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Sadie Pearson
Historic castle and gardens, regularly hosting exciting events in Chester.
Historic castle and gardens, regularly hosting exciting events in Chester.
From wild buildings to wilder characters, explore hidden histories and architectural oddities in the Cheshire town of Knutsford.
From £20.00Fiercely personal, Elaine Collins’ new semi-autobiographical solo show about memories, misfits and the messy side of showbiz is a must-see this May.
From £12.00Get hands on with the ultimate BBQ experience in an 18 hour all night smoke at Millington Hall Farm.
From £1500.00A day of live performance, bold ideas and collective action – where the audience becomes the cast and theatre sparks conversation.
From £15.00Rough Trade Liverpool presents a solo piano performance by BC Camplight, celebrating the release of his new album, ‘A Sober Conversation’.
From £14.00Enjoy hands-on printmaking activities.
From £5.00‘Bees: A Story of Survival’ seamlessly marries art and science to tell the fascinating story of bees and their essential role in nature.
From £0.00A new festival is born as Outer Waves takes over Invisible Wind Factory and Make Liverpool over two days this May.
From £49.00Located in the scenic Cheshire countryside on the Sandstone Trail, Cheshire Workshops offers candle-making workshops for the whole family.
Huge luxury estate, featuring high-end restaurant, beautiful rooms, a fully-packed spa and much more.
The Spa at Carden is a high-end well-being experience, part of the luxury Carden Park complex.
The restaurant at the heart of the Carden Park country estate, The Vines is a retreat into culinary excellence.
BeWILDerwood in Cheshire is an entire forest of family fun with an enchanting story behind it
ChesterBoat is a family-owned business with more than forty year’s experience of welcoming visitors to the beautiful River Dee. They offer half-hour and two-hour sightseeing cruises, as well as private hires, fish and chip cruises, and themed party nights.
Edgar House is a fine period Georgian house which has been lovingly refurbished to create Chester’s award winning premier small luxury hotel – just for adults.
St Mary’s is a fantastic rehearsal, performance and exhibition space right in the heart of Chester, and is available to the whole community.
St Mary’s Creative Space in Cheshire is a rehearsal and exhibition space which regularly has exciting projects on for the public.
Chester’s city walls are the oldest, longest and most complete in Britain, parts of which are almost 2000 years old. The main access onto the walls is at each of the four main gateways – Northgate, Eastgate, Watergate and Bridgegate, plus there are many other steps around the city, some including accessible ramps.
Overlooking the River Dee to the south of the city, Grosvenor Park is one of Chester’s best-loved green spaces.
Hotel Indigo Chester is an elegant and welcoming hotel in the heart of this beautiful city, with the equally excellent Wood Chester as in-house restaurant.
Eclectic as ever. You'll find inventive reworkings, world-class contemporary dance and Greater Manchester's inaugural Improv Festival in our guide.
With these lighter, brighter days and warmer temperatures, it's really starting to feel like summer here in the North West!
Books, beer and burlesque. Dive into a glorious tangle of joyful happenings.
The sun is shining in the North, so use our guide to get out there and eat, drink and be merry in it.
Willow weaving, textile collages, digital arts and ecology - all this and more in our exhibition top picks this month
We've got laughs and we've got leftfield on the live literature radar this month. Something for everyone, from poets playing with form to short story writers looking long.
Open air clubs, new festivals and long-awaited gigs. The North West's live music scene is heating up this spring.
Read our latest highlights from the live classical music offer in Manchester and the North, taking in a number of the region's most cherished orchestral forces and venues.