The picturesque village of Malpas has pretty black and white timber framed houses lining its streets, along with a raft of independent shops, cafes and pubs.
But there's also a hidden historic gem at the very heart of this beautiful village, which community leaders are hoping to make more accessible to visitors in the future.
For at the very highest point of the historic village is the Castle Hill Motte - the moat where once a tower would have stood, with a hidden dungeon beneath, thought to have been built back in the 11th century, along with a number of castles on the Cheshire ridge to protect the English borders from the Welsh. READ MORE: The beautiful village that looks like an Italian resort You can see the grass-covered motte if you walk through the graveyard of the imposing 14th century St Oswald's Church - with a circle of gravestones atmospherically placed all around its perimeter.
But there is no public access to the Castle Hill top - the closest you can get is by peering across the local bowling green, private land that you can't get through.
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