Winsford
Winsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Winsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is on the River Weaver, south of Northwich and west of Middlewich. It grew around the salt mining industry after the river was canalised in the 18th century, allowing freight to be conveyed northwards to the Port of Runcorn on the River Mersey. At the 2021 census the built up area had a population of 32,530 and the parish had a population of 33,547.
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Worth seeing in and around Winsford
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.
- 01St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich
St. Michael and All Angels is the parish church for the town of Middlewich in Cheshire, England.
5 km · church in Middlewich, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Wardle Canal
The Wardle Canal is the shortest canal in the UK, at 154 feet. The canal, in Middlewich, Cheshire, connects the Trent and Mersey Canal to the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, terminating with a single lock known as Wardle Lock.
5.3 km · Canal in Cheshire, England · Wikipedia - 03St Chad's Church, Over
St Chad's Church, Over, is in the town of Winsford, Cheshire, England. It was formerly in the separate town of Over, but with the growth of Winsford it has become part of that town.
1.4 km · church in Over, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St John the Evangelist's Church, Winsford
St John the Evangelist's Church is in Over, Winsford, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
1.9 km · church in Over, Winsford, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Mary's Church, Whitegate
St Mary's Church is in the village of Whitegate, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich.
3.8 km · Grade II listed church in Whitegate, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Christ Church, Wharton
Christ Church, Wharton, is in the town of Winsford, Cheshire, England. It is an active evangelical Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Middlewich.
900 m · church in Cheshire, England · Wikipedia - 07St Wilfrid's Church, Davenham
St Wilfrid's Church is in the village of Davenham, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
4.9 km · church in Davenham, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Middlewich Town Hall
Middlewich Town Hall, also known as Victoria Buildings, is a municipal structure in Lewin Street, Middlewich, Cheshire, England. The building, which was originally commissioned as a technical school and public library, is now the meeting place of Middlewich Town Council.
5.1 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia - 09Hartford Bridge, Cheshire
The Hartford Bridge, or Blue Bridge, is a single-span road bridge crossing the River Weaver at Hartford, Cheshire in England. The bridge is located on the A556 as part of the Northwich bypass.
4.9 km · bridge near Hartford, Cheshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10St John's Church, Hartford
St John the Baptist Church is in the village of Hartford, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is the Anglican parish church of Hartford and Greenbank.
6 km · grade II listed church in Hartford, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Winsford
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 24 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 27 km · East Midlands (EMA), 89 km
- Stations
- Hartford railway station, 5.8 km · Winsford railway station, 1.7 km · Whitegate railway station, 4.1 km · Middlewich railway station, 5.3 km · Winsford and Over railway station, 100 m
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Winsford95 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £11–15
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Winsford93 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £11–15
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Winsford89 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £10–13
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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 Winsford
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 Winsford. 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 Winsford – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Winsford
Winsford is 37 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Middlewichtown and civil parish in Cheshire East, England5.1 km
- Hartfordvillage and civil parish in Cheshire, England6 km
- Davenhamvillage and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England, UK4.7 km
- Moultonvillage and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, UK2.5 km
- Wettenhallvillage and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England5.8 km
- Darnhallvillage in Cheshire, England, UK3.8 km