Read our blog (September 2024) - Visit Cheshire

Once again, the community of Knutsford have risen to the challenge of bringing to life the culture and heritage of the town as part of the annual Heritage Open Days festival. 

Caribbean-inspired restaurant and bar, Turtle Bay, have teamed up with local visitor destination and conservation charity, Chester Zoo to create a special new cocktail inspired by some of the zoo’s most beautiful birds. Get ready Chester - the Caribbean Flamingo Cocktail is on its way. 

Searching for inspiration for what to do this week as we wave goodbye to Summer and welcome Autumn in. We’ve put together a list of our top things to do or see this week throughout Cheshire, with something for everyone to enjoy! 

As the crisp autumn breeze sweeps through our beautiful county, it's that time of the year again when ghouls, ghosts, and goblins come out to play. Halloween in Cheshire is a delightful blend of spooky traditions and family-friendly fun, with a wide array of events and activities to suit all ages. 

Chester’s new Viking Tour has given the idea of horned Vikings the heave-ho. It’s just one of many myths that the team behind the project want to debunk as part of their ambition to show what Vikings did in the city 1000 years ago.

A playful and imaginative family show based on books by Tom Fletcher will be roaring to life at Parr Hall in 2025. Leaping from page to stage, There’s a Monster in your Show has been adapted from the McFly star, The Voice UK judge and children’s author’s beloved Who’s In Your Book? series.

A new family spectacular based on a series of children’s books written by two of the stars of McFly is rocking its way to Warrington. The Dinosaur That Pooped A Rock Show has been adapted from Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter’s bestselling books and the tour will stop off at Parr Hall on 27 October, 2025.

Searching for inspiration for what to do this week as the kids go back to school and we head into September. We’ve put together a list of our top things to do or see this week throughout Cheshire, with something for everyone to enjoy! 

This Halloween, BeWILDerwood is introducing an exciting twist to their beloved Glorious Glowing Lantern Parade. With a magical spin on traditional trick-or-treating, visitors are invited to dress up in their best Halloween costumes and wander along the magical light trail, spotting character doors along the way.

Tatton Park is thrilled to announce an exciting collaboration with Abandon Normal Devices (AND) as part of the Impossible Perspectives project, which brings together CAN, an architecture and ideas studio, and Peut-Porter, a design collective, for a unique series of workshops and creative activities. 

Thousands of happy visitors, 200 tired exhibitors and a town of busy businesses means that Nantwich had another successful Food Festival. Festival-goers and organisers were blessed with the fine weather until well into Sunday, bringing out friends and families from near and far.

All aboard for the first ever Steampunk weekend festival to be staged at the Anderton Boat Lift in Northwich, on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September.