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Canal Tow-path

Widnes

(2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction NW)

There is much that is Victorian about Widnes, this can be seen in the splendid public library building and the park named after a great Queen and Empress...

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River Weaver near Frodsham Bridge

Frodsham

(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction SW)

In the medieval times Frodsham was an important port and borough belonging to the earls of Chester...

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Summit of Helsby hill looking over River Mersey towards Liverpool.

Helsby

(5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction SW)

Helsby is famous for Helsby Hill which rises to a height of 462ft, and has traces of an Iron-Age camp...

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Ackers Road, High Level Bridge

Warrington

(5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction NE)

This town can claim to have something made for Queen Victoria, which was famously rejected by her - this is the pair of Golden Gates made in 1850 for Sandringham House...

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Delamere Forest, Nr Tarporley, Cheshire

Delamere

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction S)

The village of Delamere can be found in the midst of beautiful Cheshire countryside in an area of forests and rivers. It is perhaps best known as the home of the magnificent.....

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Taylor Park snow

St Helens

(8.7 miles, 13.9 km, direction N)

Having transcended the Industrial Revolution and shaken off its old image, St.Helens is rapidly developing into a place of culture and style...

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Wild Bank.

Lymm

(9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction E)

The picturesque village of Lymm is situated in the the county of Cheshire, England, and was mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1086. It's name is of Celtic origins and means "Place.....

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Lady Lever Gallery - Port Sunlight, Merseyside

Port Sunlight

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction W)

The centre-piece of the village is the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Museum, this was built as a memorial to Lady Lever and was opened in 1922...

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Beeston Castle in Tarporley, Cheshire.

Tarporley

(12.0 miles, 19.4 km, direction S)

Attractive large village which developed as a coaching stop on the main London to Liverpool road during the 17th and 18th-centuries...

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Lavender farm

Rainford

(12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction N)

Rainford is a small village attractively set in open countryside between St. Helen's and Wigan...

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Statue at Norton Priory, Cheshire

Norton Priory Museum & Gardens

(0.8 miles, 1.3 km)

Runcorn is almost entirely encircled by two canals, the Bridgewater Canal built during the middle of the 18th century and the.....

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Walton Hall, Cheshire

Walton Hall & Gardens

(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction NE)

Walton Hall Gardens was originally part of a much larger country estate purchased in 1812 by the Greenall family, famous for.....

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Delamere Forest, Nr Tarporley, Cheshire

Delamere Forest Park

(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction S)

Green lungs do not come more beautiful than the densely tree populated Delamere Forest Park found in a haven of countryside, near.....

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Speke Hall, Liverpool

Speke Hall

(7.5 miles, 12.0 km, direction W)

Sandwiched between the urban sprawl of Liverpool, Speke Hall is an astonishing survival from the past - a magnificent, unspoilt.....

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John Lennon's home, Woolton, Merseyside

Mendips

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction W)

251 Menlove Avenue, The childhood home of John Lennon, singer and songwriter with The Beatles. Bought by Yoko Ono, Lennon's.....

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View of canal from Big Wood footbridge. Marbury Country Park, Cheshire

Marbury Country Park

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction SE)

Once part of a large country estate, Marbury Parks history dates back to AD 1200. Guided walks are on offer all year round, with.....

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Anderton Boat Lift August 2009 (Bottom)

The Anderton Boat Lift

(8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction SE)

The Anderton Boat Lift is the world's first boat lift, and the only working one in the UK..

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A picture of Friends Meeting House

Friends Meeting House

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction N)

George Shaw of Bickerstaffe first established this handsome stone-built house of 1679 as a place of Quaker worship, since then.....

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Arley Hall driveway, Northwich, Cheshire.

Arley Hall

(8.5 miles, 13.6 km, direction E)

Arley Hall featured recently in the BBC's religious programme Songs of Praise. It's illustrious owner, Lord Ashbrook was seen.....

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Ellesmere Port - Taken By David Thomas DEC 2001

Ellesmere Port Boat Museum

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction W)

At The Boat Museum in Ellesmere Port we bring Britain's canal history back to life. Come and explore the exhibitions in the.....

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