Saltscape and the Lion Salt Works Museum will be holding an Archaeology Open Day on Saturday 29th July from 10am-4pm.    The day will give the whole family the chance to try their hand at techniques such as digging and identifying finds to experience the excitement of archaeology. Visitors will be able to and see […]

On Friday 23 June, the UK’s prestigious Geologists’ Association unveiled four new display panels at the multi award-winning Lion Salt Works Museum in Northwich, Cheshire. Funded by the Association’s Curry Fund, the boards give in-depth geological information about the salt beds beneath Cheshire and are designed to appeal to the country’s many amateur and professional […]

Saltscape’s group of local history volunteers and community archaeologists visited the local archives office in Chester last month.   Cheshire Archives and Local Studies collects, protects and promotes interest in and the use of records and printed material relating to the historic county of Cheshire. The service identifies, collects and cares for archives and publications […]