Hatherton Flush

Cold War regional-government bunker near Nantwich, a 35,000-square-foot underground complex kept secret until 1993, now a museum.

2.7 km W

Medieval salt town on the Weaver, dense with black-and-white timbered buildings and crowned by St Mary's, the cathedral of south Cheshire.

4.5 km NW · Cheshire

Traditional village on the Shropshire border where the Shroppie flight of locks and the Shroppie Fly give it a waterside charm.

4.7 km S · Cheshire

Fifteen-lock 'Audlem Flight' climbing the Shropshire Union Canal through the village, a favourite towpath walk.

5.3 km S

Family dairy farm near Nantwich famous for its ice cream and the giant straw sculpture raised in its field each summer.

8.1 km NW

Tiny estate village of thatch and timber, its church and the black-and-white White Lion inn scene of a Civil War massacre.

10.4 km NE · Cheshire