Pex Hill Quarry

Pex Hill Quarry is a climbing site in Cronton, Knowsley, England. Pex Hill Quarry is situated near Pex Hill Park, as well as near Leighton Observatory (Liverpool Astronomical Society).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Widnes railway station and St Bartholomew’s Church, Rainhill.

Widnes railway station

Railway station

Photo: Peter I. Vardy, Public domain.

Widnes railway station is a railway station serving the industrial town of Widnes, Halton, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The station is operated by Northern Trains. Widnes railway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Pex Hill Quarry.

St Bartholomew’s Church, Rainhill

Church

Photo: Pjposullivan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St Bartholomew's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Rainhill, Merseyside. It was built in 1838–40 in the style of the Church of San Bartholomew on the Island in Rome. St Bartholomew’s Church, Rainhill is situated 1 mile north of Pex Hill Quarry.

Tower College

School

Photo: 24may1819, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tower College is an English independent non-denominational Christian school for boys and girls aged 3–16. Tower College is situated 1 mile north of Pex Hill Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cronton and Farnworth.

Cronton

Village

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cronton is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, in England. The village is surrounded by green belt land. Over the county border in Cheshire, Widnes town centre is 2.3 miles to the south-southeast.

Farnworth

Suburb

Photo: Peter I. Vardy, Public domain.

Farnworth is a northern area of the town of Widnes in Halton, Cheshire, England. Originally a village lying between Prescot and Penketh, it is an electoral ward in the Borough of Halton with a population of 7,990 in 2021.

Hough Green

Suburb

Hough Green is a residential area of the town of Widnes, within the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in 2014 Hough Green became a part of the Liverpool City Region.

Pex Hill Quarry

Type: Climbing site
Categories: quarry and sports location
Location: Cronton, Knowsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.39245° or 53° 23′ 33″ north

Longitude

-2.7523° or 2° 45′ 8″ west

Operator

United Utilities

Open location code

9C5V96RX+X3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 25863729

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=climbing

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pex Hill Park and Pex Hill.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Hall Lane/holy Family Church and Holy Family Bar & Function.

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