River Weaver
The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1721 and the work, which included eleven locks, was completed in 1732.Places of Interest
Highlights include Acton Bridge railway station and Christ Church, Crowton.
Acton Bridge railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jo Lxix, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Acton Bridge railway station serves the villages of Acton Bridge and Weaverham, in Cheshire, England. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line and is served by regular trains between Liverpool Lime Street and Birmingham New Street.
Christ Church, Crowton
Church
Photo: Peter I. Vardy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Christ Church, Crowton, is in Station Road, Crowton, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Frodsham, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
St Michael and All Angels Church, Little Leigh
Church
Photo: Peter I. Vardy, Public domain.
St Michael and All Angels Church is in the village of Little Leigh, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingsley and Murdishaw.
Kingsley
Village
Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingsley is a civil parish and a village in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is approximately 5 miles south east of the town of Frodsham.
Barnton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnton is a civil parish and village, just outside the town of Northwich, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
River Weaver
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.28782° or 53° 17′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.62192° or 2° 37′ 19″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C5V79QH+46OpenStreetMap ID
way 23187525OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
9884134
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In Other Languages
“River Weaver” goes by many names.
- German: “River Weaver”
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