Blacon
Blacon is a suburb that is predominantly a council estate on the outskirts of Chester, England. It was once one of the largest council housing estates in Europe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 13,100 residents
- Description: village in Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Blacon, Cheshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Deva Stadium and Chester Cathedral.
Deva Stadium
Stadium
Deva Stadium is an association football stadium which is the home of Chester F.C., the effective successor club to the liquidated Chester City. The stadium straddles the England–Wales border at Sealand, on the outskirts of Chester.
Chester Cathedral
Church
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Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester. It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. Chester Cathedral is situated 2 miles southeast of Blacon.
Chester Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Samslipknot, Public domain.
Chester railway station serves the city of Chester, in Cheshire, England; it is sited in the Newtown area. It was designed by the architect Francis Thompson and opened as a joint station in 1848. Chester Railway Station is situated 2 miles east of Blacon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbot’s Meads and Chester.
Abbot’s Meads
Suburb
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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.
Chester
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chester is a very pretty and historic English city on the river Dee, and the county town of the North-Western county of Cheshire. Although maybe not worth a whole holiday, it's well worth a day or overnight trip to see the Roman ruins and medieval city centre.
Saltney
Suburb
Photo: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saltney is a town straddling the counties of Flintshire and Cheshire on the England–Wales border. The local government community of Saltney lies entirely in Wales, while the English areas are unparished. Saltney is situated 2 miles south of Blacon.
Blacon
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Mollington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.2081° or 53° 12′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.9257° or 2° 55′ 33″ westPopulation
13,100Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)Open location code
9C5V635F+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 10989752OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6698331Wikidata ID
Q4923655
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Blacon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلكن”
- Cebuano: “Blacon”
- Dutch: “Blacon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلكن”
- French: “Blacon”
- Irish: “Blacon”
- Japanese: “ブラコン (チェスター)”
- Japanese: “ブラコン”
- Polish: “Blacon”
- Swedish: “Blacon”
- Welsh: “Blacon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Blacon Point and Mollington.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blacon Libary and The United Reformed Church Blacon.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blacon”. Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.