Risley
Risley is a district in the northeast corner of Warrington, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it lies south of Culcheth and is historically part of the parish of Croft.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighbourhood in Warrington, Cheshire, England
- Also known as: “Risley, Warrington”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HM Prison Risley and Birchwood Forest Park.
HM Prison Risley
Prison
HM Prison Risley is a category C men's prison, located in the Risley area of Warrington, Cheshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
Birchwood Forest Park
Park
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchwood Forest Park covers the area formerly occupied by the Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Risley, in Birchwood, Warrington, in north-west England. The park covers an area of 500 acres and stretches from the M6 in the west to the M62, junction 11, in the east.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Michelle Grose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is in Lady Lane, Croft, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Winwick, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birchwood and Croft.
Birchwood
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchwood is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The parish had a population of 10,614 at the 2021 census. Located originally in Lancashire, it was built as a new town in the 1970s.
Croft
Village
Photo: Ronald Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croft is a village and civil parish in Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England, about four miles north of Warrington town centre. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,920. It is a semi-rural, residential district.
Culcheth
Village
Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culcheth is a village in the civil parish of Culcheth and Glazebury, in the Warrington district, in Cheshire, England, six miles north-east of Warrington.
Risley
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Birchwood, Warrington, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.43143° or 53° 25′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.52718° or 2° 31′ 38″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RISOpen location code
9C5VCFJF+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 8762953185OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
2639307Wikidata ID
Q7336314
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Risley” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ريسلي”
- Japanese: “リズリー”
- Japanese: “リズレイ”
- Polish: “Risley”
- “Risley”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Risley”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.