Holmes Chapel, until 1974 known as Church Holme, is a village in Cheshire. It's only five miles west of the frontier of the known universe, thanks to Jodrell Bank radio telescope. With a population of 6000, Holmes Chapel is mainly a commuter town for the galaxy known as Greater Manchester.

Get in

St Luke's Church

The town is 20 miles from Manchester Airport, off junction 18 of M6.

1 Holmes Chapel station has Northern Rail connections from Crewe and Manchester.

See

• 1 St Luke's Church, London Road. The present church originated about 1430 as a timber-framed building with a Perpendicular sandstone west tower.  
• 2 Twemlow Viaduct. 1841 viaduct was designed for the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company by George W. Buck. 
• 3 Jodrell Bank, Lower Withington (near Goostrey), ☏ +44 1477 571766. Home of the Lovell Radio Telescope, listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO.  

Do

• Dane Meadow (footpath running from Moreton Drive to the A50 by the bridge at Cranage), ✉ danemeadow@gmail.com. Dane Meadow is a 7 hectare area of land to the north of Holmes Chapel within the Dane Valley. It is a natural environment for walking dogs and casual walkers. The roadway provides access for disabled vehicles and a limited parking area near the river. 

Eat

• 1 The Vicarage, Knutsford Road, ☏ +44 1477 533393. 

Sleep

Joddrell Bank observatory

• 1 Bridge Farm B&B, Bridge Lane, ☏ +44 1477 571202. 
• 2 Cranage Hall, Byley Lane, Holmes Chapel (1.5 miles North of Holmes Chapel in Cranage), ✉ cranage@principal-hayley.com. Check-in: 3pm, check-out: 11am. A hotel and event venue offering 150 bedrooms, 20 event suites, a leisure club and restaurant. A former country house in the village of Cranage built in 1828. 

Go next

• Crewe
• Macclesfield

Routes through Holmes Chapel

Manchester/Liverpool ← Knutsford ←	N  S	→ Sandbach → Birmingham
Warrington ← Knutsford ←	N  S	→ Stoke-on-Trent
Chester ← Middlewich ←	W  E	→ Congleton → Buxton