sandstone west tower.
- 🌍 Twemlow Viaduct. 1841 viaduct was designed for the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company by George W. Buck.
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Jodrell Bank, Lower Withington (near Goostrey), ☎ +44 1477 571766. Home of the Lovell Radio Telescope
Do
- Dane Meadow (footpath running from Moreton Drive to the A50 by the bridge at Cranage), e-mail: danemeadow@gmail.com. Dane Meadow is a 7 hectare area of land to the north of Holmes Chapel within the Dane Valley. It is a natural environment for walking dogs and casual walkers. The roadway provides access for disabled vehicles and a limited parking area near the river.
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 The Vicarage, Knutsford Road, ☎ +44 1477 533393.
Drink
Sleep
- 🌍 Bridge Farm B&B, Bridge Lane, ☎ +44 1477 571202.
- 🌍 Cranage Hall, Byley Lane, Holmes Chapel (1.5 miles North of Holmes Chapel in Cranage), e-mail: cranage@principal-hayley.com. Check-in: 3pm, check-out: 11am. A hotel and event venue offering 150 bedrooms, 20 event suites, a leisure club and restaurant. A former country house in the village of Cranage built in 1828.
Connect
Go next
| Routes through Holmes Chapel |
| Manchester/Liverpool ← Knutsford ← | N  |
→ Sandbach → Birmingham |
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