Fountains Wood
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Halton Castle and Runcorn East railway station.
Halton Castle
Ruins
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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.
Runcorn East railway station
Railway station
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Runcorn East railway station serves the eastern suburbs of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, offering train services to Warrington and Manchester and to Chester and North Wales.
Runcorn Shopping City
Shopping center
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Runcorn Shopping City is a medium-sized indoor shopping centre in Runcorn, England. Opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972, it is the main shopping area in Runcorn and is visited around 6.5 million times per year.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Runcorn and Widnes.
Runcorn
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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 Liverpool and south to leafy Cheshire.
Widnes
Photo: Rancher2019, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Widnes is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 62,400. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap.
Daresbury
Village
Photo: Joe Blundell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Daresbury is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 246.
Fountains Wood
- Type: Forest
- Description: woodland in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, UK
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Halton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.3386° or 53° 20′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.6798° or 2° 40′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C5V88QC+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 28349798OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodWikidata ID
Q5474849
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