Birchwood

Birchwood is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, , England. The parish had a population of 10,614 at the 2021 census. Located originally in , it was built as a new town in the 1970s.
Wikipedia
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 10,700 residents
  • Description: suburb and civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Birchwood (civil parish), Cheshire” and “Birchwood, Cheshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Birchwood Brook Park and Birchwood railway station.

Park
Photo: Mike Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
Photo: andy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving the town of Birchwood, Cheshire, . The station is 24+1⁄4 miles east of and 13+1⁄4 miles west of Manchester Piccadilly on the Liverpool-Manchester line.

Park
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
covers the area formerly occupied by the Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Risley, in Birchwood, , in north-west . The park covers an area of 500 acres and stretches from the M6 in the west to the M62, junction 11, in the east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Risley and Woolston.

Quarter
is a district in the northeast corner of , in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of , England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of , it lies south of and is historically part of the parish of Croft.

Suburb
Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington in the county of , England. Formerly a township called ' with Martinscroft' within the parish of , there are two main settlements: to the west and Martinscroft to the east.

Suburb
is an area on the east side of , in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of , England, between Orford and Birchwood. It has a population of around 12,000 residents living in approximately 3,600 houses. is situated 1½ miles west of Birchwood.

Birchwood

Latitude
53.42187° or 53° 25′ 19″ north
Longitude
-2.52236° or 2° 31′ 21″ west
Population
10,700
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
Open location code
9C5VCFCH+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 292533418
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13269047
Wiki­data ID
Q821731
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Birchwood from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Birchwood” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Birchwood (Cheshire)”
  • Basque: “Birchwood”
  • Bengali: “ব্রিচউড”
  • Cebuano: “Birchwood”
  • Chinese: “Birchwood”
  • Chinese: “伯奇伍德”
  • Chinese: “比彻伍德”
  • Chinese: “比徹伍德”
  • Dutch: “Birchwood”
  • French: “Birchwood”
  • German: “Birchwood”
  • Gujarati: “બિર્ચવુડ”
  • Irish: “Birchwood”
  • Italian: “Birchwood”
  • Japanese: “バーチウッド”
  • Kannada: “ಬರ್ಚ್ವುಡ್”
  • Korean: “버치우드”
  • Lithuanian: “Birčvudas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Birchwood (Warrington)”
  • Persian: “برچوود”
  • Polish: “Birchwood”
  • Portuguese: “Birchwood”
  • Russian: “Бирчвуд”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برچوود”
  • Spanish: “Birchwood”
  • Swedish: “Birchwood, Cheshire”
  • Swedish: “Birchwood”
  • Tamil: “பிர்ச்வுட்”
  • Telugu: “బిర్చ్వుడ్”
  • Urdu: “اوکووڈ، وارنگٹن”
  • Urdu: “بیرچوود”
  • Welsh: “Birchwood”
  • “Birchwood”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Birchwood”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Oakwood and Locking Stumps.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Birchwood Park Roundabout and Birchwood Fire Station.

England: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds.

Curious Localities to Discover

Uncover intriguing localities from every corner of the globe.