Museum could make and sell Cheshire salt (From Warrington Guardian)

Museum could make and sell Cheshire salt

BLOCKS of Cheshire salt will be made and sold in Marston if a lottery grant to establish a working museum is successful.

But mindless vandals are regularly damaging the Lion Salt Works, in Marston, which is the only surviving example of open pan salt works

It is listed alongside Stonehenge as one of the most important heritage sites in Britain..

In December it won £174,250 for its final feasibility study but vandals have been a costly irritation for the past six months.

Project manager Andrew Fielding said: "We have an ongoing problem with local youths damaging doors, fences and windows.

"It causes a great deal of nuisance, inconvenience and expense in repairing things but nobody seems to ever see anything."

But despite the problems he is confident the salt works will win the £4.5million it needs to become a fully working industrial museum.

And there are volunteering opportunities for those wanting to help get the unique project up and running.

Andrew said: "It will be a major tourist attraction on the canal and link in with the Anderton Boat Lift.

Workshops

"Like the candle workshops, you will be able to see something being made and then buy it in the shops.

"We also hope to sell the blocks of salt to retailers around the country, marketing them as a 'Made in Cheshire' product.

"You can't get much more Cheshire than Cheshire salt and we'd really like some local people to come and help give us a hand."

Anyone interested can contact Andrew Fielding on 01606 41823.

ecummins@guardiangrp.co.uk