Northwich Heritage Trail

Spend a day exploring the Industrial Heritage of Northwich, including Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse, Anderton Boat Lift, the newly restored Lion Salt Works (the last open pan salt works) and the Northwich Woodlands. There are also tunnels on the canal, locks on the river, a battlefield site, country houses, swinging bridges, moveable buildings and even a sewage pumping station to visit!

BBC Radio4 Programme on Cheshire Salt here.

Watch a fly-through tour of Northwich Heritage Attractions below.

Northwich Heritage Trail

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Use the ± to zoom in/out.
Click on the symbols for information, websites and photographs.

 Blue = Drive/Cycle (18.2km)        Red = Walk (10.8km) 

The trail can be started at any point but check opening days/times of each venue as they vary throughout the year.

Click to download Google Earth

Click here to download the KML file for Google Earth,
and then here for KMZ file for Google Earth Tour.

Tourist Attractions

For more attractions around Northwich,
see the DAN Tourism Guide here.

Archive Films
For Archive Film of Northwich and other useful
websites and facebook groups click here.

Townscape Heritage Initiative
Website here.

 Inclusion does not imply endorsement by DAN Community Ltd.