Runcorn
Sign in to saveRuncorn is an industrial town and cargo port within the Borough of Halton in Cheshire, England. It lies on the south bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap, and is located approximately southeast of Liverpool and southwest of Manchester. The Runcorn built-up area had a population of 61,145 at the 2021 census.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Silver Jubilee Bridge, Runcorn at night (geograph 4431283).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Silver Jubilee Bridge in Runcorn
- UK place.official_name
- Runcorn
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.london_direction
- SE
- UK place.population
- 61,145
- UK place.population_ref
- (Built-up area, 2021)
- UK place.population_demonym
- Runcornian
- UK place.unitary_england
- Halton
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cheshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Runcorn and Helsby
- UK place.post_town
- RUNCORN
- UK place.postcode_area
- WA
- UK place.postcode_district
- WA7
- UK place.dial_code
- 01928
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ 5140 8300
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- new town (UK)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Halton
- Population
- 61789
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- River Mersey
- Image
- Silver Jubilee Bridge.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01928
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- Commons category
- Runcorn
- topic's main category
- Category:Runcorn
- OS grid reference
- SJ525815
- postal code
- WA7
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Runcorn
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P8168
- Litesound
- P12749
- August von Wassermann
via Wikidata · CC0
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On the map
3 mapped locations