Moston
Moston is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is in the north east of Chester, close to the Shropshire Union Canal and the A41 trunk road between Chester and Birkenhead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,100 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cheshire West, UK
- Also known as: “Moston, Cheshire” and “Moston, Cheshire West and Chester”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Oswald’s Church, Backford and Countess of Chester Hospital.
St Oswald’s Church, Backford
Church
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Oswald's Church is in the village of Backford, to the northwest of Chester, Cheshire, England, close to the A41 road and adjoining Backford Hall. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
Countess of Chester Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Countess of Chester Hospital is the main NHS hospital for the English city of Chester and the surrounding area. It currently has 625 beds, general medical departments and a 24-hour accident and emergency unit.
Oakfield Manor
Building
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Oakfield Manor was originally a country house in Upton-by-Chester, near Chester, Cheshire, England. Since the 1930s it has been the headquarters of Chester Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbot’s Meads and Chester.
Abbot’s Meads
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Ellesmere Port
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ellesmere Port is in West Cheshire. Surrounding villages include Willaston, Neston, Parkgate, and Hooton.
Moston
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Moston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.22631° or 53° 13′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.89855° or 2° 53′ 55″ westPopulation
1,100Elevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
9C5V64G2+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 13889552OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263669Wikidata ID
Q8652386
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Moston” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مستون وست اند تشستر”
- Cebuano: “Moston (distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Cheshire West and Chester)”
- Cebuano: “Moston”
- Dutch: “Moston, Cheshire West and Chester”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مستون وست اند تشستر”
- French: “Moston”
- German: “Moston”
- Irish: “Moston”
- Ladin: “Moston (Cheshire West and Chester)”
- Ladin: “Moston”
- Persian: “موستون، غرب چشر و چستر”
- Polish: “Moston”
- Swedish: “Moston (distrikt i Storbritannien, Cheshire West and Chester)”
- Swedish: “Moston, Cheshire West and Chester”
- Turkish: “Moston, Cheshire West and Chester”
- Welsh: “Moston, Gorllewin Swydd Gaer a Chaer”
- Welsh: “Moston”
- “Moston”
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