The Crewe and Nantwich Circular Walk is a long-distance walkers' path in the Cheshire East area of Cheshire,

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. As the name suggests, the walk forms a circuit around the towns of Crewe and

Nantwich Nantwich ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It has among the highest concentrations of listed buildings in England, with notably good examples of Tudor and Georgian architecture. ...

. It is one of two circular walks in the county of Cheshire, the other being the Vale Royal Round. The walk is waymarked with a circle with symbols of a leaf, cartwheel and crossed swords. Although mainly on level terrain, the many stiles make the walk unsuitable for people with mobility problems.

Route and sights of interest

The walk is divided into three sections, with sights of interest as follows:

Weston to Acton

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* Hough Common *

Wybunbury Wybunbury is a village (at ) and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 3¼ miles to the south east of Nantwich and 3¾ miles to the south of Crewe. The parish al ...

*Mill Bank Farm, with site of medieval watermill * Old Hall Austerson, with 16th-century barn *Shrewbridge Lake, saltwater lake on the outskirts of

Dorfold Hall Dorfold Hall () is a Listed building#England and Wales, Grade I listed Jacobean architecture, Jacobean mansion in Acton, Cheshire, Acton, Cheshire, England, considered by Nikolaus Pevsner to be one of the two finest Jacobean houses in the co ...

, Jacobean manor house * St Mary's Church, Acton, with tower dating from the 13th century. The churchyard has a 17th-century sundial and almhouses dating from 1613. * Acton village has several buildings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries

Acton to Coppenhall

* Henhull, site of Roman road *

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*Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, with Brickyard Bridge, named after an adjacent brickworks *Moat House Farm, with remains of unusual old moat structure

Coppenhall to Weston

* Coppenhall Moss, site of former peat bog, now drained *

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, series of salt water pools, good for bird-watching *

Winterley Winterley and Wheelock Heath are two small, adjoining, villages in the civil parish of Haslington, Cheshire, England. A small part of Wheelock Heath is in the town and civil parish of Sandbach. Geography The villages are based mainly around Cr ...

, former millpond, now home to mute swans *

Haslington Hall Haslington Hall is a country house located in open countryside 1 km east of the village of Haslington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. Early history ...

, Tudor house *Valley Brook, surrounded by old woodland

References

Cheshire County Council: Crewe and Nantwich Circular Walk Home
{{Cheshire Long-distance footpaths in England Footpaths in Cheshire

Route and sights of interest

Weston to Acton

Acton to Coppenhall

Coppenhall to Weston

See also

References