Villages & towns in CheshireCheshire, England

Roman walled city on the Dee whose two-tier medieval Rows, black-and-white shopfronts and cathedral make it one of England's best-preserved historic centres.

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Hushed village of pools and old halls, its timbered Gawsworth Hall and church of St James rising above a picturesque mere.

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Estate village of red-brick and timbered cottages climbing to St Mary's church, long held up as Cheshire's prettiest.

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Elegant market town of independent shops and monthly artisan markets, the 'Cranford' of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel.

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

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Quiet village gathered round a triangular green and the great church of St Mary, near Congleton.

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

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Pretty Wirral village of thatched and sandstone cottages near the Dee, with an old church and hilltop views.

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Cobbled lane leading to the timber-framed church of St Oswald and the old Bells of Peover inn beside it.

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Former Dee port turned quiet promenade village, its old sea wall now looking over vast salt marshes and famous for shrimps and ice cream.

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Trim Grosvenor-estate village of matching brick cottages near Eaton Hall, with a Victorian church and an iron bridge over the Dee.

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

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Idyllic south-Cheshire village with a fine collegiate church and a staircase of locks on the Shropshire Union Canal.

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Small town below its wooded hill, where Mersey View looks out over the estuary and the Cheshire plain.

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Hushed estate hamlet above Rostherne Mere, a nature reserve, with St Mary's on the hill.

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Cobbled market town whose square holds a famous pair of carved Saxon stone crosses from the 9th century.

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Conservation-village of brick and timber cottages with the River Weaver running through and the canal nearby.

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Village straddling the Bridgewater Canal, with a sandstone cross, wooded dingle and the reedy expanse of Lymm Dam.

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Hilltop market village of Georgian brick with the grand church of St Oswald crowning its highest point.

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Handsome large village with a bustling Georgian and Victorian high street of independent shops, cafes and coaching inns.

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Spread-out village of lanes, fields and old pubs between Knutsford and Wilmslow, birthplace of Everest's George Mallory.

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Lively village near Chester with a good high street of delis and pubs, under the sandstone ridge and Beeston's crag.

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