Tarporley has been named as the best village to live in in the North West. The Cheshire West village has been named as one of the best places to live in the North West by The Sunday Times and is the only village on the list.

With its long, wide Georgian high street, stunning architecture and idyllic country surroundings, Tarporley was pipped to top spot by Liverpool in the North West category.

Judges for the annual guide praised Tarporley's high street, saying: "Tarporley is Cheshire at its most well-heeled and welcoming.

"Families love the excellent schools and the high street is both glamorous and practical, with boutiques and interior shops side by side with a pharmacy and hardware store."

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Tarporley joins Manchester, Penrith, Rawtenstall, Sale and Stockport as runners-up to Liverpool in the Best Places to Live 2023 list. The list, published this morning (March 24), features 72 locations across the country and is topped by Wadhurst in East Sussex.

Much like Tarporley, Wadhurst was praised as having “pretty much everything needed for modern life in miniature." Tarporley was earlier this month named as one of the 'coolest' places in Cheshire.

The village boasts a stunning high street filled with quirky features, perhaps chief among them being Tarporley's Old Fire Station, that was a unique chocolate shop for twenty-eight years before owners Charles and Sandra Hardy retired. The Old Fire Station is currently being turned into a pub by Cheshire Pub Co. to be called 'The Rascal and Radical'.

Tarporley is the largest village at the centre of a cluster of stunning villages. To the south Bunbury sits in the shadow of the impressive Beeston Castle on its sandstone outcrop that seems to jut straight up from the flat fields.

Three miles to the north, high in the hills, Kelsall is the starting point for a popular walking route through a dramatic valley known locally as Little Switzerland. Also within Tarporley's orbit is the charming village of Little Budworth, with Cheshire's most famous farm shop, The Hollies, located nearby.

Adjacent to The Hollies can be found "Cheshire's best-kept secret," a treasure trove known as Reclaimed World, selling everything from bricks to chandeliers.

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