Tag: Cheshire Day

How to celebrate Cheshire Day with a celebration of Cheshire cheese in Nantwich

Cheshire Day marks the coming of spring.

The annual celebration of food, culture and heritage from my home region of Britain is still relatively low key.

But, as a Cheshire resident, I find plenty to celebrate on my home patch.

So, this year, I prepared for the Cheshire Day cheese fest with a trip to Nantwich [St Mary’s Church pictured above] and cast my eye around the region.

The travel assignment was for Telegraph Travel.

Read a sample here:

I’ve come to Nantwich to stock up for Cheshire Day, celebrated annually on March 30.

It’s a historical reference to the date the county was given its own Charter of Liberties by King Edward I in 1300 — in effect its own Magna Carta.

It’s also a somewhat manufactured construct because Cheshire suffers from an identity crisis.

Read the full feature via Telegraph Travel, In praise of Cheshire, Britain’s most misunderstood county.

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The best places to celebrate Cheshire Day across my home region

To mark Cheshire Day, I was commissioned by Marketing Cheshire to write a guest blog post for their public-facing website for visitors.

The blog includes references to some of the attractions across the region from Chester via Crewe to Macclesfield with its former Art Deco cinema turned food court [pictured above].

Here’s a taster of the text:

March 30 marks the date the county was given its own Charter of Liberties by King Edward I in 1300 — in effect its very own Magna Carta.

Wiley Cheshire had managed to agree its own, separate charter to the 1215 document, designed to prevent the king from exploiting his power, thanks to Ranulf le Meschin, the hard-bargaining, third Earl of Chester.

And, while the exact date is subject to some debate, it reflects the long history of Cheshire as a place of national status.

Read the full post via the Marketing Cheshire blog

I’m available for content writing and gust blog posts.