AUDLEM

'Audlem' is a large village and civil parish located in the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich, Cheshire in the northwest of England, approximately 11 km (7 miles) south of Nantwich. Close to the border with the neighbouring county of Shropshire, the village is eight miles east of Whitchurch and seven miles north of Market Drayton.
According to the 2001 census, the population of the entire civil parish was 1,790 2001 Census details Accesssed 14th May 2007..
It is situated on the Shropshire Union Canal, where a famous run of 15 locks in beautiful countryside, designed by Thomas Telford, raise the canal from the Cheshire Plain to the 93 feet higher Shropshire Plain. The River Weaver passes west of the village. Audlem railway station closed with the local railway line in the 1960s.
In 2005 it was voted Cheshire's 'Village of the Year' and the North of England 'Village of the Year' also the 'Most Vibrant Village in Cheshire'. After also winning the county's 'Building Community Life' award, Audlem went on to win England's 'Building Community Life' award. The village is famous for its Proms on the Park musical event, its Transport Festival and the Audlem Music & Arts Festival, all held annually.
Moss Hall is an Elizabethan timber-framed hall from the 1600s half a mile from Audlem village centre.

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★ St James' Church, Audlem

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★ Audlem Online