Sankey Viaduct
The Sankey Viaduct is a railway viaduct in Newton-le-Willows in North West England. The majority of the viaduct is located within the borough of St Helens, Merseyside, with approximately a third to west of Sankey Brook being located within the borough of Warrington, Cheshire.Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Thomas Talbot Bury, Public domain.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: grade I listed railway viaduct in Cheshire/Merseyside, England
- Also known as: “9 Arches”, “Nine Arches”, and “The Nine Arches”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Earlestown railway station and Sankey Street Bridge.
Earlestown railway station
Railway station
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Earlestown railway station is a railway station in Earlestown, Merseyside, England, in the Merseytravel region. The station is branded Merseyrail. It was an original station on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway opening in 1830. Earlestown railway station is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Sankey Viaduct.
Sankey Street Bridge
Bridge
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Sankey Street Bridge is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Sankey Viaduct.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Earlestown
Church
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St John the Baptist's Church is in Market Street, Earlestown, St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Winwick, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. St John the Baptist’s Church, Earlestown is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Sankey Viaduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Earlestown and Newton-le-Willows.
Earlestown
Town
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Earlestown is a town contiguous with Newton-le-Willows in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. At the 2011 Census the town had a population of 10,830. The town's name is derived from one of its early settlers, Hardman Earle.
Newton-le-Willows
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Newton-le-Willows is a town in Merseyside, England. It is famous for industry, from biscuits to railway locomotives to tanks, made in the Vulcan Foundry.
Burtonwood
Village
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Burtonwood is a village in the civil parish of Burtonwood and Westbrook, in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the name Burtonwood is known worldwide as the location of the former RAF Station Burtonwood military camp.
Sankey Viaduct
- Categories: railway viaduct and transportation
- Location: St. Helens, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.44761° or 53° 26′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.6503° or 2° 39′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C5VC8XX+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 658999941OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q7418706
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Japanese—“Sankey Viaduct” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Sankeyský viadukt”
- German: “Sankey-Viadukt”
- Japanese: “サンキー高架橋”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Railway/Viaduct Crown Green Bowls Club and Sankey Valley Park.
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