Congleton #6 - Cheshire, UK.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Poole/Freeman
N 53° 09.393 W 002° 12.080
30U E 553404 N 5889983
A lucky 7 of 9 waymarks with a tally of 9 located around the town of Congleton.
Waymark Code: WM146BF
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/28/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
Views: 2
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Congleton is a market town located about half way between Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent and to the west of the Macclesfield Canal in the Dane Valley in south east Cheshire.

The town has a bustling shopping centre, its own theatre many historic buildings and a fantastic park.

Congleton is well known for its festivals, flowers, ribbons, beers and bears! and is known locally as 'Beartown'. In the 1620s Congleton became notorious when bear-baiting and cockfighting were popular sports. When the old bear became ill and died just before the Wakes the town lacked the money to pay for a new, more aggressive bear. Legend has it that Congleton used the money it had saved to buy a new Bible to pay for a new bear instead. This earned the town the nickname 'Beartown'. Source: visit link

This lucky 7 is centred at the Macclesfield Canal Aqueduct.

The Macclesfield Canal was one of the last narrow canals to be built and runs approximately 28 miles from Harding's Wood Junction on the Trent and Mersey Canal, along the edge of the western Pennine hills to Marple Junction on the Peak Forest Canal. The canal was built to serve the mills, mines and quarries of the Marple, Poynton, Bollington, Macclesfield and Congleton areas as well as to provide a link from Manchester to the Potteries and Midlands in competition with the Trent & Mersey, Bridgewater route.' Source: visit link

These are the waymarks that are included in this lucky 7.

    2. Buildings > Government and Services > Post Offices > WM126J4 > High Town Post Office
    3. Business > Food and Drink > Pubs and Inns > WM124T7 > The Wharf Inn
    4. Culture > Immortalized in Lyrics > WM1252P > "Congleton Bear" - John Tams
    6. History > UK Historical Markers > WM124RZ > Macclesfield Canal
    8. Monuments > Dedicated Benches > WM126HX > Judith Thwaite
    11. Recreation > Public Playgrounds > WM126CV > Thames Close Play Area
    12. Signs > Pictorial Pub Signs > WM124TE > The Wharf Inn
    13. Structures > Bridges > Arch Bridges > WM121W9 > Macclesfield Canal Aqueduct
    14. Technology > Fabrication > Barber Poles > WM126HY > Alter Ego Barbers
Department Number, Category Name, and Waymark Code:
    2. Buildings > Government and Services > Post Offices > WM126J4
    3. Business > Food and Drink > Pubs and Inns > WM124T7
    4. Culture > Immortalized in Lyrics > WM1252P
    6. History > UK Historical Markers > WM124RZ
    8. Monuments > Dedicated Benches > WM126HX
    11. Recreation > Public Playgrounds > WM126CV
    12. Signs > Pictorial Pub Signs > WM124TE
    13. Structures > Bridges > Arch Bridges > WM121W9
    14. Technology > Fabrication > Barber Poles > WM126HY


Check if all of your waymarks are within a 0.1 mile?: no

Tally: 9

Reused Waymarks: no

Did you have fun while doing this waymark?: yes
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Mike_bjm visited Congleton #6 - Cheshire, UK. 06/17/2019 Mike_bjm visited it