Heritage and museums

Cheshire East has a rich cultural heritage with many links to the past.

Find out more about Cheshire's Roman and medieval remains, and the impact of the Industrial Revolution on local silk and salt production through a range of museums:

• Tatton Park
• Anson Engine Museum
• Congleton Museum
• Macclesfield Silk Heritage Trust
• Nantwich Museum
• Middlewich Heritage
• Englesea Brook

Do your own research into local or family history with the help of these resources:

• Cheshire Record Office
• archaeology
• family history
• e-Mapping Victorian Cheshire: Cheshire's Tithe Maps Online

Explore the past at these heritage centres:

• Crewe Heritage Centre
• Knutsford Heritage Centre

Discover the region's rich variety of historic buildings, conservation areas, listed buildings and other sites.

• conservation areas and listed buildings
• National Trust properties
• English Heritage properties

More information

• Visit Cheshire - Cheshire tourist information
• our support for arts and culture

Page last reviewed: 17 January 2024