Manchester Ship Canal

Manchester Ship Canal is a canal in Cheshire, England. Manchester Ship Canal is situated nearby to the peak Mount Manisty, as well as near the village Eastham.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ellesmere Port Lighthouse and Ellesmere Port railway station.

Ellesmere Port Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Ellesmere Port Dock is a dock in Britain, situated on the Manchester Ship Canal, in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port Lighthouse is situated 1 mile south of Manchester Ship Canal.

Ellesmere Port railway station

Railway station

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Ellesmere Port railway station is located in the town of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. The station was an intermediate through station on the Hooton–Helsby line. Ellesmere Port railway station is situated 1½ miles south of Manchester Ship Canal.

National Waterways Museum

Museum

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The National Waterways Museum is a transport museum, at Ellesmere Port in the English county of Cheshire, which concentrates on the history of Britain's navigable inland waterways. National Waterways Museum is situated 1¼ miles south of Manchester Ship Canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ellesmere Port and Eastham.

Ellesmere Port

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Ellesmere Port is in West Cheshire. Surrounding villages include Willaston, Neston, Parkgate, and Hooton.

Eastham

Village

Eastham is a village and an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historically, it was part of Cheshire. It is situated on the Wirral Peninsula, to the south of Bromborough and to the east of Willaston. Eastham is situated 2½ miles west of Manchester Ship Canal.

Speke

Suburb

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Speke is a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England. It lies 8 miles south-east of the city centre and near to the widest part of the river Mersey. It is bordered by the suburbs of Garston and Hunts Cross, and the rural area of Oglet to its south; it is located near to Halewood, Hale and Widnes. Speke is situated 3 miles northeast of Manchester Ship Canal.

Manchester Ship Canal

Type: Canal
Category: body of water
Location: Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.30415° or 53° 18′ 15″ north

Longitude

-2.8997° or 2° 53′ 59″ west

Open location code

9C5V8432+M4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 8135897

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=canal

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