Cards on the table, I love Nantwich. Its English country quaintness is something
you’d find in a Visit England brochure.
If you have never been to the UK and only watched period dramas Nantwich
is how you’d perceive England to be. We’ve
visited here over the years and I just think it’s fab. However Neil has never
been that convinced.
It was a drizzly and cold winter’s day when we visited. Neil was determined to get a battered burger
from the local chippy and I knew I needed to find the deli that sold Coopers
gourmet sausage rolls.
Nantwich has evolved over centuries and has its narrow
streets filled with a hotch potch of different styles of buildings. The planners have pedestrianized streets
close to the centre of town, which is great for strolling without the fear of
getting flattened by a car. The church
dominates the town square. There are also
some lovely black and white Tudor buildings in the town and you must pop into
Nantwich bookshop for a browse.
What is clear from Nantwich is that it’s a wealthy town. It has an Aga shop, which for me indicates an
upper middle class level of affluence. There are hardly any empty shops and the
majority of shops in the town are independents.
The butchers sell game meat, even bunnies (No!!!). There are some antique shops, boutiques and
gift shops. You could easily spend hours
having a good browse around the shops.
There is a market behind the church that sells a mix of
cheap tat and craft stuff. We’ve been to
Nantwich previously and there has been a farmers market in the town
square. So it’s worth a quick Google to
find out when they are held (probably once a month).
There are plenty of charity shops in Nantwich selling
quality stock. Not quite Wilmslow or
Alderley Edge standard, but pretty good.
That may explain why the shops were buzzing with people browsing. I managed to buy a book in one shop, but the
ladies running the shop were having trouble with their new-fangled touch screen
till. Neil has never been too struck by
Nantwich, but that was to change today.
Oxfam were doing an offer of three 7 inch singles for £1 and there was a
fantastic Northern Soul collection in the sale.
He spent £42 on 98 records. The
ladies in Oxfam had never seen so many records sold in one go.
Whilst Neil was in Oxfam I managed to find some CoopersSausage Rolls in Welch’s Butchers on Hospital Road. They are really excellent sausage rolls and
well worth trying. #
There were plenty of people with dogs in Nantwich. I noticed quite a few dog owners owned two
dogs. Partly I guess to keep the other
dog company and partly to show off to others they could afford two pedigree
dogs. Whilst I was waiting outside Oxfam
for Neil, there was a dog owner trying to stop her little spaniel from going in
the shop. She said ‘Sophie I know your
daddy is in there, but you can’t go in’ as she was dragging her away. There was a Big Issue seller in the town
square doing a side line in dog minding.
One of her doggy day care customers bought her a sandwich for her
efforts – sweet!
We popped into Pepper Street Fryers restaurant to grab a
bite to eat. It used to be a branch of
Les’s Fish bar, which can be found across Cheshire and in Wrexham. Thankfully for Neil it still did battered
burger, whilst I had a lovely plate of fish and chips. I definitely recommend this place if you
fancy a simple bite to eat.
It’s hard to find fault with Nantwich and the only thing I
could criticise the place for was the poor 3G coverage for smart phones.
However if you go to Pepper Street there is some free Wi-Fi courtesy of the
mobile phone shop.
If you are in the area and have an afternoon to spare
definitely go to Nantwich – it is a lovely and pleasant place to visit. Thankfully Neil is also now converted to the
joys of Nantwich with its cheap records, battered burgers and Cooper’s sausage
rolls – so we’ll definitely be back here soon.
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