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.Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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 include 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. It was formerly in the parish of Chorlton-by-Backford. The house was built probably in the middle of the 18th century.
Blue Planet Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Alan Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Blue Planet Aquarium is a marine and freshwater aquarium located by the Cheshire Oaks retail and leisure complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. Blue Planet Aquarium is situated 1½ miles northeast of Backford.
Capenhurst railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capenhurst railway station serves the village of Capenhurst and its substantial industrial facilities, in Cheshire, England. It also serves outer suburbs of Ellesmere Port. 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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbot's Meads is a suburb of Chester in Cheshire, England. Abbot's Meads is north-west of Chester city centre. The Countess of Chester Hospital is nearby. The population as taken in the 2011 census can be found under Chester. Abbot’s Meads is situated 2½ miles south of Backford.
Blacon
Suburb
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blacon is a suburb of Chester, in Cheshire, England. It is predominantly a council housing estate and was formerly regarded as one of the largest council estates in Europe. Blacon is situated 2½ miles southwest of Backford.
Ellesmere Port
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ellesmere Port is in West Cheshire. Surrounding villages include Willaston, Neston, Parkgate, and Hooton.
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″ northLongitude
-2.90169° or 2° 54′ 6″ westPopulation
380Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
9C5V63RX+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 13889551OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656675Wikidata ID
Q2174040
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Backford” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بكفرد”
- Bengali: “ব্যাকফোর্ড”
- Cebuano: “Backford”
- Chinese: “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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