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4Big rigs in miniture at Victoria Buildings 8Middlewich's Heritage 12Let's talk legal... 16Who needs a foodbank? 20Middlewich's new plant swap shop 26Middlewich Town Council news 30Middlewich memories 34Days Out & Meals Out reviews 38Stretch your legs at Alderley Park 42Quick Reference 46Welcome & ContentsContact Go Local MiddlewichKaty O’Regankaty@archpublications.comDavid Crawforddavid@archpublications.comFor all enquires & bookingsCall or Whatsapp 01477 518 252Visit archpublications.comBusiness InsightsScan to Listen & Subscribearchpublications.com/podcastArch Publications Charity Partner 2025, visit www.www.dscheshire.org.ukWelcome to the July Edition.As I write this, my son is coming to the end of his GCSEs and the excitement is building in our house as he and my husband prepare for their long-awaited adventure to Japan. They’ve been planning this trip for months and are now putting the nal touches in place. Over the course of two weeks, they’ll be travelling across the country, soaking up the culture and visiting as many places as possible. It promises to be the trip of a lifetime, and I can’t wait to hear all about it when they return.Meanwhile, I’ll be staying at home, holding the fort with our lovely dogs, and of course, keeping everything running smoothly with the magazine!It’s been a busy few weeks on the work front too. Alongside my ear wax removal business, Cheshire Ears, I’ve been relaunching our Arch Publications Business Insights podcast. I’m thrilled to say the rst new episode is now live, featuring an interview with Police and Crime Commissioner Dan Price. He’s a fascinating guest with plenty of insight to share, and I really enjoyed our conversation.If you’re a small business owner, run a community group, or simply have a great story to tell, we’d love to hear from you. We’re always looking for interesting guests to feature on the podcast. You can nd the Arch Publications Business Insights podcast wherever you normally listen, just pop the name into your favourite app and have a listen.Enjoy this month’s magazine, it's full of inspiring stories, local highlights, and useful features. Thank you for being part of our wonderful community.Remember to tell our amazing local businesses, you found them in Go Local.Carpet, vinyl, laminate, luxury vinyl tiles and wood ﬂooring.Door trimming service.MIDDLEWICHCARPETS & FLOORINGMIDDLEWICHCARPETS & FLOORINGWe have you coveredHightown, Middlewich | T: 01606 834627Find us on Facebook• One of Cheshire’s longest-established independent carpet and ﬂooring retailers.• Straightforward, all-inclusive pricing.• Flooring installed by the owner, who has over 25 years of experience.• We supply ﬂooring directly from leading manufacturers.• Free measuring service included.• Home selection service available if you can’t come to us.• Guaranteed to be cheaper than all national and independent outlets (on like-for-like products, terms and conditions apply).

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8FREE ENTRYBring your family, bring your classic car or bike, join the fun whilst raising funds for charityCharites are : Bloodbikes, St Lukes Hospice, North West Air AmbulanceThank you to our kind SponsorsTucked away in a quiet hall in Middlewich, a remarkable miniature world is taking shape, complete with winding roadways, a working weighbridge, a petrol station, café, and even a builder’s yard. This isn’t a model railway, it’s Congleton RC Trucks, a thriving community of remote-controlled truck enthusiasts who bring the magic of the open road to life on a smaller scale.The club began in 2009 as a humble trial meeting at Madeley Village Hall, started by Duncan Thompson and a group of like-minded truck fans. As numbers grew and costs became a challenge, the group moved to a scout hut on Worrall Street in Congleton, where monthly meetings became a regular xture.By 2015, Duncan was ready to retire and announced he’d be stepping back Big Rigs in Miniature at Victoria BuildingBy Congleton RC Trucksfrom running the club. Around this time, the group sadly lost a valued member, Tony Millington. When Tony’s brothers visited to sell his collection, one of them, Leslie, unexpectedly caught the RC truck bug himself. Just a year later, Les and his wife Alison had taken over the running (and the catering!) of the club, breathing new life into the group.With Alison’s hospitality and Les’s dedication, the club quickly outgrew the scout hut. As the layout developed into a miniature industrial estate, complete with intricate details and moving parts, members began travelling from further aeld to take part. A larger venue was found in Middlewich, where the club continues to meet today, though the name Congleton RC Trucks proudly remains, following a vote to keep its roots.The club is a real team eort. Members have generously donated buildings, truck parts, and layout pieces over the years. There are even “learner trucks” for newcomers to try, making it a welcoming environment for beginners and seasoned hobbyists alike. The oor is carpeted to protect the trucks and help with traction, and every detail is considered, from dashboard lights to 3D-printed accessories.Most trucks start life as unpainted Tamiya kits, but it’s the personalisation that brings them to life. Owners can match their models to real-life vehicles, complete with custom graphics, programmed lighting, and sound modules that mimic the roar of a diesel engine. With all the optional extras, a fully nished truck can cost upwards of £1,500, but for many, it’s a labour of love.Whether you’re a curious visitor or a seasoned model builder, Congleton RC Trucks oers a warm welcome and a fantastic sense of community.Find them on Facebook: Congleton RC Trucks or contact Les Millington on 07855 667024 for more information.

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12Expert Advice • Free Delivery & Free Disposal • Instore & OnlineTel: 01270 879379 • www.m6beds.co.uk115-120 The Courtyard, Radway Green Business Park, Alsager, Cheshire, CW2 5PRWinnington Business Park, Winnington, Northwich, CW8 4DLFAMILY RUN BUSINESS • ESTABLISHED IN 1998ALSAGER STORERADWAY GREEN BUSINESS PARK - CW2 5PRNORTHWICH STOREWINNINGTON BUSINESS PARK - CW8 4DLCHESHIRE’S HOME OF QUALITY BEDS AND MATTRESSESExpert Advice • Free Delivery & Free Disposal • Instore & OnlineTel: 01270 879379 • www.m6beds.co.uk115-120 The Courtyard, Radway Green Business Park, Alsager, Cheshire, CW2 5PRWinnington Business Park, Winnington, Northwich, CW8 4DLFAMILY RUN BUSINESS • ESTABLISHED IN 1998ALSAGER STORERADWAY GREEN BUSINESS PARK - CW2 5PRNORTHWICH STOREWINNINGTON BUSINESS PARK - CW8 4DLCHESHIRE’S HOME OF QUALITY BEDS AND MATTRESSESAddresses with attitude? Maybe. Middlewich quietly commemorates its origins in a variety of present-day street-names. Although the Roman presence here left no names direct from antiquity, medieval salt producers and citizens did. Let’s shine a light on a fascinating few.Neatly descriptive are Wych House Lane and Leadsmithy Street. Together they help us re-imagine brine houses with connected paraphernalia (and people) respectively. Real links to those industrious times are preserved in the vocabulary of our roads. Nearby Queen Street’s original name Dog Lane seems apt. Besides suggesting too many free-roaming pets, a ‘pinfold’ reference occurs within this street. Pinfold? Yes, walled or fenced-o enclosures to impound stray animals, farm or domestic. On identication they would be released to their owners… for a fee, of course. Just beyond Nantwich Road Newton Bank also has a Pinfold Lane alluding to this practice. Some names are deliberately no longer retained. One very necessary local industry was tanning. In a notoriously odorous process animal skins and hides were converted into leather. Middlewich’s earlier Tannery Lane transformed into the pedestrian walk between St Ann’s Rd and Wheelock Street. These days it’s more appealingly named Southway. Near Wardle Lock at a spot once known as St Ann’s wharf (now vanished) a pair of Tannery Cottages hints at another site of this important operation.But Latin names are plentiful! True. Modern estates recall the Roman past, especially by Harbutts Field o King Street. And why not? The ‘Roman Middlewich’s HeritageHistory article byJulie Elizabeth SmalleyStation’ was earlier known as ‘Harbour’ (or Harboro’) Field’. In Middle English, and Old English before that, this word suggested ‘army shelter’. ‘Flavian’ Close reminds of the dynasty of that name under which Roman Middlewich came into being. Usual meaning of fossa? ‘Ditch’. Yet here it refers to something more important - defensive trenches dug to protect ramparts of the fort. One road might well have been named Fennel, Chervil or Dill Way. Herbal homage though is instead paid to a dierent Roman plant introduction - coriander.Another exotic touch… ‘Samian’. This was orangey-red, moulded, wonderfully decorated tableware - High quality, it was imported from Gaul for army use. Found in abundance (and in pieces) here the name is again, very relevant. Imperial-sounding Hadrian Way is just that. He was the emperor no less, who visited Britain in 122 AD - quite possibly, we hope, Middlewich too! ‘Diploma’ Drive recalls the engraved bronze document authorising a soldier’s ocial release from the Roman army. It granted his citizenship. A fragment of one such precious object was uncovered locally. Attitude, and associations!

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20Thursday 3rd July 20254pm to 6.30pmSAVE THE DATEYEAR 5OPEN DAYHolmes Chapel Comprehensive School& Sixth Form CollegeSelkirk Drive, Holmes Chapel Cheshire CW4 7DXoce@hccs.infowww.hccs1978.co.uk01477 410500It’s 2025, the UK is part of the G20, one of the 20 major economies in the world yet in a small town like Middlewich, in 2024 Middlewich & District Foodbank provided emergency food to more than 1,800 local people.In the Trussell network of UK foodbanks, there are 1,400 similar foodbanks around the country plus many other charities and community organisations providing food to those in need. The horrendous fact is, in our supposedly developed and civilised country, everywhere needs a foodbank.Our goal at Middlewich & District Foodbank is to provide anyone who nds themselves in food poverty with an emergency food parcel with a 7 day supply of nutritionally-balanced food as well as providing support to help them resolve the challenges they face.Each week a team of 50 or so volunteers here at Middlewich & District Foodbank are collecting, inventorying, storing and packing non-perishable food that the amazingly generous people and companies in the local area donate. We have a small warehouse that we operate the charity from where around 7,000 kilograms of donated food is stored at any time. The donations come from a variety of sources such as public donations, supermarket collection boxes and collection days, schools, businesses and churches. All food is Who needs a food bank?ByMiddlewich & District Foodbankweighed and sorted by our volunteers before being stored by date in our warehouse.Frontline care professionals in the local community such as health visitors, doctors, schools, churches, social workers and Citizens Advice issue vouchers to those in crisis. At our twice weekly distribution hubs, referred clients can exchange their voucher for an emergency food parcel containing non-perishable food sucient for 7 days. When clients visit our foodbank centres, in addition to their parcel of food, we will oer a friendly face, a warm drink and, most importantly, we listen. If we are able, we will signpost our visitors to other, more specialised, support services such as Citizens Advice to try and help address their underlying issue, such as debt or housing.As we approach the summer holiday period, with parents needing to be at home or provide costly childcare, more families need our help as nances become stretched even further. Each year we provide additional summer food parcels to help those in need through the holiday period when the children are not getting school meals and need to be fed at home.If you know of anyone who might need an emergency food parcel or are concerned about feeding the family during the coming holiday, call for a chat on 07712 279949 and our amazing volunteers will be there to talk, direct you to a referral agency and guide you through the process. Alternatively you can email us on info@middlewichdistrict.foodbank.org.uk or contact us through our website www.middlewichdistrict.foodbank.org.uk

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24Quick and easy cataract surgery is available at the new Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre, at the Victoria Inﬁrmary, Northwich.You can have your surgery at our cataract centre of excellence completed within three weeks, treated and cared for by NHS eye care specialists.For a clearer future, speak to your optician about a referral.Because seeing well means living well.All eye surgical procedures carry a level of risk including not obtaining the desired outcome through to varying levels of visual loss. Your surgeon will discuss the risks and beneﬁts including ones speciﬁc to your circumstances at the time of your preoperative consultation.Reclaim your life after cataracts Cataracts can cloud your world, but we can help you see clearly again.New NHS surgical centre opens in NorthwichThe Cheshire and Merseyside Surgical Centre, part of the Victoria Inrmary in Northwich, has welcomed its rst patients. The centre boasts two advanced operating theatres, one dedicated to cataract surgery and the other functioning as a multi-specialty theatre accommodating orthopaedics, ENT, dermatology, general surgery, and pain management.There is also an ophthalmic treatment room, recovery area and consulting rooms.The centre will treat around 12,000 patients each year, including a large number of ‘high volume low complexity’ patients from across the region who require less complex operations and procedures.This will help reduce waiting times for patients, with an immediate focus on those who have the longest waits for treatment.MCHFT received £23m of funding from NHS England, via NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, to create the state-of-the-art facility. Cataract centre of excellenceThe surgical centre will also become a cataract centre of excellence, and a regional hub for outstanding cataract care. This will mean fewer people waiting for cataract surgery, with referral to treatment in three weeks or less, as well as improved patient care.Patients attending for cataract surgery will be treated by surgeons from both Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) and the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as part of the surgical hub collaboration.Patients will appear on a joint regional waiting list, which will be the rst of its kind in Cheshire and Merseyside.

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26The Canalside Plant Swap Shop on Booth Lane opened three weeks ago and has quickly become popular with local gardeners. We spoke to founder Lindsey Davies about how it all started.How did the idea for a plant swap shop come about?“I’d been giving away cuttings and plants through Facebook gifting sites for ages. Then someone asked if they could gift me a plant in return – that was the little spark. From that moment to opening day was just three days! I sourced a hut, set up the Facebook page, advertised, and we were open.”Three days from idea to opening – how did you feel on that rst day?“I launched the Facebook page on Tuesday and opened on Friday. I’d taken a holiday from work to be there and meet the rst visitors. From their initial feedback, I was quietly hopeful this little spark of an idea just might work!”The concept is beautifully simple – bring a plant, swap a plant. How’s it working in practice?“It really does run itself now. People have been incredibly generous – there were lovely donations before we even opened. I keep an eye out to ensure everything’s labelled and healthy, and there’s always a good variety available across our indoor plants, outdoor plants, seeds, and the new propagation station.”You’ve had some generous donations to help get started. Tell us about the variety.“The variety has been incredible – we’ve had everything from hazelnut and oak trees to strawberries, beans, tomatoes, peppers, white fox aloe, oxalis, cacti, spider plants, Chinese money plants, pothos, dianthus, geum, Solomon’s seal, Middlewich’s New Plant Swap ShopBy Canalside Plant Swap Shop on Booth Lane even teasel! People have also donated pots and compost to help keep everything going, which has been wonderful. If a plant needs a little TLC when it comes in, I’ll try to sort it so everything going out is healthy.”What’s been most rewarding about meeting the community through the shop?“I’ve met some lovely people when I’m tidying the stands. There’s one lady who loves hostas just as much as me – we had a brilliant chat! Another was thrilled to nally swap for a plant she’d wanted for ages.”Have you noticed the shop bringing the community together in unexpected ways?“Absolutely. The swap shop seems to be bringing people together in ways I hadn’t anticipated. We’ve already grown from one stand to two on my driveway, and we’re very much in the early stages of what it could evolve into.”How are you planning to adapt as the seasons change?“Opening hours will likely be shorter, but maybe we can open more days to compensate. It’ll depend on what the community wants, and we’ll trial dierent times during our rst year. The plants coming through will naturally change with the seasons too.”What’s the dream for this place?“Honestly? Just keeping the community happy. If people keep swapping and meeting each other, that’s job done. We’re only just getting started.”The Canalside Plant Swap Shop is open Friday-Sunday, 8am-8pm at 142 Booth Lane, Middlewich, CW10 0EF. Check facebook.com/Canalsideplantswapshop for what’s available.R.S.C GARDEN R.S.C GARDEN MAINTENANCEMAINTENANCE• Lawn Cutting• Lawn Cutting• Hedge Cutting• Hedge Cutting• Leaf Clearing• Leaf Clearing• General Tidy-ups• General Tidy-upsFriendly,Friendly, Reliable, Reliable, Service. Service.07907 939 53607907 939 536rscgardening@gmail.comrscgardening@gmail.comRightio Plumbing &HeatingCOMPETITIVE RATES01606 566 0827 Days a week | 7am - 7pm | All diagnostic work chargable | National Coverage, Local EngineersOUR SERVICESBoiler BreakdownsRadiators & PipesTanks & CylindersBoiler ServicingToilets & TapsLeaks & BurstsShowers Clearing BlockagesPipework ReplacementGas Safe CertifiedFast ResponseAll Work GuaranteedFlexible Appointment Times65092112 Month OAP DiscountExcludes blockagesSpeak to ustoday!1-2 HourEmergencyResponsetime!Guarantee on labour!We work acrossMiddlewich andall surroundingareas.

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3130Handy Andyyour local maintenance person for your home or business.For those jobs in the house, oce or garden you struggle with or don’t have time for...Andy can help. Holmes Chapel based & trustworthy. Time served bricklayer & skilled in putting his hand to any job.Call today for a free quote07889 541877AJC LANDSCAPESGARDEN & PROPERTY MAINTENANCEDAY TO DAY GARDENING ALL YEAR ROUNDMOWING &TRIMMINGPLANTING& BORDERSTREE/HEDGEMAINTENANCEGENERALLANDSCAPINGFENCES &PAINTINGHOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCEHARDWORKING, HONEST & RELIABLEFULLY INSURED, REFERENCES & PORTFOLIO AVAILABLECALL ALLAN ON: 07791 442546Als on th arm...GINGER AND PICKLES CAFE, H. DAVIDSON BUTCHERS - Quality meat, FIELD SMITHS - Premium country clothing, FOUR OAKS DIRECT - Quality plants at great prices, FRAME - Picture framing studio, CHESHIRE WARDROBE BOUTIQUE - Affordable fashion for women of all ages, TASCHE KEYS NAILS & BEAUTY - Beauty salon, INGLEDEW THERAPY - Hypnotherapy, therapy, and practical coaching, KAT’S STUDIO - Reformer Pilates, CHESHIRE CLAY STUDIO - Art, craft, and pottery, LIV FOR REHAB - Sports therapy.Feshl picked just  you...Everything you would expect from our farm shop including a wide range of home-grown seasonal veg and local suppliers such as Chatwins pies and cakes; and Jo’s cakes.Plus gifts and flowers.Shanty Farm, Byley CW10 9NG01606 832874Middlewich Town Council newsCemetery Now Managed Locally by Middlewich Town CouncilMiddlewich Town Council is now in full control of Middlewich cemetery. The cemetery administration has been temporarily outsourced to Cheshire East Council’s Bereavement Services team who will be the main day to day contact for managing the cemetery administration. Whilst the Town Council has taken responsibility for managing and maintaining the grounds and buildings.Dedicated website pages for the cemetery documentation, contact information and updates will be made available on Middlewich Town Council’s website.All email enquiries should be directed to: cemetery@middlewichtowncouncil.gov.ukEnquiries can also be made via the dedicated cemetery phone number 01606 833434 (option 3).Contacting Middlewich Town CouncilTown Hall, Victoria Building, Lewin Street, Middlewich CW10 9AS01606 833434middlewich.org.ukadmin@middlewich.org.uk

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34MHSThis demonstrates the conﬁdence our community has in the quality of our educaon, ambion and care for our young people.Miss Lydia Naylor, HeadteacherMiddlewich High School is establishing a reputaon for aspiraon and excellence. We are an oversubscribed school with a substanal waing list and we are conﬁdent that our intake will look the same for next year. This demonstrates the conﬁdence our community has in the quality of our educaon, ambion and care for our young people. If you are a Year 5 family looking ahead to the future, please accept our invitaon to a personalised tour. We would love to meet you so you can see for yourselves why Middlewich High School is the best choice for your child. You can discover everything our school has to oﬀer by viewing our school informaon page via our website and going to School Informaon - prospecve familiesPROSPECTIVE FAMILIES FOR 2026Have you ever wondered why Cerebos Salt’s catch-line was (and still is) ‘See How It Runs!’ illustrated by a picture of a child throwing salt onto a chicken’s tail?The wording is easily explained, because the fact that the salt was in ‘powder’ form and could be poured from a container was the product’s great selling point.Prior to its introduction people would buy salt in much the same way as they did sugar - i.e. as a ‘salt loaf’ - and scrape o what they needed.This was known as ‘cut lump salt’ and was the major product of the Seddon’s and Murgatroyd’s works, and their predecessors, in Middlewich, although some works had crushing machinery to create bagged versions of the productThis kind of salt, however, was very prone to ‘caking’ as it absorbed moisture from MiddlewichmemoriesByDave Robertsthe air and had to be dried out frequently.In 1892, so the story goes, an English chemist was advised to give his sick daughter calcium phosphate in order to add strength to her weak infant bones and, to make the substance ‘more palatable’, he added salt (obviously he had no sugar to hand). The chemist noticed that the chemical in the mixture had the eect of preventing caking of the salt.The child’s restoration to health was attributed to the calcium phosphate and salt mixture, leading to the idea that the salt and chemical mixture had ‘health giving properties’.The above account of the creation of ‘enriched salt’ was culled from various accounts on that fountain of truth and wisdom, The Internet. It was the disparities in the dierent accounts which led me to err on the side of caution and to follow suit in being rather vague about the truth of the matter.The excellent book How Household Names Began (Michael O’Mara Books Ltd 1997), tells the full story:“George Weddell was born in 1855 and later became a chemist with Mawson, Swan and Weddell in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. As his daughter was a poorly child, George decided to add something to her diet to strengthen her bones and teeth. Although vitamins and trace elements were unheard of at this time, he mixed small quantities of magnesium carbonate and calcium phosphate with the family’s household salt. He was so pleased with the result that he felt it would be good to supply this ‘enriched salt’ to the general public”. ... To be continued

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393801477 54410607850 339694sales@hccarpets.co.ukHOLMES CHAPELCARPETS & FLOORINGPremium Selection:Choose from carpets, vinyl, laminate,engineered wood, LVT and safety ﬂooring. Expert Fitters:Rely on our seasoned professionals for perfect installations.Superior Customer Care:Experience our commitment to your satisfaction.ESTABLISHED 1990VISIT OUR SHOWROOMOFFICE ONE, MANOR FARMHOLMES CHAPEL ROADSPROSTONCW4 7LPASK US ABOUT OUR FREECHOOSE AT HOME SERVICEWe come to your home where you can choose from a wide range of carpet samples, Quick Step Laminate and ﬂoor coverings to ﬁnd the perfect match for your home and decor.Have you experienced the Supper Club at The Village Kitchen, Holmes Chapel yet? I’m an amazing culinary experience and one we are so lucky to have in our village. I have honestly just had one of the most extraordinary meals of my life. By day, The Village Kitchen, is a charming and welcoming café, but on one or two special evenings each month, it transforms into something truly magical: The Village Kitchen Supper Club.These exclusive nights oer a carefully curated four-course menu that showcases culinary creativity at its nest. Each dish is beautifully crafted, perfectly balanced, and bursting with avour, leaving your taste buds dancing and you eagerly anticipating the next bite.I was kindly invited to experience their May menu, and it’s safe to say it’s been one of my favourite invitations to date. I brought along my sister-in-law, we’d both been admired the photos from past supper clubs but had never quite made it. My advice? Book it. You won’t be disappointed, it’s an experience that’s absolutely worth every penny.Each course stood out in its own way, as a lovingly put together and presented dish. The suggested drink pairings for each course were spot on and really enhanced the overall experience, though there’s no pressure to stick to them. Whether you’re in the mood for a bottle of wine or one of their expertly crafted cocktails, you’re free to enjoy it your way. The whole evening felt like something truly special.What I absolutely loved about the Super Club is that, despite its high-end feel and top-quality food presented with elegance, it never came across as overly posh or stuy. The atmosphere Days Out & Meals Out reviewsJenny,Days Out and Meals Out Reviewswas warm and welcoming, with genuinely lovely sta who made the whole experience even more enjoyable. One of my favourite parts was being able to watch the chefs at work behind the counter — nothing hidden, just honest, skilful cooking in full view. It was a great reminder of the care and precision that goes into each dish, and it made the experience feel all the more special. We’re incredibly lucky to have a gem like this right here in our little village.It’s perfect for a special occasion, outstanding food paired with an intimate, welcoming setting. The only problem? You’ll nd yourself inventing excuses to celebrate just so you can come back every month. I literally walked out the door texting my husband a photo of June’s menu, raving about how incredible it was.During the day the Village kitchen, which is tucked away on Church Walk in Holmes Chapel, serves breakfasts, brunch, and lunches. Even in the day they take it to the next level with its delicious and beautifully crafted dishes. So what ever time of day you visit, you wont be disappointed.Check out their socials to nd the dates of their next Supper Club, and book quickly as they soon ll their seats. Open Monday to Saturday 8.30am until 4.00pmHolmes Chapel’s corner spot for light bites, brunch, burgers & more. All homemade, from local produce!Home of The Supper Club - monthly dinner eveningsChurch Walk, Holmes Chapelwww.facebook.com/TheVillageKitchenHCYou can nd more reviews at daysoutandmealsout.com, or Facebook & Instagram, search ‘Days Out and Meals Out’

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