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Agden, Cheshire East

Agden is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Little Bollington with Agden, in the borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

The place

Agden is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Little Bollington with Agden, in the borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is near High Legh, and about 15 miles (24 km) south-west from Manchester City Centre. It is the site of Agden Hall. According to the 2001 census, the population of the civil parish was 146. Because the population is so small, it did not have a parish council, instead, relying on a parish meeting.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Agden, Cheshire East

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Bridgewater Canal

    The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester.

    700 m · canal in North West England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dunham Castle

    Dunham Castle is an early medieval castle in Dunham Massey, a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

    1.7 km · castle in Dunham Massey, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Watch Hill Castle

    Watch Hill Castle is a medieval motte-and-bailey on the boundary of Bowdon and Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it is a scheduled monument.

    2.1 km · medieval castle in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St John's Church, High Legh

    St John's Church is an active Anglican parish church in the village of High Legh, Cheshire, England. It is in the deanery of Knutsford, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the diocese of Chester.

    3.2 km · grade II listed timber-framed church in High Legh, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Dunham Massey Hall

    Dunham Massey Hall, usually known simply as Dunham Massey, is an English country house in the parish of Dunham Massey, in the district of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. During World War I, it was temporarily used as the Stamford Military Hospital.

    1.7 km · Grade I listed building in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon

    The Church of St Mary the Virgin is in the village and electoral ward of Bowdon near Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

    3.3 km · church in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Mary's Chapel, High Legh

    St Mary's Chapel is a former Anglican parish church in the village of High Legh, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

    3.3 km · Grade II* listed church in High Legh, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Mary's Church, Rostherne

    St Mary's Church lies between the village of Rostherne and Rostherne Mere in Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

    2.8 km · church in Rostherne, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Denzell House

    Denzell House is a Grade II* listed building on Dunham Road in Bowdon, a suburb of Altrincham, within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it is noted for its Victorian architecture and historical significance.

    3.1 km · house in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of St Margaret

    The Church of St Margaret is an Anglican parish church on Dunham Road in Altrincham, a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It forms part of the ecclesiastical deanery of Bowdon in the Diocese of Chester.

    3.9 km · church in Trafford, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Agden, Cheshire East

Airports
Manchester (MAN), 9 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 29 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 74 km
Stations
Dunham Massey railway station, 2.5 km · Heatley & Warburton railway station, 3.2 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Agden, Cheshire East
    119 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £13–18
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Agden, Cheshire East
    106 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £12–16
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Agden, Cheshire East
    80 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £9–11
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Agden, Cheshire East

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Agden, Cheshire East. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundThere is an off-road walk through The Dingle between the town centre and Lymm Dam.

From Wikivoyage: Lymm, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Isle of ArranGB

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    302 km
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    Isle of WightGB

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  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

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If you know how people move in Agden, Cheshire East – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Agden, Cheshire East

Agden, Cheshire East is 17 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • High Leghvillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK3.2 km
  • Merevillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, UK3.4 km
  • Halevillage in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England4 km
  • Bowdonvillage in Greater Manchester, UK3.2 km
  • Dunham Masseycivil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England1.6 km
  • Arthillvillage in Cheshire, England, UK400 m