Preston Brook
Preston Brook is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England.
Preston Brook is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is situated in the borough of Halton and is bordered by the M56 motorway to the north, Dutton to the east, and Runcorn to the south and west.
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Worth seeing in and around Preston Brook
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.
- 01Halton Castle
Halton Castle is a castle in the village of Halton, part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. The castle is on the top of Halton Hill, a sandstone prominence overlooking the village.
3.2 km · ruins of castle with later buildings in Halton, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Trent 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.
3.2 km · canal in England · Wikipedia - 03Diocese of Chester
The Diocese of Chester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York covering the pre-1974 county of Cheshire and therefore including the Wirral and parts of Stockport, Trafford and Tameside.
1.6 km · diocese of the Church of England · Wikipedia - 04Norton 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.
3.2 km · historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05All Saints' Church, Daresbury
All Saints' Church is in the village of Daresbury, Cheshire, England. It is known for its association with Lewis Carroll who is commemorated in its stained glass windows depicting characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
2.9 km · church in Daresbury, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Daresbury Hall
Daresbury Hall is a former Georgian country house in the village of Daresbury, Cheshire, England. It was built in 1759 for George Heron.
2.9 km · house in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Rocksavage
Rocksavage or Rock Savage was an Elizabethan mansion in Cheshire, England, which served as the primary seat of the Savage family. The house lies in ruins, at SJ526799 in Clifton.
4 km · grade II listed ruins in Halton, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Cockcroft Institute
The Cockcroft Institute is an international centre for Accelerator Science and Technology in the UK. It was proposed in September 2003 and officially opened in September 2006. It is a joint venture of Lancaster University, the University of Liverpool, the University of Manchester, the University of Strathclyde, the Science and Technology Facilities Council, and the Northwest Regional Development Agency.
3.2 km · scientific research institute in Cheshire, England · Wikipedia - 09Red 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.
3.6 km · grade II listed building in Norton, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Norton Water Tower
Norton Water Tower is a water tower in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
1.7 km · Grade II listed water tower in Norton, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Preston Brook
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 13 km · Manchester (MAN), 25 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 89 km
- Stations
- Runcorn East railway station, 1.2 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Preston Brook90 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £10–13
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Preston Brook107 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £13–18
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Preston Brook65 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £8–11
- 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 Preston Brook
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 Preston Brook. 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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If you know how people move in Preston Brook – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Preston Brook
Preston Brook is 24 km from Liverpool, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Daresburyvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England2.8 km
- Sutton Weavervillage and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester district of Cheshire, England; formerly named Sutton2.2 km
- Duttoncivil parish and village within Cheshire West and Chester in Cheshire, England1.6 km
- Astonvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK2.2 km
- Hattonvillage and civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, UK4 km
- Haltonvillage in Cheshire, UK; part of the town of Runcorn3 km