Halton

The Borough of Halton is a local authority district with borough status in the ceremonial county of , . It is administered by Halton Borough Council, a unitary authority since 1998.
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  • Type: unitary authority area in England with 129,000 residents
  • Description: local government district in Cheshire, North West England
  • Also known as: Borough of Halton” and “Halton, Cheshire

Places of Interest

Highlights include Runcorn railway station and Runcorn Town Hall.

Railway station
is in the industrial town of in , north-west . The station lies on the branch of the West Coast Main Line/Crewe-Liverpool Lime Street line via Runcorn and Liverpool South Parkway between / and and is managed by Avanti West Coast.

Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is in Heath Road, , , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

Bridge
The crosses the and the Manchester Ship Canal at between and in Halton, England. It is a through arch bridge with a main arch span of 361 yards.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Runcorn and Widnes.

The industrial inland port of is a treasure trove of architectural styles, from medieval ruins to 1970s utopia. Its impressive bridges across the River Mersey mark the gateway north to cosmopolitan and south to leafy .

is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, , , which at the 2021 census had a population of 62,400. Historically in , it is on the northern bank of the where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap.

Suburb
is a residential area of the town of , in the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of , England. It borders to the south and west, to the north and north west and an area just outside Widnes town centre to the east. is situated 2½ miles north of Halton.

Halton

Latitude
53.3333° or 53° 20′ north
Longitude
-2.75° or 2° 45′ west
Population
129,000
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Abbreviation
“HAL”
Open location code
9C5V87M2+82
Geo­Names ID
2647601
Wiki­data ID
Q376141
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Halton” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Halton
  • Belarusian: Халтан
  • Bengali: হাটন
  • Bengali: হাল্টন
  • Cebuano: Borough of Halton
  • Chinese: Halton
  • Chinese: 侯頓
  • Chinese: 哈尔顿
  • Chinese: 哈爾頓鎮
  • Chinese: 霍尔顿市
  • Chinese: 霍爾頓
  • Chinese: 霍爾頓市
  • Dutch: Halton
  • Esperanto: Halton
  • French: Halton
  • German: Borough of Halton
  • Gujarati: હાલ્ટન
  • Gujarati: હોલ્ટન
  • Hungarian: Borough of Halton
  • Irish: Halton
  • Italian: Borgo di Halton
  • Italian: Halton
  • Japanese: バラ・オブ・ハルトン
  • Japanese: ハルトン
  • Japanese: ホルトン
  • Kannada: ಹ್ಯಾಲ್ಟನ್
  • Korean: 홀턴구
  • Latvian: Holtona
  • Lithuanian: Haltonas
  • Luxembourgish: Halton
  • Min Nan Chinese: Halton
  • Northern Frisian: Borough of Halton
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Halton
  • Norwegian: Halton
  • Persian: هالتون
  • Polish: Halton
  • Portuguese: Halton
  • Romanian: Halton
  • Russian: Халтон
  • Russian: Холтон
  • Scots: Borough o Halton
  • Scots: Halton
  • Serbo-Croatian: Halton
  • Slovak: Halton
  • Slovenian: Halton
  • Spanish: Halton
  • Swedish: Borough of Halton
  • Tamil: ஹால்டன்
  • Telugu: హల్టన్
  • Telugu: హాల్టన్
  • Ukrainian: Галтон
  • Ukrainian: Халтон
  • Urdu: بورو ہالٹن
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Halton
  • Halton

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