Birchwood Forest Park
Birchwood Forest Park covers the area formerly occupied by the Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Risley, in Birchwood, Warrington, in north-west England. The park covers an area of 500 acres and stretches from the M6 in the west to the M62, junction 11, in the east.Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birchwood Brook Park and Risley Moss.
Birchwood Brook Park
Park
Photo: Mike Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchwood Brook Park is situated 2,900 feet south of Birchwood Forest Park.
Risley Moss
Photo: Mike Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Risley Moss is an area of peat bog situated near Birchwood in Warrington, England. It is a country park, Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Local Nature Reserve.
Birchwood railway station
Railway station
Photo: andy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchwood railway station is a railway station serving the town of Birchwood, Cheshire, England. The station is 24+1⁄4 miles east of Liverpool Lime Street and 13+1⁄4 miles west of Manchester Piccadilly on the Liverpool-Manchester line. Birchwood railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Birchwood Forest Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birchwood and Risley.
Birchwood
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchwood is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The parish had a population of 10,614 at the 2021 census. Located originally in Lancashire, it was built as a new town in the 1970s.
Risley
Quarter
Risley is a district in the northeast corner of Warrington, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it lies south of Culcheth and is historically part of the parish of Croft.
Culcheth
Village
Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culcheth is a village in the civil parish of Culcheth and Glazebury, in the Warrington district, in Cheshire, England, six miles north-east of Warrington. Culcheth is situated 2 miles north of Birchwood Forest Park.
Birchwood Forest Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Birchwood, Warrington, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.42595° or 53° 25′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.51145° or 2° 30′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C5VCFGQ+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 31022758OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q4915788
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- Dutch: “Birchwood Forest Park”
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Highlights include Birchwood Skate Park and Gorse Covert Day Centre.
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