Cronton
Cronton is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, in England. The village is surrounded by green belt land. Over the county border in Cheshire, Widnes town centre is 2.3 miles to the south-southeast.Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,240 residents
- Description: village in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, in Merseyside, England
- Also known as: “Cronton, Merseyside”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Bartholomew’s Church, Rainhill and Tower College.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Rainhill
Church
Photo: Pjposullivan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Bartholomew's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Rainhill, Merseyside. It was built in 1838–40 in the style of the Church of San Bartholomew on the Island in Rome.
Tower College
School
Photo: 24may1819, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tower College is an English independent non-denominational Christian school for boys and girls aged 3–16.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farnworth and Rainhill.
Farnworth
Suburb
Photo: Peter I. Vardy, Public domain.
Farnworth is a northern area of the town of Widnes in Halton, Cheshire, England. Originally a village lying between Prescot and Penketh, it is an electoral ward in the Borough of Halton with a population in 2021 of 7,990.
Rainhill
Suburb
Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rainhill is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. The population at the 2011 census was 10,853. Historically part of Lancashire, Rainhill was a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Prescot and hundred of West Derby. Rainhill is situated 1½ miles north of Cronton.
Ditton
Suburb
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ditton is a residential area of the town of Widnes, in the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It borders Halebank to the south and west, Hough Green to the north and north west and an area just outside Widnes town centre to the east. Ditton is situated 1½ miles south of Cronton.
Cronton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Cronton, Knowsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.39118° or 53° 23′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.76208° or 2° 45′ 44″ westPopulation
1,240Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RNOOpen location code
9C5V96RQ+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 30578517OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cronton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cronton”
- Cebuano: “Cronton”
- Dutch: “Cronton”
- French: “Cronton”
- Irish: “Cronton”
- Ladin: “Cronton”
- Polish: “Cronton”
- Swedish: “Cronton”
- Turkish: “Cronton”
- Welsh: “Cronton”
- “Cronton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cronton Church of England Primary Academy and Holy Family Catholic Primary School.
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