Restoration is the name of the game, but Northwich's Lion Salt Works was the only North West entry for one of the BBC2 programmes. This unique example of the traditional "open pan" method of processing salt needed funds to restore the buildings and now is transformed into a working museum. On a stiflingly hot July day we sympathised with the workers who slaved over pans of boiling brine, but with a choice of three pubs there's no excuse for getting overheated on this walk.
LOCATION: Two miles north of Northwich
START: Marbury Country Park, toilets
Grid ref: SJ653763 Postcode: CW9 6AT
DISTANCE: 6 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 3 hours
MAP: Explorer - Northwich & Delamere Forest Landranger 118
NOTE: Lion Salt Works
REFRESHMENTS: Salt Barge, George & Dragon, Cock o' Budworth
EN ROUTE: Trent and Mersey Canal
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News