Neston
Sign in to saveNeston is a market town and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is within the part of the Wirral Peninsula that belongs to the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. The built up area (as defined by the Office for National Statistics) includes Parkgate to the north west, and Little Neston and Ness to the south. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 15,392 and the built up area had a population of 14,960.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Neston
- UK place.static_image_name
- Neston Town Centre - geograph.org.uk - 180564.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Cross, Neston Town Centre
- UK place.london_direction
- SE
- UK place.civil_parish
- Neston
- UK place.population_ref
- 15,392 (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cheshire West and Chester
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cheshire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Chester North and Neston
- UK place.post_town
- NESTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- CH64
- UK place.postcode_area
- CH
- UK place.dial_code
- 0151
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ285775
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- Neston Market Town Initiative
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Neston is a market town and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is within the part of the Wirral Peninsula that belongs to the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. The built up area (as defined by the Office for National Statistics) includes Parkgate to the north west, and Little Neston and Ness to the south. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 15,392 and the built up area had a population of 14,960.
==History== The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse Nes-tún, meaning 'farmstead or settlement at/near a promontory or headland'. Another Nesttun town can be found near Bergen, Norway. It is also mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Nestone under the ownership of a William Fitznigel, with a population of eight households.