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.

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, listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO.  

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. (updated Oct 2022)

Eat

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

Drink

1 Beer Emporium Bottle Bank, 24 London Road, CW4 7AL, ☏ +44 1477 534380. Bar/off licence in the former NatWest bank building (hence the name). Large selection of beers & other alcoholic drinks. (updated Nov 2022)

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), 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. 

Connect

As of Oct 2022, Holmes Chapel and its approach roads have 4G from EE, O2 and Three, and 5G from Vodafone.

Go next

• Crewe
• Macclesfield

Routes through Holmes Chapel

Manchester/Liverpool ← Knutsford ←	N  S	→ Sandbach → Birmingham
Warrington ← Knutsford ←	N  S	→ Stoke-on-Trent
Chester ← Middlewich ←	W  E	→ Congleton → Buxton