Preston Brook, Halton, England, United Kingdom


🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Preston Brook is a village and civil parish in the borough of Halton, a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cheshire in North West England. It is located to the south-east of Runcorn and south-west of Warrington, adjacent to the M56 motorway. The parish includes the village of Preston on the Hill.

At the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 809, up from 716 in 2001. Approximately 3,000 people are employed in the area. Preston Brook has a small industrial park called Abbot's Park, formerly used by the mobile telephone company O2 and Wincanton Logistics, though it is now used by Capita, Marks & Spencer, O2, First Group and Tesco Mobile.

The Bridgewater Canal runs from Manchester through Preston Brook where it divides into two branches. One branch leads to Runcorn where it used to join the Manchester Ship Canal, and before that the River Mersey, while the other branch joins the Trent and Mersey Canal at the Preston Brook canal tunnel.

The community has a website and a bi-monthly newsletter.

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Preston Brook has a population of over 809 people. Preston Brook also forms part of the wider Halton District which has a population of over 129,410 people. It is also a part of the larger Merseyside Region. Preston Brook is situated near Widnes.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Preston Brook has links with:

🇵🇹 Leiria, Portugal 🇩🇪 Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Germany 🇨🇳 Tongling, China 🇨🇿 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
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  • Segar Owen |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect Segar Owen is associated with Preston Brook. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1906.

  • William Owen |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect William Owen is associated with Preston Brook. In the 1880s Owen developed a friendship with the industrialist William Lever.

Antipodal to Preston Brook is: 177.346,-53.318

Locations Near: Preston Brook -2.654,53.318

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Runcorn -2.733,53.333 d: 5.5  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Warrington -2.59,53.39 d: 9.1  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Widnes -2.733,53.374 d: 8.2  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 St Helens -2.75,53.451 d: 16.1  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wigan -2.633,53.545 d: 25.2  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Knowsley -2.853,53.457 d: 20.3  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ellesmere Port -2.902,53.278 d: 17.1  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Skelmersdale -2.776,53.549 d: 27  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chester -2.894,53.188 d: 21.5  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crewe -2.44,53.099 d: 28.2  

Antipodal to: Preston Brook 177.346,-53.318

🇳🇿 Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19052.4  

🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 18871.4  

🇳🇿 Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 19015  

🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18848.8  

🇳🇿 Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 18899.9  

🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18663.1  

🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18657.3  

🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18657.3  

🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 18649.3  

🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 18647.1  

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