Peckforton
Peckforton is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Peckforton is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The settlement is located 6.5 miles (10.5 km) to the north east of Malpas and 7.5 miles (12.1 km) to the west of Nantwich. The civil parish covers 1,754 acres (710 ha), with an estimated total population of 150 in 2006. The area is predominantly agricultural. Nearby villages include Bulkeley to the south, Beeston to the north, Higher Burwardsley to the west, Spurstow to the east and Bunbury to the north east.
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Worth seeing in and around Peckforton
8 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.
- 01Peckforton Castle
Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills one mile northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England.
1.7 km · Grade I listed country house in Peckforton, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Boniface's Church, Bunbury
St Boniface's Church stands prominently in the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
3.4 km · Grade I listed church in Bunbury, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St John's Church, Burwardsley
St John's Church is in School Lane, Burwardsley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
2.4 km · grade II listed church in Burwardsley, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04The Chantry House
The Chantry House, also known as the Chantry Priests' House and formerly the Old School House, is a medieval half-timbered or "black-and-white" house, dating from around 1527, in Bunbury, Cheshire, England. It was originally associated with the chantry chapel in the nearby parish church of St Boniface, founded by Sir Ralph Egerton.
3.3 km · Grade II* listed building in Bunbury, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Beeston Towers
Beeston Towers is a former country house near the village of Beeston, Cheshire, England. It stands on the A49 road some 1 mile to the east of the village.
3.3 km · grade II listed English country house in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Bunbury Mill
Bunbury Mill is a watermill located to the east of the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. After being at risk of demolition, it has been restored as a working museum.
3.7 km · Grade II listed building in Bunbury, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Bulkeley Hall
Bulkeley Hall is a country house to the southwest of the village of Bulkeley, Cheshire, England. It dates from the middle of the 18th century, and was built for Thomas Bulkeley.
3.1 km · country house to the southwest of the village of Bulkeley, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Bulkeley Methodist Church
Bulkeley Methodist Church is in Wrexham Road in the village of Bulkeley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
2.1 km · grade II listed church in Bulkeley, Cheshire East, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Peckforton
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 28 km · Manchester (MAN), 39 km · Birmingham (BHX), 96 km
- Stations
- Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station, 3.6 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Peckforton87 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £10–14
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Peckforton104 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £12–16
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Peckforton108 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Peckforton
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 Peckforton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Peckforton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Peckforton
Peckforton is 39 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bunburyvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, UK3.4 km
- Beestonvillage and civil parish in Cheshire West, Cheshire, UK1.6 km
- Spurstowvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK2 km
- Haughtonvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Bickertonvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK3.5 km
- Burwardsleyvillage and civil parish in Cheshire West, England, UK3 km