From Anderton travel on the 60ft Anderton Boat Lift to the Trent and Mersey Canal, tour the city of Chester with a Roman or shop in the heart of Manchester.

 

 

Directions

Road: Anderton is situated in Cheshire, just north of Northwich, and close to the Anderton Boat Lift.

From the M6 junction with the M56, take the M56 (West). Exit the M56 at junction 10. Take the A559 (signed Northwich) for 3 miles. Turn right (signed Comberbach and Anderton Boat Lift).

Continue through Comberbach and past Marbury Country Park, towards Anderton. The marina is on the left, 1/4 mile after the Anderton village sign.

 

Rail: From Manchester, take the train to Northwich station. From London and the south, take the train to Crewe, and then change for the service to Hartford station.

From Northwich or Hartford stations,

take a taxi to the marina. If there are no taxis waiting, information on taxi firms can be found at the payphone at the station.

Taxi information is detailed below. For information about train timetables and ticket costs for all mainline rail transport please go to www.thetrainline.com.

 

Air: From Manchester Airport, take a taxi to the boatyard, its a 30 minute drive. Please contact the taxi companies directly for an estimated fare.

 

 

Bar Tailed Lark (Sleeps up to 6 people) >

Black Necked Swan (Sleeps up to 12 people) >

Blackcap Warbler (Sleeps up to 8 people) >

Booted Eagle (Sleeps up to 7 people) >

Dusky Thrush (Sleeps up to 6 people) >

Fairy Tern (Sleeps up to 10 people) >

Glaucous Gull (Sleeps up to 6 people) >

Great Blue Heron (Sleeps up to 5 people) >

Grey Wren (Sleeps up to 4 people) >

Laughing Gull (Sleeps up to 6 people) >

Mealy Amazon (Sleeps up to 6 people) >

Meyers Parrot (Sleeps up to 4 people) >

Pacific Wren (Sleeps up to 4 people) >

Reed Bunting (Sleeps up to 5 people) >

River Warbler (Sleeps up to 8 people) >

Yellow Crowned Amazon (Sleeps up to 6 people) >