The cute historic village just off the M6 where bears take over the lanes all summer
05.08.2023 - 05:49
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Head into the historic village of Brereton in Cheshire this summer, and you're sure of a big surprise. For the cute little village, just a mile off the M6 at junction 17, is filled with adorable BEARS across August.
Not just a few bears either. We're talking 200 different teddy bears to hunt out across the winding country lanes of Brereton Green, Brereton Heath and neighbouring hamlets in South Cheshire.
It's all part of the village's annual Brereton Bear Festival which brings visitors in their droves to this pretty part of the world. You can expect to see a range of quirky and pun-tastic bear displays all across the village, and you could win a prize if you find them all.
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This year it includes the likes of "Bearling Haaland" styled like the treble-winning Man City star, "Spare Bear" in a nod to Prince Harry, and "Brereton Bearport" with an entire runway in a village garden. There are bear cricketers, traffic wardens and one even styled like Boris Johnson having a party (naturally) called "Bears no party here".
But away from the bears, there are plenty of other attractions too in this quirky village which is steeped in history and first mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Bretune". It boasts a Jacobean pub, a cute farm shop and an ancient church dating back to the 1500s, as well as a large country park at Brereton Heath popular with walkers and with an array of ducks, swans and wild birds in its pool.
The pub, The Bear's Head, is an imposing black and white timber building on the main A50 running through the village dating back to 1615. It is named after the local Brereton legend that would go on to inspire the annual Bear