GOING SLOW IN CHESHIRE
A taste of Cheshire, Architecture, Arts & culture, Gardens, Getting
there & around, How this book is arranged
1 CHESTER & WIRRAL
Getting there & around, Chester & around, Wirral
2 SOUTH CHESHIRE
Getting there & around, The islands on the Cheshire Plain & around,
The Welsh & Shropshire borderlands, Nantwich & around
3 THE HEART OF THE PLAIN
Getting there & around, Northwich to Middlewich & around, Delamere
Forest & around
4 CREWE & THE STAFFORDSHIRE BORDERS
Getting there & around, Crewe to Alsager, Sandbach, Congleton &
around
5 MACCLESFIELD & THE PEAK DISTRICT
Getting there & around, Macclesfield & around, North of
Macclesfield, Peak District National Park
6 STOCKPORT & THE CHESHIRE PANHANDLE
Getting there & around, Stockport & around, Marple & around,
Werneth Low to Longdendale
7 NORTHEAST CHESHIRE
Getting there & around, Trafford, Knutsford to Holmes Chape, Styal
to Marton
8 MERSEY & NORTHWEST CHESHIRE
Getting there & around, Warrington & around, Halton & around, Lymm
to Great Budworth
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Kate Simon grew up in Alsager in southern Cheshire, a small town
near the Staffordshire border that is fondly known to locals as
'the village' to this day. She caught the travel bug early with
pedal-powered expeditions to the rural outposts of Oakhanger,
Barthomley and Hassall Green. Then, when her family delved deeper
into the county, moving to the hamlet of Hough, she discovered the
charms of the historic market town of Nantwich, where she attended
sixth form, and the headier delights of urbane Chester. When Kate
moved to London to pursue a career in journalism, she kept strong
links with friends and family in Cheshire and remains a frequent
visitor. In 2010, she accepted an invitation from Visit Cheshire to
truly rediscover her home county and write a guide to the area's
food and drink. The experience sparked Kate's desire to champion
Cheshire through her journalism - and to write this book. Kate has
been a writer and editor for more than 30 years. She is a former
Travel Editor of the Independent on Sunday and a contributor to a
variety of national newspapers and magazines, including The
Independent, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Evening Standard.
Suzanne King grew up in northeast Cheshire: in Poynton (source of
her earliest childhood memories, a hazy mix of bluebell woods and
blackberry picking, abandoned brick kilns and agricultural shows);
Cheadle Hulme (where the story of her own school - founded in the
1850s to educate the orphans of warehousemen and clerks - first
sparked an interest in local history); and Alderley Edge (the scene
of many happy wanderings on the Edge itself and several years
working in the village nightclub, then a favourite haunt of the
'Cheshire set'). Even during the years she spent living and working
as a journalist in London and abroad, she never entirely left,
retaining strong links with the county via resident family and
friends. Ten years ago she returned to her northwest roots and is
now a freelance travel writer contributing to a range of
publications including Telegraph Travel, for which she reviews
Cheshire's best hotels, inns and B&Bs. Co-authoring this guide
has provided the perfect excuse to spend every free moment pootling
round the local countryside, revisiting old haunts, discovering new
ones and sampling as many of the regional cheeses, brews and ice
creams as possible.
'Provides all the practical information you need to enjoy Cheshire at a slower pace.' Runcorn Love Local
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