Blackden Heath

Blackden Heath is a hamlet in Goostrey, Cheshire East, England. Blackden Heath is situated nearby to the village Goostrey, as well as near the hamlet Jodrell Bank Observatory.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Luke’s Church, Goostrey and Goostrey railway station.

St Luke’s Church, Goostrey

Church

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St Luke's Church is in the village of Goostrey, Cheshire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Congleton, in a combined benefice with St Peter, Swettenham.

Goostrey railway station

Railway station

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Goostrey railway station serves the village of Goostrey in Cheshire, England. The station is located 10½ miles north-east of Crewe, on the Crewe to Manchester Line.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower Withington and Swettenham.

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 2 miles southeast of Blackden Heath.

Swettenham

Village

Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.

Swettenham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 Official UK Census, the population of the entire civil parish was 248, increasing to 291 at the 2011 Census. Swettenham is situated 3 miles southeast of Blackden Heath.

Holmes Chapel

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Holmes Chapel, until 1974 known as Church Holme, is a village in Cheshire. It's only five miles west of the frontier of the known universe, thanks to Jodrell Bank radio telescope.

Blackden Heath

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Goostrey, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.23707° or 53° 14′ 13″ north

Longitude

-2.32848° or 2° 19′ 43″ west

Elevation

240 feet (73 metres)

Open location code

9C5V6MPC+RJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2077299989

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13280858

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