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River Weaver

The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west , northern . Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1721 and the work, which included eleven locks, was completed in 1732.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Rocksavage Power Station and Frodsham railway station.

Power station
Photo: Peter Gordois, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an 800 MWe gas-fired power station in , off the A557, at the junction of the River Weaver and , and near junction 12 of the M56.

Railway station
Photo: David Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of , , England. The station is managed by Transport for Wales. It was opened along with the line in 1850 and the station building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
or Rock Savage was an Elizabethan mansion in , England, which served as the primary seat of the Savage family. The house lies in ruins, at SJ526799 in Clifton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weston and Beechwood.

Village
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or Village is a historic village in the district, in the ceremonial county of , England. Formerly a separate village, it is now part of the town of .

Suburb
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is a residential area of , England. It was designated as part of Runcorn's New Town in 1964 and allocated for private housing in the masterplan of 1967.

Town
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is a market town, civil parish, and electoral ward in the unitary authority of and the ceremonial county of , England.

River Weaver

Latitude
53.31001° or 53° 18′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.7311° or 2° 43′ 52″ west
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Open location code
9C5V8769+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 2976794
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2634624
Wiki­data ID
Q1634834
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“River Weaver” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Weaver”
  • Cebuano: “River Weaver”
  • Chinese: “威弗河”
  • Chinese: “韋弗河”
  • Chinese: “韦弗河”
  • Dutch: “River Weaver”
  • Dutch: “Weaver”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر وياڤير”
  • German: “River Weaver”
  • German: “Weaver”
  • Hebrew: “ויבר”
  • Italian: “Weaver (fiume)”
  • Italian: “Weaver”
  • Latin: “Weverus”
  • Polish: “Weaver”
  • Russian: “Уивер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Weaver”
  • Swedish: “River Weaver”
  • Welsh: “Afon Weaver”

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Localities in the Area

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