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Lea-by-Backford
Hamlet in England

Lea-by-Backford

Lea-by-Backford is a hamlet and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

It is situated between Chester and Ellesmere Port, west of the A41 trunk road and to the north of the Shropshire Union Canal. Backford is approximately 1.2 mi (2 km) to the east and Mollington is approximately 1.2 mi (2 km) to the south.

How locals move

Getting around Lea-by-Backford the local way

  • Get inManchester – Manchester Airport, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road every 30 minutes, taking just over an hour via Warrington and Runcorn, and continuing along the Welsh coast to Holyhead (for Dublin ferries).

From Wikivoyage: Chester, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Phlips photos (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.