Holmes Chapel, until 1974 known as Church Holme, is a village in Cheshire. It's only five miles west of the frontier of the known universe, thanks to Jodrell Bank radio telescope. With a population of 6000, Holmes Chapel is mainly a commuter town for the galaxy known as Greater Manchester.
Get in
St Luke's Church
The town is 20 miles from Manchester Airport, off junction 18 of M6.
1 Holmes Chapel station has Northern Rail connections from Crewe and Manchester.
Get around
53°12′27″N 2°21′6″W
Map of Holmes ChapelSee
- 1 St Luke's Church, London Road. The present church originated about 1430 as a timber-framed building with a Perpendicular sandstone west tower.
- 2 Twemlow Viaduct. 1841 viaduct was designed for the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company by George W. Buck.
- 3 Jodrell Bank, Lower Withington (near Goostrey), ☏ 44 1477 571766. Home of the Lovell Radio Telescope, listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO.
Do
- [dead link]Dane Meadow (footpath running from Moreton Drive to the A50 by the bridge at Cranage), ✉[email protected]. Dane Meadow is a 7 hectare area of land to the north of Holmes Chapel within the Dane Valley. It is a natural environment for walking dogs and casual walkers. The roadway provides access for disabled vehicles and a limited parking area near the river.
Buy
Eat
- 1 The Vicarage, Knutsford Road, ☏ 44 1477 533393.
Drink
Sleep
Joddrell Bank observatory
- 1 Bridge Farm B&B, Bridge Lane, ☏ 44 1477 571202.
- 2 Cranage Hall, Byley Lane, Holmes Chapel (1.5 miles North of Holmes Chapel in Cranage), ✉[email protected]. Check-in: 3pm, check-out: 11am. A hotel and event venue offering 150 bedrooms, 20 event suites, a leisure club and restaurant. A former country house in the village of Cranage built in 1828.
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Go next
| Routes through Holmes Chapel |
| Manchester/Liverpool ← Knutsford ← | N  S | → Sandbach → Birmingham |
| Warrington ← Knutsford ← | N  S | → Stoke-on-Trent |
| Chester ← Middlewich ← | W  E | → Congleton → Buxton |