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Castle Street, NANTWICH, CW5 5BA

Traffic can get up Castle Street as far as the bollard, but is then turned back before it can enter the pedestrianized High Street. When I first knew Nantwich the situation was reversed: through traffic passed along the High Street, off which Castle Street was a short dead-end, and the only access to properties on the little street was down this narrow entrance. The construction of Nantwich's inner ring road, Water Lode, along the banks of the Weaver in the late 1970s, opened up the waterside and formerly dead-end entries such as Castle Street or the nearby Mill Street changed their orientation completely. An image of the same building a little over 50 years previously can be seen at Image

This view looking north west along High Street Nantwich shows the historic Crown Hotel noted for its long gallery along its top floor.

Nantwich Bookshop opened a coffee shop a few years ago, and now has tables outside. The timber-framed building dates from after the fire of 1583 and has some of the finest decorative timberwork in the town centre. The bookshop (left two gables) is listed at grade II*; the charity shops (right two gables) are listed at grade II

Reflections in the window of the Elizabethan 46 High Street show the 19th century building opposite and some 21st century scaffolding. The timberwork is decorative framing; the downward sag on the first floor is very obvious in this close up

East along Mill Street from the corner of the B5341 Waterlode looking towards Barker Street and the Wickstead Arms pub.

Located in High Street, the Memorial is a stone calvary on an octagonal base.

This half-timbered building is one of many in Nantwich town centre. It is listed grade 2 (list entry 1138692) and is described as being built after the fire of 1583, with 19th century bay windows to one side and modern shop frontages below, which currently host a bookshop, cafe and charity shop. See also Image