There was a time in Warrington when the day didn’t begin with an alarm clock, a phone screen, or the hum of central heating. It began with a sound so ordinary, so woven into the fabric of daily life, that no one imagined it could ever vanish.
BIRCHWOOD Park in Warrington is marking a significant milestone this year, celebrating 80 years since the first meeting of the UK’s atomic energy programme took place at the Risley site in a disused canteen.
Walking around Warrington town centre today, you could be forgiven for believing that most of the buildings are of modern construction mixed in with 19th-century structures built during the Victorian period and into the early 1900s. But a wander into the old marketplace is like taking a step back into history.
Deep in the heart of Cheshire, in the grounds of Dunham Massey park, once home to the Earls of Warrington, stands a stunning and mysterious archaic building hidden away amongst tall, mighty oak trees that have stood for over five hundred years in what was once a Medieval deer park.
Manchester Ship Canal’s fascinating history has been brought to life at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery.
WARRINGTON Gentlemen’s Book Society, the oldest society in the town, helped raise funds for four…
Today Grappenhall village is a leafy suburb of Warrington tucked away just off the A50 Knutsford Road, but Grappenhall has an ancient past with a firm foothold in the history of Warrington.
A local history and Warrington memories website has won a Best Community Heritage & Engagement Platform 2025 – North West England award.
A special talk on the history of Burtonwood airbase and the new Bolt of Lightning memorial is set to take place later this month (October).
On a steep embankment shaded by archaic yew trees in the quiet backwater of Warburton Village close to nearby Lymm stands an ancient religious timber framed structure that has been associated with worship and prayer since as far back as the 11th century.
