Environment

  • Awards for green Peak District businesses

    By on November 21, 2017

    Businesses which support their local community, economy and environment were honoured in a Peak District awards ceremony and networking event. Environmental Quality Mark (EQM) awards...

  • Photographing the Peak District

    By on November 20, 2017

    Local artists are being hosted at Bakewell visitor centre this winter and will be showcasing work inspired by the Peak District National Park. On Saturday...

  • Help create a spring bulb show

    By on November 17, 2017

    Visitors are being invited to help plant 2,400 bulbs in a border next to Quarry Bank’s historic glasshouse. Acting Head Gardener Ann Gaughan (pictured above)...

  • Peak District routes benefits from fundraising campaign

    By on November 17, 2017

    Above: A stretch of the Great Ridge between the Vale of Edale and the Hope Valley needs repair. Two of the best-loved landscapes in the Peak...

  • ‘Take Your Pick’ for Tudor Yuletide

    By on November 17, 2017

    Image above: Ready for Yuletide. Tudor gentlewoman Anna Fielding decorates Little Moreton Hall ⓒ Alan Ingram/ National Trust Little Moreton Hall: 29 November-17 December If you...

  • Emergency services join together for Road Safety Week

    By on November 16, 2017

    Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and Cheshire police are getting involved in Road Safety Week, the awareness campaign coordinated annually by the charity Brake. The...

  • Brita’s wool journey nears its end

    By on November 15, 2017

    Local lady Brita Hirsch has been making a ‘wool journey’ over the last couple of years, resulting in the creation of a unique Merino cloth....

  • Cheshire East tops Vibrant Economy Index

    By on November 12, 2017

    A new report has placed Cheshire East as the top performing area in the North West for ‘economic wellbeing’. The Vibrant Economy Index also placed Cheshire...

  • Side by side but worlds apart

    By on November 7, 2017

    Above: Exterior of Oak Cottages in Styal – the row includes the worker’s cottage Side by side but worlds apart: new spaces at Quarry Bank tell...

  • Boost your visitor economy business

    By on November 1, 2017

    A limited number of free places are available for two Pedal Peak workshops in Hartington on 7th November. Aimed at Derbyshire SME visitor economy businesses,...

  • Manchester Airport news

    By on November 1, 2017

    Travel company Jet2 is adding thousands of seats and additional holidays to winter sun hotspots from Manchester Airport. The leisure airline and package holiday company...

  • Lest we forget: Macclesfield’s War Memorials

    By on November 1, 2017

    Above and below: Mill Street Mission, for a number of years home to Preachers night club, as it is today. Images: Geoff Archer As detailed...

  • The Bridge Hotel in administration

    By on October 27, 2017

    Prestbury’s oldest hotel, The Bridge, has gone into administration. The Bridge opened its doors over 60 years ago – providing luxurious accommodation, fine food and...

  • Make it Macclesfield Public Meeting

    By on October 27, 2017

    With interest high and space in the Assembly Rooms at the town hall limited, Make It Macclesfield have set up an Eventbrite booking link for...

  • Road improvements for the town – I doubt it

    By on October 25, 2017

    On the day that Cheshire East Council announced that the £58m Middlewich bypass would go ahead, it announced it had been successful with two national productivity...

  • Autumn is a time of plenty (of things to do)

    By on October 24, 2017

    Autumn colours will no doubt stop walkers in their tracks this season, but visitors to Quarry Bank are being encouraged to take a closer look...

  • Park ranger receives British Empire Medal

    By on October 20, 2017

    Mr William Tucker, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire, has presented the British Empire Medal to Peak District National Park ranger Bill Gordon for services to wildlife,...

  • Royal London relocates to Alderley Park

    By on October 19, 2017

    The UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, Royal London, is set to relocate to Alderley Park’s Parklands in a deal that will keep...

  • Countryside Ranger Service events

    By on October 17, 2017

    Half Term & Halloween Events Reminder With the school Half-Term holidays around the corner, Cheshire East Countryside Rangers have lots of great family events for...

  • Brickbats over cost of Council newsletter

    By on October 17, 2017

    Following a number of comments on social media about the cost of the new newsletter for residents, The VoiCE, Cheshire East Council has issued the...