The Crewe and Nantwich Circular Walk is a long-distance walkers' path in the

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area of

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

Crewe Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The Crewe built-up area had a total population of 75,556 in 2011, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston ...

and Nantwich. 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

* Weston * Hough Common * Wybunbury *Mill Bank Farm, with site of medieval watermill *

Old Hall Austerson Austerson is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, lying immediately south of the town of Nantwich and north of the village of Audlem. Predominantly rural with scattered farms, ...

, with 16th-century barn *Shrewbridge Lake, saltwater lake on the outskirts of Nantwich * Dorfold Hall, Jacobean manor house *

St Mary's Church, Acton St Mary's Church is an active Anglican parish church located in Monk's Lane, Acton, a village to the west of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. Since 1967 it has been designated a Grade I listed building. A church has been present on this sit ...

, with tower dating from the 13th century. The churchyard has a 17th-century sundial and almhouses dating from 1613. *

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village has several buildings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries

Acton to Coppenhall

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, site of Roman road * Reaseheath College *Middlewich branch of the

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, 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 * Sandbach Flashes, series of salt water pools, good for bird-watching * Winterley, former millpond, now home to mute swans * Haslington Hall, 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