Handforth Railway Station : On the Manchester to Crewe Line via Stockport, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow and Sandbach
Breaking New Ground
Quarry Bank Mill & Styal Estate
24th September 2011 - 31st March 2012Discover the story behind the ground-breaking technology that made Quarry Bank's newly aquired garden ....
The Finishing Touch
Hat Works Museum
6th December 2011 - 11th May 2012From feathers to fabrics from ribbons to beads and flowers, hats have been trimmed in a myriad of ways ....
Death and Burial
Stockport Story Museum
11th November 2011 - 29th April 2012For thousands of years people have sought to give their dead a respectful burial ....
Capesthorne Hall Wedding Fayre
Capesthorne Hall & Gardens
4th March 2012A fantastic selection of the area’s finest wedding specialists will be on hand to provide you with expert advice ....
Tatton Park Scarecrow Festival
Tatton Park Gardens
11th February 2012 - 19th February 2012Visit Tatton's Scarecrow Festival in the Gardens and at the Farm this spring half-term ....
In search of the Northern Lights
Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre
22nd February 2012An evening Lovell Lecture by Dr Jim Wild on the Northern Lights
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Handforth Railway Station
Handforth Railway Station is a Cheshire Best Kept Station.
In 2011, Handforth won the Big Society Award and in 2010 the Tidiest Station Award in the Cheshire Best Kept Station Competition.
Handforth Railway Station was Cheshire's Best Kept Station 2009.
The station is tended by the Friends of Handforth Station under the Chairmanship of Mike Bishop.
On 4th February 2010 Prince Charles paid a whistlestop visit to Handforth Station aboard the newly built LNER 60163 Tornado which was hauling the Royal Train.
Prince Charles had an opportunity to meet Mike Bishop, complement the work done at the station and congratulate the Friends Group on being Cheshire's Best Kept Station 2010.
Handforth Railway Station has now won eiight awards in the Cheshire Best Kept Station Competition. When the Competition was launched in 2003, it received a Commendation. Other awards include being named Cheshire's Best Kept Station in 2005 and the ACoRP Award in 2007.
The Friends Group was established in 1996, when the station was a shadow of its former self.
It has received sponsorship from the Local Community Rail Partnership, Northern Rail, Cheshire East Council, Giffords, Rotary, Manchester Airport and other local businesses and organisations.
About Handforth Railway Station:
Handforth Railway Station is on the Manchester to Crewe Line via Stockport, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow and Sandbach.
Handforth Railway Station is managed by Northern Rail - Telephone: 0845 00 00 125.
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