Alvanley
Alvanley is a small rural village and civil parish near Helsby, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Alvanley is a small rural village and civil parish near Helsby, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is on the B5393 road and near junction 14 of the M56 motorway. According to the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 472.
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Worth seeing in and around Alvanley
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.
- 01Kingsley Castle
Kingsley Castle, also known as Castle Cob, a medieval motte near Kingsley, Cheshire, England. It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
3.8 km · also known as Castle Cob, a medieval motte near Kingsley, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St John the Evangelist's Church, Alvanley
St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Alvanley, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Frodsham.
100 m · church in Alvanley, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Frodsham Castle
Frodsham Castle was in the market town of Frodsham, Cheshire, England. Initially it served a military purpose, it then became a manor house and a gaol.
3.9 km · Castle in England · Wikipedia - 04St Luke's Church, Dunham on the Hill
St Luke's Church is in the village of Dunham on the Hill, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Frodsham, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
2.6 km · grade II listed church in Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Paul's Church, Helsby
St Paul's Church is in the village of Helsby, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Frodsham.
1.9 km · Grade II listed church in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Alvanley Hall
Alvanley Hall is in Manley Road, 0.25 miles to the southeast of the village of Alvanley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
700 m · house in Alvanley, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Austerson Old Hall
Austerson Old Hall is 1 mile southeast of the village of Alvanley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
1.4 km · grade II listed English country house in Alvanley, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Hapsford Hall
Hapsford Hall is a country house about 1 mile south-west of Helsby, Cheshire, England. It was built in the late 18th or early 19th century and incorporates a former farmhouse; additions and alterations have been made since it was built.
2.3 km · grade II listed English country house in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of St Cuthbert by the Forest
The Church of St Cuthbert by the Forest is in the village of Mouldsworth, Cheshire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic church in the diocese of Shrewsbury.
3.7 km · church in Mouldsworth, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Helsby War Memorial
Helsby War Memorial was built to commemorate the servicemen of Helsby lost in active service in the First World War. It was unveiled in 1920, and the names of those lost in the Second World War were added later.
1.9 km · war memorial in Helsby, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Alvanley
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 10 km · Manchester (MAN), 33 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 99 km
- Stations
- Helsby railway station, 1.8 km · Mouldsworth railway station, 3.6 km · Dunham Hill railway station, 3.2 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Alvanley17 km · quickest by road, 40 min · £2.5–3
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Alvanley112 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £14–18
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Alvanley104 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £12–16
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Alvanley
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 Alvanley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe town centre is quickly reachable by taking the A568 bypass south (Watkinson Way) and turning west onto A562 (Fiddler's Ferry Road).
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Next door to Alvanley
Alvanley is 22 km from Liverpool, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Helsbyvillage and civil parish in Cheshire West and Cheshire, Cheshire, England, UK1.7 km
- Mouldsworthvillage and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Manleyvillage and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, United Kingdom1.9 km