Blacon

Blacon is a suburb of Chester, England. It is predominantly a council housing estate and was formerly regarded as one of the largest council estates in Europe.

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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 Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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, Flintshire.

Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary

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. Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary is situated 2 miles southeast of Blacon.

Chester Railway Station

Railway station

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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

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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
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Latitude

53.2081° or 53° 12′ 29″ north

Longitude

-2.9257° or 2° 55′ 33″ west

Population

13,100

Elevation

69 feet (21 metres)

Open location code

9C5V635F+6P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10989752

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

6698331

Wikidata 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”
Kurdish: “Blacon, Cheshire”
Kurdish: “Blacon”
Polish: “Blacon”
Swedish: “Blacon”
Urdu: “بلیکون”
Welsh: “Blacon”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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