Holmes Chapel is in Cheshire.

Understand

The 15th century St. Luke's Church is a Grade I listed building

Holmes Chapel is a large village of just under 6,000 residents. Until 1974 the parish was known as Church Hulme. Green fields can be reached within a mile of the centre in any direction.

Get in

Off junction 18 of the M6. Only 20 miles from Manchester Airport.

Homes Chapel station has Northern Rail connections from Crewe and Manchester.

See

• 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 

Do

• Dane Meadow (footpath running from Moreton Drive to the A50 by the bridge at Cranage), danemeadow@gmail.com. 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. 

Eat

• 1 The Vicarage, Knutsford Road, ☏ +44 1477 533393. 

Sleep

• 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), cranage@principal-hayley.com. 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. 

Go next

• Crewe
• Macclesfield