4: Carden Park aerial adventure A new aerial adventure, Vertigo at Carden, is opening at Carden Park, near Chester, on May 17. Adrenaline-fuelled thrills are guaranteed for day visitors as well as hotel guests, with challenges including 10 mid-air obstacles, a 210-meter zipline, climbing wall, and a 10-metre free-fall drop into a giant stunt pillow. Vertigo at Carden Park
5: Hare Hill sights The historic borders outside the walled garden at Hare Hill, near Macclesfield, have been recreated in line with the vision of its final owner, Colonel Charles Brockhurst (1904-1977). Other sights to enjoy include magnificent displays of rhododendrons, magnolias and azaleas.
7: Chester Cathedral model railway
By Matt Simpson Audience and Content Editor
Weaverham Library MORE libraries and museums to reopen during May as lockdown restrictions continue to ease. From May 4, Cheshire West and Chester Council will be reopening libraries at Barnton and Weaverham, among others across the borough. The libraries will be operating on temporary hours for browsing and public computer access. Some libraries have been open since April 12 and more than 8,000 people visited in the first week alone. These libraries will continue operating at their existing opening hours. A temporary order and collect service is still available at Northwich and Winsford libraries, but will be reviewed in the coming weeks.
A NEW visitor centre has been created to celebrate the salt heritage of Middlewich. The restoration of Murgatroyd s Brine Pump has finally been completed and plans are now underway to showcase the fascinating history of this unique site. The scheduled monument is the only intact pump over an original hand-dug shaft left in Britain. Emergency salvage work started in 2008 to preserve the crumbling monument and, thanks to £400,000 funding from various bodies, specialists and volunteers have saved the site which dates back to 1889. Lockdown struck just as the project neared completion so it has been a labour of love to finish the project during all the Covid restrictions.