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Balterley

Balterley is a village and civil parish in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England.

The place

Balterley is a village and civil parish in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 204, increasing to 221 at the 2011 census. The parish borders Cheshire to the north, and the village is about six miles south-east of Crewe in Cheshire.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Balterley

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Heighley Castle

    Heighley Castle is a ruined medieval castle near Madeley, Staffordshire. The castle was completed by the Audley family in 1233 and for over 300 years was one of their ancestral homes.

    3.7 km · ruined castle in Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    All Saints Church, Balterley

    All Saints Church is in the village of Balterley, Staffordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.

    100 m · grade II listed church in Balterley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    All Saints' Church, Weston, Cheshire

    All Saints' Church is in Main Road, Weston, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Nantwich, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.

    3.5 km · church in Weston, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Betley Court

    Betley Court is an 18th-century country house in the ancient village of Betley, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.1 km · historic building in Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley

    St Bertoline's Church is in the village of Barthomley, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

    2.1 km · Grade I listed church in Barthomley, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum of Primitive Methodism

    Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum is in the village of Englesea-Brook, Cheshire, England. Built in 1828, the chapel was one of the earliest chapels of the Primitive Methodist movement, and the Sunday school was added in 1914.

    1.5 km · Primitive Methodist chapel and museum, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    White Lion, Barthomley

    The White Lion is a public house in Barthomley, Cheshire, England, just off junction 16 of the M6. It was built in 1614, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

    2.2 km · Grade II* listed public house in Barthomley, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Balterley

Airports
Manchester (MAN), 34 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 46 km · East Midlands (EMA), 73 km
  • Liverpool → Balterley
    58 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £7–10
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Balterley
    81 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–12
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Balterley
    70 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £8–11
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Balterley

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Balterley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThe city is on the National Cycle Route No.5, which runs through the city on off-road paths.
  • Get aroundThe city has over 100 miles (160 km) of excellent off-road bicycle paths, old railway and mineral lines, and canal towpaths.

From Wikivoyage: Stoke-on-Trent, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    261 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    272 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    334 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    370 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    395 km

If you know how people move in Balterley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Balterley

Balterley is 49 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Barthomleyvillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, England2.1 km
  • Betleyvillage and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, UK2 km
  • Audleyvillage in Staffordshire, United Kingdom3.5 km
  • Oakhangervillage in Cheshire, United Kingdom3.4 km
  • Balterley Heathvillage in Cheshire, United Kingdom1.9 km
  • Audley Ruralcivil parish in Staffordshire, England2.9 km