Little Leigh
Little Leigh is a civil parish and village within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Little Leigh is a civil parish and village within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated on high ground on the north bank of the River Weaver; it is approximately 2 miles north of Weaverham on the A533 road and about three miles north-west of Northwich. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 567.
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Worth seeing in and around Little Leigh
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.
- 01Trent and Mersey Canal
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93+1⁄2-mile canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Middlewich, it is a wide canal.
3.6 km · canal in England · Wikipedia - 02Dutton Horse Bridge
Dutton Horse Bridge is a timber twin-span footbridge across part of the Weaver navigation, near the villages of Acton Bridge and Dutton in Cheshire, England. The bridge is located at SJ 583 767, between the Dutton Locks and Dutton Viaduct.
3.4 km · grade II listed bridge in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Mary's Church, Weaverham
St Mary's Ecumenical Church is a Church of England / Methodist Local Ecumenical Project in the village of Weaverham, Cheshire, England. The church is the parish church of Weaverham and Acton Bridge and part of the Methodist Northwich and Winsford Circuit.
1.7 km · Grade I listed church in Weaverham, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Christ Church, Crowton
Christ Church, Crowton, is in Station Road, Crowton, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Frodsham, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
4 km · grade II listed church in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Acton swing bridge
Acton Swing Bridge is a swing bridge spanning the River Weaver in the village of Acton Bridge in north Cheshire, England. First operated in 1933, it carries the A49 trunk road.
1.7 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Hefferston Grange
Hefferston Grange is a former country house to the southwest of the village of Weaverham, Cheshire, England. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
2.8 km · country house in Weaverham, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Michael and All Angels Church, Little Leigh
St Michael and All Angels Church is in the village of Little Leigh, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
200 m · Grade II listed church in Little Leigh, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Statue of Ludwig Mond
The Statue of Ludwig Mond stands outside the entrance to Mond House in Brunner Mond Works, Winnington, Cheshire, England. Ludwig Mond was born in Germany but spent most of his working life in England.
3.1 km · statue in Winnington, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Statue of Sir John Tomlinson Brunner
The Statue of Sir John Brunner stands outside the entrance to Mond House in Brunner Mond Works, Winnington, Cheshire, England. Sir John Brunner was an English industrialist, politician and local benefactor.
3.1 km · statue in Winnington, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Christ Church, Barnton
Christ Church is in the village of Barnton, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Great Budworth, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
2.2 km · grade II listed church in Barnton, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Little Leigh
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 19 km · Manchester (MAN), 21 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 89 km
- Stations
- Acton Bridge railway station, 2.3 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Little Leigh89 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £10–13
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Little Leigh83 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £9–12
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Little Leigh100 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £11–15
- 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 Little Leigh
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 Little Leigh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Manchester Airport a direct train runs hourly, taking 50 min via Manchester city centre and Newton-le-Willows, and continues to Runcorn, Chester, and along the north Welsh coast to Llandudno Junction, for Holyhead and ferries to Ireland.
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Next door to Little Leigh
Little Leigh is 30 km from Liverpool, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Barntonvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK2.2 km
- Weaverhamvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, UK1.9 km
- Comberbachvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK3.6 km
- Acton Bridgevillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England2.8 km
- Anderton Boat Lifttwo caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, England, UK3 km
- Anderton with Marburycivil parish in Cheshire West and Chester3.2 km