Cuerdley
Cuerdley is a civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England.
Cuerdley is a civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It has a population of 107 and much of its area is farmland. A large part of Cuerdley is occupied by the Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, which was decommissioned in 2020. The small settlement of Cuerdley Cross is on the A562 to the north of the power station site.
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Worth seeing in and around Cuerdley
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.
- 01Norton Priory Museum and Gardens
Norton Priory is a historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of an abbey complex dating from the 12th to 16th centuries, and an 18th-century country house; it is now a museum. The remains are a scheduled ancient monument and are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
3.4 km · historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Halton Stadium
The Halton Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Widnes, Cheshire, England. The stadium is all seater and has a total capacity of 13,350.
3.9 km · sports stadium in Widnes · Wikipedia - 03St Bede's Church, Widnes
St Bede's Church is in Appleton Village, Widnes, Cheshire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
3.3 km · church in Appleton, Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Moore Hall, Cheshire
Moore Hall is a country house located in the village of Moore, Cheshire, England. It was built in the early 18th century, and is constructed in roughcast brick with a slate roof.
3.9 km · country house in Moore, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Riverside College Halton
Riverside College is a further education college based over two sites in Widnes, Cheshire, England. It was rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted following an inspection in 2020, and received its second “Outstanding” rating from Ofsted in 2024.
3.7 km · college in Halton, UK · Wikipedia - 06Red Lodge,
Red Lodge, is in Manor Farm Road, Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England. Built originally as a lodge at the entrance to the estate of Norton Priory, it was later converted into a private house.
2.8 km · grade II listed building in Norton, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Widnes War Memorial
Widnes War Memorial stands in Victoria Park, Widnes, Cheshire, England. It commemorates the serving men who lost their lives in the two world wars.
3.3 km · war memorial in Widnes, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Widnes Town Hall
Widnes Town Hall is a municipal building in Victoria Road in Widnes, Cheshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Widnes Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
3.6 km · town hall in Halton, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Victoria Park, Widnes
Victoria Park is the premier urban park in Widnes, Cheshire, England. It is managed by Halton Borough Council.
3.3 km · park in Widnes, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10St Ambrose Church, Widnes
St Ambrose Church, in Widnes, England, was built in 1882 to a design by James Francis Doyle of Liverpool.
2.1 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cuerdley
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 12 km · Manchester (MAN), 27 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 87 km
- Stations
- Widnes railway station, 3.6 km · Sankey railway station, 2.9 km · Warrington West railway station, 3.6 km · Moore railway station, 3.5 km · Daresbury railway station, 3.8 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Cuerdley89 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £9–12
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Cuerdley112 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £14–18
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Cuerdley112 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £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 Cuerdley
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 Cuerdley. 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 Cuerdley
Cuerdley is 20 km from Liverpool, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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