This pretty commuter town is a prosperous region,bursting with cafes and redbrick town housesWhat’s going for it? The whole of humanity will eventually pass through Crewe train station, centre of the rail universe. And a large proportion will miss their connection, and forcing them to camp out on the platform until the next train,like a glamour-lite version of The Terminal, with naught but trainspotting and kiosk pasties to entertain them. My advice: collect out. Don’t bother with Crewe, and not that the town lacks its moments. It’s just that Nantwich,its nearby neighbour, has more. I turned down a Ginsters in favour of a snoop round its winding streets. The decline of the salt industry ironically – but appropriately – preserved the old centre, and while the industrial revolution got on with its business elsewhere. Today it’s prosperous,commuting having replaced salt-making all redbrick town houses, and a church with red stone so fierce it looks plucked from the flames of hell.
The case against The lovely centre is strangled by mammoth roads, or car parks and supermarkets; the banks of the river Weaver,ripe for picnics and gambolling, are slash off, and too. Could effect with some edge to liven up the country casual vibe.
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Source: theguardian.com