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| In 2005 the owners of the popular Swan Inn put the put on sale. However, this caused uproar in the village and a group of passionate locals decided they would buy the pub and run it. The story attracted attention from the media and was even featured live on BBC news and in many national newspapers. A year on, The Swan is enjoying its best trade for years and has opened up its kitchen to a top-class local chef who cooks a wide variety of meals. This has given many of the younger people in the village job opportunitys aswell. Kettleshulme's only other claim to fame is as the home of a 19th century character called Amos Broadhurst, whose beard grew to a length of seven feet . | In 2005 the owners of the popular Swan Inn put the put on sale. However, this caused uproar in the village and a group of passionate locals decided they would buy the pub and run it. The story attracted attention from the media and was even featured live on BBC news and in many national newspapers. A year on, The Swan is enjoying its best trade for years and has opened up its kitchen to a top-class local chef who cooks a wide variety of meals. This has given many of the younger people in the village job opportunitys aswell. Kettleshulme's only other claim to fame is as the home of a 19th century character called Amos Broadhurst, whose beard grew to a length of seven feet . | ||
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| Geography | |
| Status | Cheshire County, City (1753) |
|---|---|
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Historic county | Derbyshire (some parts from Staffordshire) |
| Region | North West England |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Area - Total |
Ranked 603rd 10.65 km² |
| Admin HQ | (Kettleshulme Village Hall) |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-MAN |
| ONS code | 00BN |
| OS grid reference | SJ843983 |
| Coordinates | 53°29N 2°15W |
| NUTS 3 | UKD31 |
| Demographics | |
| Ethnicity (2001 census) |
100.0% White 0.0% S. Asian 0.0% Afro-Carib. 0.0% Chinese |
| Politics | |
| Leadership | Leader & Cabinet |
| Control | |
Kettleshulme is a small, quiet Cheshire village close to the border with Derbyshire. The village is situated on the B5470 road from Macclesfield to Whaley Bridge, in the valley of the Todd Brook, a tributary of the River Goyt between Sponds Hill and Taxal Edge. It is also just a few miles away from England's highest road, the Cat and Fiddle Road. Although the village is in the middle of the beautiful Pennine countryside, it is only around 13 miles away from the centre of Manchester, and a 40 minute drive from the city airport. This makes it popular with commuters who travel into the city every day, many using Whaley Bridge railway station 3 km away.
The village has around 350 inhabitants and a friendly atmosphere. There are Women's Institute and Sunday School meetings once a month, church services every Sunday. There is a garden centre and two pubs. Kettleshulme or Kett was once a centre for the manufacture of candlewick material, but this ceased in 1937.
The area around Kettleshulme offers good walking. To the north it is quite easy to walk from the village to the Bowstones, an early Christian stone sculpture. From there it is a short walk to Lyme Park. The views from Bowstones house are abosolutly spectacular on a clear day. From here you can see the entire surrounding area for 20-30 miles in all directions, including, to the west, the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank, at one time the world's largest radio telescope to the North-West, the city of Manchester and its airport and to the East, the rest of the High Peak including Kinder Scout, the High Peak's highest point.
Geology and Climate
Built on the boundary of the Carboniferous limestone and the Derbyshire, Cheshire Shale and Gritstone. The original settlement mainly consited of a mixture of Limestone and Sandstone buildings, including the old Church, built in the 19th Century out of Limestone quarryed near the town of Buxton, around 7 miles away. At 1000 ft above sea level, Kettleshulme is relativly high up which makes the weather colder at times, but its location and climate make the land very suitable for farming. The nearest weather station is only around 7 miles away in Buxton and recorded that the area has a mean temparature on average since 1969 up to the present day of 7.8.C and average rainfall per year of 1286mm.
Claims To Fame
In 2005 the owners of the popular Swan Inn put the put on sale. However, this caused uproar in the village and a group of passionate locals decided they would buy the pub and run it. The story attracted attention from the media and was even featured live on BBC news and in many national newspapers. A year on, The Swan is enjoying its best trade for years and has opened up its kitchen to a top-class local chef who cooks a wide variety of meals. This has given many of the younger people in the village job opportunitys aswell. Kettleshulme's only other claim to fame is as the home of a 19th century character called Amos Broadhurst, whose beard grew to a length of seven feet .
JFBurton 16:54, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
External Links
- - 14k The Swan Inn's Official Website
- [http://www.outinncheshire.co.uk/news/EastCheshireNews.htm - 63k News Article on Events of Swan Inn
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