Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England.
Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. It superseded the boroughs of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal and the City of Chester. The remainder of the ceremonial county of Cheshire is composed of Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington. Cheshire West and Chester has three key urban areas: Chester, Ellesmere Port and Northwich/Winsford.
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Getting to Cheshire West and Chester
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 14 km · Manchester (MAN), 44 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 110 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Cheshire West and Chester48 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £5–7
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Cheshire West and Chester105 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £12–15
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Cheshire West and Chester108 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £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 Cheshire West and Chester
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 Cheshire West and Chester. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inManchester – Manchester Airport, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road every 30 minutes, taking just over an hour via Warrington and Runcorn, and continuing along the Welsh coast to Holyhead (for Dublin ferries).
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Next door to Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester is 21 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.