Runcorn

The industrial inland port of Runcorn is a treasure trove of architectural styles, from medieval ruins to 1970s utopia. Its impressive bridges across the River Mersey mark the gateway north to cosmopolitan and south to leafy .
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  • Type: Town with 61,800 residents
  • Description: town and port in Cheshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Port of Runcorn” and “ランコーン”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Runcorn railway station and Runcorn Town Hall.

Railway station
Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in the industrial town of Runcorn in , north-west .

Town hall
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is in Heath Road, Runcorn, , England.

Bridge
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The crosses the and…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Widnes and Ditton.

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is an industrial town in the …

Suburb
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is a residential area of the town of … is situated 2 miles northwest of Runcorn.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the , , England.

Runcorn

Latitude
53.3422° or 53° 20′ 32″ north
Longitude
-2.7335° or 2° 44′ 1″ west
Population
61,800
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
IATA airport code
XRC
UN/LOCODE
GB RUN
Open location code
9C5V87R8+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26701099
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638960
Wiki­data ID
Q1009316
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Runcorn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رانكورن”
  • Asturian: “Runcorn”
  • Basque: “Runcorn”
  • Catalan: “Runcorn”
  • Cebuano: “Runcorn”
  • Chinese: “朗科恩”
  • Czech: “Runcorn”
  • Dutch: “Runcorn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رانكورن”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رونكورن”
  • French: “Runcorn”
  • German: “Runcorn”
  • Indonesian: “Runcorn”
  • Irish: “Runcorn”
  • Italian: “Runcorn”
  • Japanese: “ランカーン”
  • Kurdish: “Runcorn”
  • Ladin: “Runcorn”
  • Latvian: “Rankorna”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Runcorn”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rumcofa”
  • Persian: “رانکورن”
  • Polish: “Runcorn”
  • Romanian: “Runcorn”
  • Russian: “Ранкорн”
  • Scots: “Runcorn”
  • Serbian: “Rankorn”
  • Serbian: “Ранкорн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Runcorn”
  • Slovak: “Runcorn”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رانکورن”
  • Spanish: “Runcorn”
  • Swedish: “Runcorn”
  • Tatar: “Ранкорн”
  • Urdu: “رنکورن”
  • Volapük: “Runcorn”
  • Welsh: “Runcorn”
  • “Runcorn”

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