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Gandeys Circus is coming to Knutsford in May - Credit: Gandeys Circus Our guide to the best events in and around Cheshire.  Ongoing - Four seasons with Percy The Park Keeper: Tatton Park is inviting families to celebrate the seasons with Percy the Park Keeper. Join Percy and his animal friends throughout the year as seasonal adventures take them from the Gardens to the Farm and the Parkland. Starting with a trail in the Gardens, inspired by Nick Butterworth’s children’s book, The Secret Pa...

Last minute holidays you can still book for the early May bank holiday Britons have been rushing to book their bank holiday breaks, but theres still some availability for latecomers Kilnwood is a relaxing countryside retreat located in Somersets Mendip Hills Credit: Unique Homestays/David Curran The first May bank holiday is looming, and with the possibility of international holidays still a glimmer in Grant Shapps eye, that means those hoping for a getaway will have to look for it close to ho...

Lauren Allen Published: 6:00 PM April 16, 2021    Escape to the outdoors for a big-screen night of blockbusters, laughs and sing-a-longs. - Credit: Mark Carline Late-night cinema under the stars  - Storyhouse’s Moonlight Flicks is back with a bang this summer with promises of the largest and longest open-air season of cinema to date. Open on the late May bank holiday weekend (May 29 -  and hosted by Chester Cathedral’s Dean’s Field, Claremont Farm on the Wirral and Snugburys...

Country Life Trending: Many couples who tied the knot under Covid-19 restrictions have spoken glowingly about the experience of more intimate ceremonies, which look set to stay. If this past year has taught us anything, it’s pragmatism. Forced into corners with very little wriggle room, everyone has had to re-examine aspects of life that have always been taken for granted — including dashing into shops, holidays abroad and celebrating rites of passage with large gatherings of friends a...

A POPULAR destination on the Cheshire/Shropshire border has made changes to a public event in order to welcome more people. Combermere Abbey, just outside of Whitchurch, has announced that its grounds will be reopened to the public from Wednesday, April 14 for the popular Bluebell walks, which will now be held over a five-week period. The walk is normally held one day a year but plans are now in place for it to be held on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from April 14 until May 23, whil...

Travelling around Britain isn’t always cheap. But there are ways you can keep the cost down Holidays on home soil are likely to be the first we can take this year. Alas, travelling around Britain isn’t always cheap. But there are ways you can keep the cost down. You can legally wild camp in Scotland and Dartmoor, or stay in a mountain bothy for free (when covid rules allow; mountainbothies.org.uk). And then there’s camping, of course: last year, on a three-day walk from my front door, I p...