Alsager
Alsager is a Town in the county of Cheshire.
There are great places to visit near Alsager including some great towns, villages, historic buildings, country parks, nature reserves, sssis, museums, parks, cities, castles, roman sites, ruins, lakes, woodlands, hills, hiking areas, old mines and canals.
The area around Alsager boasts some of the best towns including Ellesmere Port, Warrington, Widnes, Knutsford, Blacon, Saltney, and Macclesfield.
Styal, Daresbury, Thelwall, Saughall, Lache, Marton, and Prestbury are some of Alsager best villages to visit near Alsager.
Quarry Bank, Warrington Parish Church Of St Elphin, The Ruskin Rooms, Tatton Park, Chester Racecourse, Chester City Walls, and Bonewaldesthorne Tower are some of Alsager best historic buildings to visit near Alsager.
Alsager's best nearby country parks can be found at Quarry Bank, Tatton Park, and Teggs Nose Country Park.
There are a number of nature reserves near Alsager including Woolston Eyes, and Tatton Park.
There are a several good sssis in the area around Alsager like Woolston Eyes.
Places near Alsager feature a number of interesting museums including Warrington Museum and Art Gallery.
There are a number of parks near Alsager including Victoria Park - Widnes, Tatton Park, Water Tower Gardens, Westminster Park, and Timbersbrook Picnic Area.
The area close to Alsager boasts some of the best cities including Chester.
There are a number of castles near to Alsager including Chester Castle.
There are a number of roman sites near to Alsager including Chester Roman Amphitheatre and Roman Walls.
Chester Roman Amphitheatre and Roman Walls is a great place to visit close to Alsager if you like ruins.
The area around Alsager features a number of interesting lakes including Trentabank Reservoir, and Redes Mere.
There are a number of woodlands near Alsager including Trentabank Reservoir, and Macclesfield Forest.
Alsager's best nearby hills can be found at Shutlingsloe, and Teggs Nose Country Park.
The area around Alsager boasts some of the best hiking areas including Teggs Nose Country Park, and Alderley Edge National Trust.
Engine Vein is one of Alsager's best, nearby old mines to visit in Alsager.
There are a several good canals in the area around Alsager like Anderton Boat Lift.
Alsager History
There are some historic monuments around Alsager:
Places to see near Alsager
History of Alsager
During the Second World War, a large armaments factory was built outside Alsager at Radway Green, and the town expanded dramatically to house the influx of factory workers. Also during the war a camp was constructed for the training of Royal Marines. This bore the name of “H.M.S. Excalibur” and was situated at the top of Fields Road by the side of the Stoke to Crewe railway line. In 1948 it became a displaced persons camp for refugees from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the former Polish Ukraine, countries which had been forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union. Many men from these countries had fought on the side of the Germans to try and regain independence, and they were afraid to return to their countries of origin, as many who had returned were executed by the Russians. A school was set up for the education of their children whose only common language when they arrived was German. The school continued to exist for many years in the same set of wooden huts under the name “Excalibur School”. The first Roman Catholic church in Alsager was one of the wooden huts and was attended mainly by the Lithuanians, most of whom were Roman Catholic. The Anglican churches are Christ Church (1789), and St. Mary Magdalene (1898).
