Where Science Meets Nature

It’s been an extraordinary year for science and nature here in the home of Jodrell Bank and Delamere Forest, where a bonanza of events and attractions marked 50 years since man first walked on the moon and the 100th birthday of the Forestry Commission. Our county is rich in natural and scientific assets, which have shaped a unique and innovative cultural offering staged in intriguing venues across the county’s urban and rural landscape. Choose from the inspiring ideas in our three itineraries to craft an unforgettable experience you’ll only find in Cheshire.

Watch our Cheshire: Where Science Meets Nature video and start planning your visit today.

Forests, Festivals & Family Days

Spread out a rug at Chester’s open-air theatre or Tatton’s outdoor cinema, encourage little imaginations to soar in the creative chaos of Rode Hall’s annual lakeside rumpus, and go on an art-fuelled hunt for a vanishing vocabulary of natural words at Dunham Massey and Quarry Bank. The great outdoors provides a stunning setting for these events and more.
Moons, Movies & Memory Making

Celebrate 75 years of space exploration at Jodrell Bank, Britain’s latest Unesco World Heritage Site, and watch a blockbuster movie beneath the stars in Chester’s Roman Gardens. Enter a landscape of sound and vision in woods at the edge of Delamere, and see a rainbow of illuminations light up a dark winter’s night in Crewe. These are just some of this year’s experiences that promise to be out of this world.
Inventions, Ideas & Imaginative Outings

Immerse yourself in Sven Werner’s audiovisual dreamscape at its global premiere at Storyhouse. See rare Japanese woodblock prints, collected in the 19th century by Wilbraham Egerton, at Tatton Park. And travel back to the days of the industrial revolution at Ellesmere Port on patrol with a night watchman. Read on for more fascinating ways to investigate how our world works.