Congleton
Congleton is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England.
Congleton is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England. The town is on the River Dane, 21 miles (34 km) south of Manchester and 13 miles (21 km) north of Stoke on Trent. At the 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 30,005, while the parish had a population of 28,497.
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Worth seeing in and around Congleton
10 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.
- 01Little Moreton Hall
Little Moreton Hall, also known as Old Moreton Hall, is a manor house 4.5 miles south-west of Congleton in Cheshire, England. The earliest parts of the house were built for the prosperous Cheshire landowner William Moreton in about 1504–1508 and the remainder was constructed in stages by successive generations of the family until about 1610.
4.9 km · moated half-timbered manor house near Congleton in England, built between about 1504 and 1610. · Wikipedia - 02The Cloud
The Cloud or Bosley Cloud is a prominent hill on the border between Cheshire and Staffordshire a couple of miles west of the Peak District National Park boundary. At 343 metres in height, it is one of the highest hills in the area.
4.5 km · prominent hill in the Cheshire Peak District, England · Wikipedia - 03All Saints Chapel, Somerford
All Saints Chapel, Somerford is in an isolated position near the hamlet of Brereton Heath, between Congleton and Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
4.9 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Biddulph Grange
Biddulph Grange is a National Trust landscaped garden, in Biddulph near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is separate from Biddulph Grange Country Park.
4.9 km · country house in Biddulph, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Mary's Church, Astbury
St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of Newbold Astbury, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and its architecture has been praised by a number of writers.
2 km · Grade I listed church in Newbold Astbury, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Mary's Church, Congleton
St Mary's Church is in West Road, Congleton, Cheshire, England. It is a Roman Catholic church recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
800 m · grade II listed church in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Christ Church, Eaton
Christ Church is in Macclesfield Road, the A536 road, to the south of the village of Eaton, Cheshire East, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
2.7 km · Grade II listed church in Eaton, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton
The Church of St James and St Paul, south of the village of Marton, Cheshire, England, is now an Anglican church, first founded in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
5.2 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Great Moreton Hall
Great Moreton Hall is a former country house in Moreton cum Alcumlow near Congleton, in Cheshire, England, less than a mile from its better-known near namesake Little Moreton Hall. Designed by Edward Blore, it was built in 1841 by Manchester businessman George Holland Ackers, to replace a large timber-framed building that had been the home of the Bellot family since 1602.
4 km · Grade II* listed country house in the parish of Moreton cum Alcumlow, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Ramsdell Hall
Ramsdell Hall is a country house in the parish of Odd Rode in Cheshire, England, overlooking the Macclesfield Canal. It was built in two phases during the 18th century, and is still in private ownership.
5.1 km · country house in Odd Rode, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Congleton Museum
Market Square, CW12 1ET (behind Congleton Town Hall, opposite the police station), info@congletonmuseum.co.uk.
- 02Little Moreton Hall
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Things to do
- 01Castaway Play
71 Moss Road, CW12 3BP, help@castawayplay.co.uk.
- 02Clonter Opera Theatre
- 03Daneside Theatre
It is an independently run 300-seat theatre.
- 04Victoria Mill Antiques and Collectors Centre
Foundry Bank, CW12 1EE (Victoria Mill Antiques and Collectors Centre is a 5-minute walk from the town centre, next to Congleton Leisure Centre), gail@cheshiredemolition.co.uk.
- 05Astbury Mere Country Park
- 06Biddulph Valley Way
CW12 1RG (The Biddulph Valley Way can be accessed by a small lay-by car park on A54 Brook Street.), rangers@cheshireeast.gov.uk.
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Where to eat
Congleton has a great selection of independent eateries. The Capital Walk is in the centre of the town and houses several restaurants serving a diverse array of cuisines.
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Getting to Congleton
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 21 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 47 km · East Midlands (EMA), 70 km
- Stations
- Congleton railway station, 1.3 km · Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station, 5.2 km · Biddulph railway station, 5 km
- Liverpool → Congleton58 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £7–9
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Congleton75 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £10–13
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Congleton79 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Congleton
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 Congleton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAfter taking in the splendid scenery and trekking to your heart's content, either camping out overnight or staying in Buxton, you might want to continue on to Sheffield, another post-industrial Northern city with more to offer than that description suggests.
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Next door to Congleton
Congleton is 35 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Hulme Walfieldvillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK2.5 km
- Eatonvillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, United Kingdom2.7 km
- Moreton cum Alcumlowcivil parish in Cheshire East, England3.7 km