Snelson
Snelson is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Peover Superior and Snelson, in the Cheshire East district and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. In 2001 it had a population of 157, rising marginally to 161 at the 2011 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 149 residents
- Description: village and former civil parish in Cheshire East, England, UK
- Also known as: “Snelson (civil parish), Cheshire” and “Snelson, Cheshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chelford railway station and St John the Evangelist’s Church, Chelford.
Chelford railway station
Railway station
St John the Evangelist’s Church, Chelford
Church
Photo: Peter I. Vardy, Public domain.
St John the Evangelist's Church lies to the southeast of the village of Chelford, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Research institute
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. Jodrell Bank Observatory is situated 2 miles south of Snelson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Withington and Chorley.
Lower Withington
Village
Photo: Paul Kennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Withington is a civil parish and village in Cheshire, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 492. Jodrell Bank Observatory lies mostly within the parish. Lower Withington is situated 3 miles south of Snelson.
Chorley
Village
Photo: michael ely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chorley is a civil parish in the borough of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The parish is named after the village of Chorley, which was renamed Alderley Edge during the 19th century. Chorley is situated 3½ miles northeast of Snelson.
Alderley Edge
Photo: Geotek, Public domain.
Alderley Edge is in Cheshire. The area is popular for walking in the woods and there are far-reaching views from the sandstone ridge.
Snelson
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Snelson, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.2672° or 53° 16′ 2″ northLongitude
-2.30101° or 2° 18′ 4″ westPopulation
149Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)Open location code
9C5V7M8X+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4390477399OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12266685Wikidata ID
Q7547669
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Snelson” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Снелсон”
- Cebuano: “Snelson”
- French: “Snelson”
- Irish: “Snelson”
- Ladin: “Snelson”
- Swedish: “Snelson”
- Turkish: “Snelson, Cheshire”
- “Snelson”
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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 “Snelson”. Photo: Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.