If you travel by train to Delamere Railway Station, you can take them to Go Ape and get a 20% discount off their prices.

This offer is valid Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays.  You must quote Code CCR020 when booking and show your valid railway ticket when you arrive.

A reminder, also, if you are taking your tribe to Go Ape and it includes two adults, be sure to take advantage of the Northern Duo and enjoy further discounts on your day out.  The Duo rail ticket gives you one adult return plus a second one  for half price.

If you visit Go Ape – please let us know – and whether you enjoyed monkeying about in the forest on this high wire fun activity!

The service is free of charge for all Zoo visitors who have travelled by train to Chester and runs daily until 12 September.

Details on Chester Zoo’s rather colourful website!

More details are on their website.

If you’re out and about on our line and get some good pictures, why not send them to the North Wales Coast website?

So why not use the Mid Cheshire Line to visit it?

Northwich Heritage Week celebrates the unique heritage of Northwich.

On June 1^st Northwich Salt Museum is re-launched as the Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse with a new transport gallery.

Their website - www.northwichheritageweek.org.uk  gives you all the information you need – even the walking the directions to the main attractions from Northwich Railway Station.

During the week entry is FREE to the Weaver Hall Museum, the Anderton Boat Lift (from Tuesday), the Dock Road Pumping Station (open Monday and Sunday) and the Lion Salt Works – further details can be found at the Northwich Heritage Week website.

For the full timetable, click here.

Register with the Daily Mail by midnight on 7 May, and get a free Family & Friends Railcard until 11 July.

Here’s the link.

£2 will be refunded on proof of travelling to the festival by public transport – either bus or train or if you ride your bike.

For more details, click here.

Originally known as “The Station Hotel”, it was bought by local pub company Woodward & Falconer around 10 years ago. They have invested significantly in bringing it up to its current excellent standards, improving its interior as well as the surrounding gardens. The food is very good, the wine selection much better than at many gastropubs, and there are up to 5 real ales.

“The Goshawk” was the first attraction along the line to offer a discount to rail travellers – those travelling to Mouldsworth from Chester, Delamere or Cuddington receive a discount off a main meal of the price of their rail ticket on handing over the outward portion, e.g. £2.80 return from Chester to Mouldsworth. So why drive?!!

Have a look at their website by clicking here.

Beware! It can get incredibly booked up. One of our members from Cuddington told me his family turned up without booking on a normal Thursday evening in February and couldn’t get a table until 9.30pm. That’s popular! So ring up and book before you go, and when you’re there, you’ll soon see why it’s so popular.

Sally, our Community Rail Officer, is putting together a brochure of discounts available along the line for rail travellers. This will certainly be in it.

Those of you from Cuddington, Delamere and Chester – remember to keep you train tickets to hand over!

There’s some great value tickets based on zones from as little as £5 return (£4 with a railcard) Manchester to Liverpool, to £20 return Manchester to Glasgow or Edinburgh (Railcard – £16) or £30 First Class (Railcard – £24).

Also, remember the Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) Club 55 offer runs until 19 March – details here.

Unlike ATW, TPE have no connectional add-on fares from our line. Next time, perhaps.

If you make trips using these tickets, please let us know how they went. Pictures for publishing (not too many!) would be welcome.

This offer has been so successful, Northern have decided to extend it to all scholars travelling on the line. This will definitely come in next September, though could well come in earlier.

Here’s some example literature showing the current offers (Download – 0.82Mb)