St. Helens

The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a local government district with borough status in , . The borough is named after its largest settlement, It is one of the six boroughs of the Liverpool City Region.
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  • Type: metropolitan borough with 178,000 residents
  • Description: metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England
  • Also known as: Metropolitan Borough of St Helens”, “Metropolitan Borough of St. Helens”, “Saint Helens”, “St Helens”, and “St. Helens (Merseyside, England)

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lea Green railway station and Rainhill railway station.

Railway station
is in , , England, three miles south of the town centre near the suburb of Clock Face. The station is on the electrified northern route of the two Liverpool to Manchester lines, 10+3⁄4 miles east of .

Railway station
serves the village of in , . It is situated on the electrified northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, forming part of the Liverpool City Line.

Railway station
is located in the area of , , England. It is situated on the electrified Merseytravel Liverpool to Wigan City Line, 9+3⁄4 miles northeast of Liverpool.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Helens and Widnes.

is a town in in England, 14 miles northeast of Liverpool. It was historically part of , but in 1974 became a separate metropolitan borough.

is an industrial town in the , , , 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.

Town
is a town and civil parish within the in , England. It lies about 8 miles to the east of . is situated 2½ miles west of St. Helens.

St. Helens

Latitude
53.4167° or 53° 25′ north
Longitude
-2.75° or 2° 45′ west
Population
178,000
Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)
Abbreviation
“SHN”
Open location code
9C5VC782+M2
Geo­Names ID
3333201
Wiki­data ID
Q179206
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Welsh—“St. Helens” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: бора Сент-Хеленс
  • Belarusian: Сент-Хеленс
  • Breton: St Helens
  • Cebuano: St. Helens
  • Chinese: St Helens
  • Chinese: 聖海倫斯都會自治市
  • Czech: St Helens
  • Danish: St. Helens (Merseyside)
  • Dutch: St Helens
  • Finnish: St Helens
  • French: district métropolitain de St Helens
  • French: District métropolitain de St Helens
  • German: Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
  • German: St. Helens (Merseyside, England)
  • Irish: St Helens
  • Italian: Borgo metropolitano di St Helens
  • Italian: Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
  • Japanese: セントヘレンズ (マージーサイド)
  • Japanese: セントヘレンズ
  • Japanese: メトロポリタン・バラ・オブ・セント・ヘレンス
  • Japanese: メトロポリタン・バラ・オブ・セント・ヘレンズ
  • Korean: 세인트헬렌스 도시 자치구
  • Latvian: Senthelensa (boro)
  • Latvian: Senthelensa
  • Min Nan Chinese: St Helens (koān)
  • Northern Frisian: Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
  • Norwegian Bokmål: St. Helens
  • Norwegian: St. Helens
  • Persian: کلان‌شهر مستقل سنت هلنز
  • Polish: Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
  • Polish: Metropolitan Borough of St. Helens
  • Russian: Сент-Хеленс
  • Serbo-Croatian: St Helens
  • Slovak: St Helens
  • Slovenian: St Helens
  • Swedish: Metropolitan Borough of St. Helens
  • Swedish: St. Helens
  • Ukrainian: Сент-Геленс
  • Urdu: میٹروپولیٹن بورو سینٹ ہیلنز
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan St Helens
  • St Helens

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Highlights include Blundells Hill Golf Club and St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust.

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