Windmill Hill

Windmill Hill is a quarter in Halton, England. Windmill Hill is situated nearby to the suburb Norton, as well as near Sandymoor.

Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fountains Wood and Norton Priory.

Fountains Wood

Forest

Fountains Wood is a woodland in Cheshire, England, near Runcorn. It covers a total area of 1.08 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.

Norton Priory is a historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of an abbey complex dating from the 12th to 16th centuries, and an 18th-century country house; it is now a museum.

Halton Castle

Ruins

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Halton Castle is a castle in the village of Halton, part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. The castle is on the top of Halton Hill, a sandstone prominence overlooking the village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norton and Murdishaw.

Norton

Suburb

Norton is an area in the eastern part of the town of Runcorn, in the Halton district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was originally a separate village 3 miles to the east of Runcorn, but in the 1970s and 1980s became absorbed within Runcorn by the expansion of its new town.