All travel posts relating to Abbeys, Priories and Monasteries
2025 brings the Mars at the Museum exhibition to Cheshire to the wonderful venue of Norton Priory in Runcorn. Mars at the Museum is the inspired creation of artist Luke Jerram, and follows in the footsteps of his previous astronomical artworks – the Moon and Gaia (the Earth). Measuring over 6 metres in diameter, Mars certainly fills the atrium at…
From April to June, Combermere Abbey in South Cheshire opens its doors to the public for guided tours of its beautiful manor house. I recently joined one of those tours for a fascinating insight into the history of this remarkable estate and how the current mansion came to look the way it does. Read on for my thoughts on the…