Backford
Backford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies between Chester and Ellesmere Port on the A41 trunk road, north of the Shropshire Union Canal.- Type: Village with 380 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Backford, Cheshire”
- Neighbors: Ellesmere Port
Places of Interest
Highlights: Chorlton Hall and Blue Planet Aquarium.
Chorlton Hall
Residential area
Chorlton Hall is a country house to the east of the village of Backford, Cheshire, England.
Blue Planet Aquarium
Public aquarium
The Blue Planet Aquarium is a marine and freshwater… Blue Planet Aquarium is situated 1½ miles northeast of Backford.
Capenhurst railway station
Railway station
Capenhurst railway station serves the village… Capenhurst railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Backford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbot’s Meads and Blacon.
Abbot’s Meads
Suburb
Abbot's Meads is a suburb of Chester in Cheshire, England. Abbot’s Meads is situated 2½ miles south of Backford.
Blacon
Suburb
Blacon is a suburb of Chester, England. Blacon is situated 2½ miles southwest of Backford.
Backford
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Backford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.24127° or 53° 14′ 29″ north
Longitude
-2.90169° or 2° 54′ 6″ west
Population
380
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
Open location code
9C5V63RX+G8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Backford” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بكفرد”
- Bengali: “ব্যাকফোর্ড”
- Cebuano: “Backford”
- Chinese: “巴克福特”
- Dutch: “Backford”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بكفرد”
- French: “Backford”
- German: “Backford”
- Gujarati: “બેકફોર્ડ”
- Irish: “Backford”
- Italian: “Backford”
- Japanese: “バックフォード”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ಫೋರ್ಡ್”
- Korean: “백포드”
- Kurdish: “Backford”
- Ladin: “Backford”
- Lithuanian: “Bekfordas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Backford”
- Persian: “بکفورد”
- Polish: “Backford”
- Portuguese: “Backford”
- Russian: “Бэкфорд”
- Spanish: “Backford”
- Swedish: “Backford”
- Tamil: “பாக்போர்ட்”
- Telugu: “బ్యాక్ ఫోర్డ్”
- Turkish: “Backford”
- Urdu: “بیک فورڈ”
- Welsh: “Backford”
- “Backford”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Chorlton and Lea-by-Backford.
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Highlights: St Oswald and The Five Villages Hall.
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