Sankey for Penketh railway station
Sankey for Penketh railway station, also known as just Sankey, is a railway station in the west of Warrington, Cheshire, England, serving the Great Sankey, Penketh and Whittle Hall areas of the town.Photo: andy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Sankey for Penketh”, “Sankey railway station”, “Sankey Railway Station”, “Sankey Station”, and “SNK”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and St Joseph’s Church.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Racklever, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 450 feet southeast of Sankey for Penketh railway station.
St Joseph’s Church
Church
Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Joseph’s Church is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Sankey for Penketh railway station.
Penketh High School
School
Penketh High School is a secondary school in Penketh, Warrington. It is a co-educational, non-denominational academy school for 11 to 16 year olds. It converted from comprehensive to academy status in April 2013. Penketh High School is situated 1,800 feet south of Sankey for Penketh railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Sankey and Whittle Hall.
Great Sankey
Suburb
Photo: Racklever, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Great Sankey is a civil parish in the Borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is 2 miles west of Warrington town centre and has a population of 31,600 according to the 2021 census.
Whittle Hall
Quarter
Whittle Hall is a housing estate within the parish of Great Sankey in the town of Warrington, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Penketh
Suburb
Photo: Brian Balfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penketh is a civil parish and suburb of Warrington in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is located about 3 miles west of Warrington town centre.
Sankey for Penketh railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Great Sankey, Warrington, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.39235° or 53° 23′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.65059° or 2° 39′ 2″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SNK”Open location code
9C5V98RX+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 6414583136OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Sankey for Penketh railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Sankey”
- Dutch: “Station Sankey”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة سانكى”
- French: “gare de Sankey”
- French: “Sankey”
- Japanese: “サンキー駅”
- Urdu: “سینکی فار پینکتھ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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