Saltscape Get Involved Saltscape is an exciting new partnership project There are plenty of opportunities for to protect, enhance and celebrate the unique everyone to get involved landscape of the Weaver Valley. • Family fun events Salt was first discovered in Cheshire as far back as • the Iron Age. By 1700 the salt towns of Northwich, Heritage training courses Winsford and Middlewich had grown around the • Volunteering opportunities thriving salt industry. The River Weaver was the key • Education workshops transport link and improvements including eleven locks were completed in 1732. Although much of the and field trips for schools industry has finished there is a rich industrial legacy • Conservation trainee placements including the Anderton Boat Lift and the newly • Grants for landowners and communities restored Lion Salt Works. The natural environment is also shaped by salt. Salt Details of all the projects and how marsh vegetation normally found on the coast thrives you can get involved are at around brine springs while flashes created by salt www.saltscape.co.uk subsidence and lime-beds created by industrial Or contact a member of the Saltscape Team on waste are now unique wildlife habitats. 01606 723160 [email protected] Although many elements of the built and natural environment are protected some are at risk of being lost. Saltscape brings together a group of expert partners and the community to ensure that this special landscape is managed cohesively for future generations. Partnership funded by Photograph Credits: The Mersey Forest, Cheshire Wildlife Trust/Tom Marshall, Jeff Clarke Ecology, Day Star Theatre, Mike Roberts, Saul Burton. The Saltscape Vision The Saltscape • To protect, restore, enhance and The Saltscape is an area of central Cheshire extending along the River Weaver from Frodsham manage this unique place as one to the salt towns of Northwich, Winsford and Middlewich. The landscape owes much of its environment. distinctive character to man’s exploitation of salt, creating a landscape rare both nationally • Reconnect people with their and internationally. landscape and heritage. Salt Legacy (Natural features) Salt Legacy (Built features) • Make the area a better place to Creation of Water Vole habitat at Repair and refurbishment of live, work and visit. Sutton Bridge in the north of the the heritage toll buildings at Weaver Valley. Anderton Boat Lift. Making it happen Frodsham Over the next three years over £1.4m will be Comberbach invested on projects to achieve this vision. Our projects are split into four areas: Salt Legacy Lostock Gralam • Restoring and protecting the natural Salt People Weaverham and built features of the Weaver Valley. Northwich Supporting local projects Rudheath Salt People through the Saltscape Hartford • Supporting the community to Community Grant Scheme. conserve the salt landscape Davenham long into the future. Salt Skills Moulton Salt Way Preserving the past for the • Making the Weaver Valley more future, with local history research accessible to people. training and tours at the Salterswall Salt Skills Cheshire Records Office. Winsford Middlewich • Developing specialist skills in the community. Salt Way An example of our work within each of the four areas is highlighted on the map Upgrade of the river side opposite. Visit www.saltscape.co.uk for a towpath between Vale Royal Locks and the Blue Bridge full list of our projects. south of Northwich. www.saltscape.co.uk.