Transport in Warrington
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Rail
The town has two main railway stations, Bank QuayWarrington Bank Quay railway station
Warrington Bank Quay railway station is a mainline railway station serving the UK town of Warrington. The town centre has two stations on opposite sides of the main shopping area, Warrington Central operating a more frequent service to the neighbouring cities Liverpool and Manchester...
on the London to Glasgow and Chester - Warrington - Newton-le-Willows
Newton-le-Willows
Newton-le-Willows is a small market town within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is situated about midway between the cities of Manchester and Liverpool, to the east of St Helens, to the north of Warrington and to the south of...
- Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
lines, and Central
Warrington Central railway station
Warrington Central railway station is one of two main railway stations serving the town of Warrington in the north-west of England. It is located on the southern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line , and is situated around halfway between the two cities...
on the Liverpool - Widnes - Manchester line and the Transpennine route. Bank Quay is much altered, but Central (built 1873) is of some architectural merit, featuring polychromatic brickwork. However, both main railway stations have suffered from years of under investment. A new entrance and concourse has been built at Bank Quay, and similar work started in July 2010 at Central station. There are also stations in the suburbs at Padgate, Sankey and Birchwood.
Routes through Bank Quay
Warrington Bank Quay (WBQ), to the south-west of Warrington's Town Centre, is between CreweCrewe
Crewe is a railway town within the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the urban area had a population of 67,683...
and Preston
Preston railway station
Preston railway station serves the city of Preston in Lancashire, England and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line.It is served by Northern Rail, Virgin Trains, and TransPennine Express services, plus First ScotRail overnight sleeper services between London and Scotland.-Station layout...
on the West Coast Main Line
West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line is the busiest mixed-traffic railway route in Britain, being the country's most important rail backbone in terms of population served. Fast, long-distance inter-city passenger services are provided between London, the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the...
from London Euston and Birmingham New Street to Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
and Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, with services operated by Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It operates long-distance passenger services on the West Coast Main Line between London, the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland...
. There are also regional trains to Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
and North Wales and to Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port is a large industrial town and port in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated on the south border of the Wirral Peninsula on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, which in turn gives access to the River...
. Arpley and Walton Sidings nearby are a major rail freight interchange, and connect the main line to the freight line to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a coal fired power station located in Cheshire in North West England, which is capable of co-firing biomass. It is situated on the north bank of the River Mersey between the towns of Widnes and Warrington. Opened in 1971, the station has a generating capacity of...
, crossing the main line under Bank Quay station, where there were once low level platforms.
Routes through Central
Central station has local services to LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
and express services from Liverpool to Manchester then to Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
or East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
.
The trains departing Central serve the urban-rural fringe of Warrington and Manchester, serving Birchwood
Birchwood
Birchwood is a civil parish in the north-eastern part of Warrington, Cheshire, England with a population of 11,395 . Historically a part of Lancashire, it is the easternmost part of the Warrington urban area. It was built during the time of much expansion in Warrington as it became a "new town"...
, Padgate
Padgate
Padgate was a village on the edge of Warrington, England, and today it is a large residential part of the town. During World War II it had a small RAF Station. RAF Padgate will be well-remembered by thousands of young men who were selected for RAF national service and on this site received their...
, Irlam
Irlam
Irlam is a suburban town and unparished area within the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 18,504. The town lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, and is west-southwest of...
etc. before heading into Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
. To the west, trains serve Sankey-for-Penketh
Sankey railway station
Sankey railway station, also known as Sankey for Penketh, is a railway station in the west of Warrington, Cheshire, England, serving the Great Sankey, Penketh and Whittle Hall areas of the town. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail...
before heading into Merseyside and Liverpool. Beyond Manchester, the hourly TransPennine Express Trains serve Yorkshire before terminating at Scarborough, while the hourly East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London...
serve Manchester and then head to Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
and East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
.
The station has an average daytime frequency of four trains per hour (two local trains operated by Northern Rail
Northern Rail
Northern Rail is a British train operating company that has operated local passenger services in Northern England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-Abellio, is a consortium formed of Abellio and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems...
, one fast train to Norwich (East Midland Trains) and one fast train to Scarborough operated by TransPennine Express).
In the case of First TPX, the trains operate Warrington, Birchwood then to Oxford Road.
In the case of Northern Rail, trains operate a local stopping service to Manchester Oxford Road.
History
The first railway to reach Warrington was the Warrington and Newton RailwayWarrington and Newton Railway
The Warrington and Newton Railway was an early railway company in England. It acted as a feeder to the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway , providing services from those two cities to and from Warrington...
in 1831, which connected to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the world's first inter-city passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and were hauled for most of the distance solely by steam locomotives. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester in North...
. Later, the Grand Junction Railway
Grand Junction Railway
The Grand Junction Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 when it was merged into the London and North Western Railway...
provided a connection to Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
and thence to London.
By 1900 the local rail network was complete, with the London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
having 3 routes
- North to South (Carlisle-Preston-Warrington Bank Quay-Crewe-London)
- East to West (Manchester-Warrington Bank Quay (low level)-Ditton Junction-Liverpool
- Warrington Bank Quay to Chester and North Wales
and the Cheshire Lines Committee
Cheshire Lines Committee
The Cheshire Lines Committee was the second largest joint railway in Great Britain, with 143 route miles. Despite its name, approximately 55% of its system was in Lancashire. In its publicity material it was often styled as the Cheshire Lines Railway...
having one route from Liverpool Central via Warrington Central to Manchester Central. There was also a line avoiding Warrington Central (closed in 1968).
The Warrington Bank Quay low level route was closed to regular passenger traffic in 1962. Freight services continue on the Ditton Junction-Warrington section but the line east towards Manchester has been closed and converted into the Trans-Pennine Trail.
Former stations in the Warrington area include
- closed 1949 - Sankey Bridges
- 1950 - Fidler's Ferry and Penketh
- 1954 - Warrington Arpley
- 1962 - Heatley and Warburton, Lymm, Latchford, Thelwall
Buses
The town and its districts are fairly well served by bus services. Warrington Borough TransportWarrington Borough Transport
Warrington Borough Transport is a bus operator running a network of services within the Borough of Warrington, England and into the surrounding area, including Altrincham, Leigh, Earlestown and Northwich. The network of services is marketed under the Network Warrington name, with both names...
are the main provider of services, operating 78% of day time bus routes. Arriva, First
First Manchester
First Manchester is one of the bus companies serving Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...
, Bennetts of Warrington and Warrington Coachways, Halton Transport
Halton Transport
Halton Transport is a bus operator running within the Borough of Halton and into the surrounding area, including Warrington, St Helens, Prescot, Liverpool and Chester...
.
National Express
National Express
National Express Coaches, more commonly known as National Express, is a brand and company, owned by the National Express Group, under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in Great Britain are operated,...
also operate their long-distance services through Warrington. All services that serve Warrington depart from and arrive at the new bus station (known as Warrington Interchange). However services can be caught from various points around the town centre, principally Rylands Street (for South and Eastbound routes), Academy Way (Inbound and Eastbound routes), Warrington Central for Northbound services, Sankey Street for Westbound, Eastbound and Southbound buses.
Route table
| Route Number | Route | Direction of service | Daytime Frequency (First Bus) | Evening Frequency (Last Bus) | Sunday Frequency (operating times) | Duration | Destination on Front |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| font style="color:white;"> 1 | Warrington-Westy Westy Westy is a suburban district in Warrington, England.The village of Westy is a suburban area, itself unofficially a suburb of Latchford. The area features mainly inter-war council housing, however some of these homes are now privately owned... (circular) |
Southbound | 5-10 mins (0725 M-F/0800 S) | 30 mins (2323) | 3 buses at 1300, 1600, 1710 | 12 mins | Knutsford Road, Latchford, Westy |
| font style="color:white;"> 2 | Warrington-Latchford Latchford Latchford is a suburban district and electoral ward of the unitary borough of Warrington, in Cheshire, England. It is around one mile south of Warrington town centre and has a total resident population of 7,856.... (circular) |
Eastbound | 5-10 mins (0535 M-F/0715 S) | 30 mins (2255) | hourly (1130-1630) | 16 mins | Manchester Rd, Westy, Latchford |
| font style="color:white;"> 3 | Warrington-Martinscroft Martinscroft Martinscroft is a part of the civil parish of Woolston in Warrington, Cheshire, England.It is rumoured that Battery Lane in the village got its name from where Oliver Cromwell stored his weapons during his visit in the civil war.... |
Eastbound | 15 mins (0507 M-F/0705 S) | 30 mins (2331) | half-hourly (0915-1715) | 18 mins | Woolston, Manchester Road, Martinscroft |
| font style="color:white;"> 4/4A | Warrington-Woolston | Eastbound | 20 mins (0640 M-F/0704 S) | No Service (1904) | No Service | 18 mins | Woolston |
| font style="color:white;">5 | Warrington-Altrincham | Southbound | Half-hourly (0640 M-F/0730 S) | No Service (1800) | No Service | 55 mins | Stockton Heath, Lymm, Warburton, Dunham, Altrincham |
| font style="color:white;">5A | Warrington-Wilderspool Depot | Southbound | Not timetabled | Not timetabled | Not timetabled | 5 mins | Wilderspool St. James' Church |
| font style="color:white;">6 | Warrington-Lymm Lymm Lymm is a large village and civil parish within the Warrington borough of Cheshire, in North West England. Lymm was an urban district of Cheshire from 1894 to 1974. The civil parish of Lymm incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little... |
Southbound | Half-hourly (0655 M-F/ 0712 S) | No Service (1836) | No Service | 30 mins | Statham, Thelwall Lymm |
| font style="color:white;">6A | Warrington-Statham Statham -Places:* Statham, Georgia in the United States* Statham, a hamlet in the civil parish of Lymm, part of the borough of Warrington, England, UK-People:* Alan Statham* Brian Statham* Harry Statham* Jason Statham, action film actor* Kyley Statham* Nick Statham... |
Southbound | 3 Services (0820,0838,and 0908)(0820) | No Service (0908) (No return service) | No Service | 28 mins | Stockton Heath, Thelwall, Statham or Statham |
| font style="color:white;">6 | Warrington-Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... |
Westbound | Half-hourly (0650* M-F/ 0720* S) | Hourly (2205) | Hourly (0910-2205) | 64 mins | Liverpool via Huyton, Broadgreen, Edge Hill |
| font style="color:white;">7/7A | Warrington-Grappenhall Grappenhall Grappenhall is a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is situated along the Bridgewater Canal, and forms one of the principal settlements of Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish... |
Southbound | Half-hourly (0630 M-F/0850 S) | Hourly (2307) | Hourly (0910-1710) | 18 mins | Stockton Heath, Cobbs Estate Grappenhall |
| font style="color:white;">8 | Warrington-Hatton Hatton, Warrington Hatton is a small village some 6 km south of Warrington, Cheshire .It lies on the B5356 road between the villages of Daresbury and Stretton. It has one public house, The Hatton Arms. This is a Grade II listed building which formerly incorporated a post office and a village store.-External... |
Southbound | Hourly (0645 M-F/0820 S) | No Service M-Th/4 Journeys (F&S) (1839* M-Th/2059* F&S) | No Service | 28 mins | Stockton Heath, Appleton Thorn, Hatton |
| font style="color:white;">8X | Warrington-Appleton Thorn | Southbound | 1 Service (Not Sats) (0645) | No Service M-Th 2 Journeys (F&S) (1940 and 2140), No 8X operate returns |
No Service | 17 mins | Stockton Heath, Cobbs Estate, Appleton Thorn |
| font style="color:white;">9 | Warrington-Hatton Hatton, Warrington Hatton is a small village some 6 km south of Warrington, Cheshire .It lies on the B5356 road between the villages of Daresbury and Stretton. It has one public house, The Hatton Arms. This is a Grade II listed building which formerly incorporated a post office and a village store.-External... |
Southbound | Hourly (0645 M-F/0820 S) | No Service Mon-Thu (1745)/One Service Fri&Sat (2245 FS) | No Service | 19 mins per Ser 9 | Stockton Heath, Cobbs Estate, Hatton |
| font style="color:white;">11/11A | Warrington-Gainsborough Road (circular) | Southbound | Hourly (0637 M-F/0902 S) | No Service (1830) | No Service | 21 mins per ser 11, 24 mins per ser 11A | Knutsford Road, Loushers Lane, Gainsboro' Rd |
| font style="color:white;">12/12A | Warrington-Loushers Ln (circular) | Southbound | Hourly (0707 M-F/0800 S) | Hourly (2244) | No Service | 23 mins per ser 12 and 12A | Chester Road, Gainsborough Road, Loushers Lane |
| font style="color:white;">13 | Warrington-Westbrook Westbrook, Warrington Westbrook is a ward and suburb in the North West area of Warrington. It forms part of the civil parish of Burtonwood, to part of which it gives its name. It is part of the "new-town" of Warrington. The main part of Westbrook was built in the early 1980s... |
Westbound | Half-hourly (0739 M-F/0809 S) | No Service (1757) | No Service | 18 mins | Westbrook |
| font style="color:white;">14 | Warrington-Sankey Great Sankey Great Sankey is a civil parish and suburban area of the Borough of Warrington and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It is west of Warrington town centre. It has a population of 24,211.-History:... (Circular) |
Westbound | Half-hourly (0721 M-F/0821 S) | 2 services M-Th, hourly F&S (2337) | No service | 37 mins | Whittle Brook, Meeting Ln, Sankey Circ(ular) |
| font style="color:white;">15 | Warrington-Sankey Great Sankey Great Sankey is a civil parish and suburban area of the Borough of Warrington and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It is west of Warrington town centre. It has a population of 24,211.-History:... (Circular) |
Westbound | Half-hourly (0543) | Hourly (2307) | Hourly (0920, 1035-1735) | 32 mins | Whittle Brook, Sankey Stn, Sankey Circ(ular) |
| font style="color:white;">16 | Warrington-Dallam Dallam, Warrington Dallam is a suburb of Warrington, England. It is home to a Royal Mail rail terminus on the main West Coast Main Line railway, opposite a large Eddie Stobart distribution centre. Considerably smaller than most suburbs of Warrington, Dallam alongside its slightly larger neighbour Bewsey... |
Westbound | 15 mins (0706) | Half-hourly (2326) | Hourly (1145-1645) | 12 mins | Gen. Hospital, Folly Lane, Dallam |
| font style="color:white;">16A | Warrington-Dallam Dallam, Warrington Dallam is a suburb of Warrington, England. It is home to a Royal Mail rail terminus on the main West Coast Main Line railway, opposite a large Eddie Stobart distribution centre. Considerably smaller than most suburbs of Warrington, Dallam alongside its slightly larger neighbour Bewsey... |
Westbound | 15 mins (0706) | No Services (1729) | No Service | 12 mins | Gen. Hospital, Troutbeck Av, Dallam |
| font style="color:white;">17 | Warrington-Chapelford | Westbound | 30 minutes | None | None | 17 mins | Chapelford, Westbrook |
| font style="color:white;">18 | Warrington-Callands | Westbound | 20 minutes (0726 M-F/0806 S) | Hourly M-Th, 30 mins F&S (2329) | No service | 16 mins | Old Hall, Westbrook, Callands |
| font style="color:white;">18A | Warrington-Callands Gemini Retail Park (M&S) | Westbound | No Set Frequency until 0756 then every 20 mins (0625 M-F/0705 S) |
No Service (1855) | Hourky 0955-1555, 1710 | 16 mins | Old Hall, Westbrook, M&S/Callands |
| font style="color:white;">19/19C | Warrington-Leigh Leigh, Greater Manchester Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss.... via Croft Croft, Cheshire Croft is a village and civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, England, about five miles north of Warrington town centre. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,920. It is a rural, residential district.... |
Northbound | Half-hourly (0628 M-F/0648 S) | Hourly (2310) | Hourly (0858, 17 13 to Culcheth, hourly 0958-1558 to Leigh) | 44 mins | Croft, Culcheth, Leigh |
| font style="color:white;">20 | Warrington-Orford Orford, Warrington Orford is a suburb of Warrington, England. The "hamlet of Orford" was originally a small area north of the township of Warrington, centred on Orford Green. Orford now describes a large area between the town centre and the M62, incorporating other small communities, such as Longford... (Circular) |
Northbound | 10 mins (0707 M-F/0730 S) | 30 mins(2339) | Hourly (1145-1645) | 24 mins | Winwick Rd, Longford, Orford (with Orford Circular on side of bus) |
| font style="color:white;">20A | Warrington-Orford Orford, Warrington Orford is a suburb of Warrington, England. The "hamlet of Orford" was originally a small area north of the township of Warrington, centred on Orford Green. Orford now describes a large area between the town centre and the M62, incorporating other small communities, such as Longford... (Circular) |
Westbound | Mon-Fri: Two services (0615 and 0645) Sat: One service (0645) |
Early AM services only (0716) | Hourly (1215-1715) | 31 mins | Gen Hospital, Longford, Orford |
| font style="color:white;">21/21A | Warrington-Longford Longford Longford is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 7,622 according to the 2006 census. Approximately one third of the county's population resides in the town. Longford town is also the biggest town in the county... (Circular) |
Northbound | 10 mins (0510 M-F/0613 S) | 30 mins(2324) | Hourly 0900-1700) | 24 mins | Winwick Rd, Orford, Longford (with Longford Circular on side of bus) |
| font style="color:white;">23/23A | Warrington-Cinnamon Brow Cinnamon Brow Cinnamon Brow is an area on the east side of Warrington, England, between Orford and Birchwood. It has a population of around 12,000 residents living in approximately 3,600 houses .-Facilities:... |
Eastbound | 15 mins (0720 M-F/0735 S) | No Service(1805) | No Service | 23 mins | Cinnamon Brow |
| font style="color:white;">24/24A | Warrington-Oakwood | Half-Hourly (0630) | Eastbound | No Services (1900) | No Service | 47 mins | Oakwood |
| font style="color:white;">25 | Warrington-Gorse Covert | Eastbound | 15 mins (0509 M-F/0730 S) | No Service (1815) | No Service | 44 mins | Gorse Covert or Statham Av, Birchwood, Gorse Covert |
| font style="color:white;">25A | Warrington-Cinnamon Brow Cinnamon Brow Cinnamon Brow is an area on the east side of Warrington, England, between Orford and Birchwood. It has a population of around 12,000 residents living in approximately 3,600 houses .-Facilities:... |
Eastbound | Two Services (0509 (ex Wilderspool Depot) and 0607) | Early morning only (0626) | No Service | 18 mins | Cinnamon Brow |
| font style="color:white;">25B | Warrington-Ryefields Village | Eastbound | One Service (1030) | No Service (1030) | 120 mins (1045-2227) | 41 mins | Gorse Covert |
| font style="color:white;">26 | Warrington-Gorse Covert | Eastbound | No Service (1845) | 120 mins (2227) | 120 mins (1050-1650) | 41 mins | Gorse Covert |
| font style="color:white;">27 | Warrington-Gorse Covert | Eastbound | No Service (1924) | 120 mins(2324 (To Wilderspool Depot arriving at 0004)) |
120 mins (0950-1550), 1730 | 47 mins | Gorse Covert |
| font style="color:white;">28 | Warrington-Leigh Leigh, Greater Manchester Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss.... via Birchwood Birchwood Birchwood is a civil parish in the north-eastern part of Warrington, Cheshire, England with a population of 11,395 . Historically a part of Lancashire, it is the easternmost part of the Warrington urban area. It was built during the time of much expansion in Warrington as it became a "new town"... |
Eastbound | 30 mins (0624 M-F/0644 S) | No Service (1747*) | No Service | 51 mins | Padgate, Culcheth Leigh |
| font style="color:white;">28A | Warrington-Leigh Leigh, Greater Manchester Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss.... via Padgate Padgate Padgate was a village on the edge of Warrington, England, and today it is a large residential part of the town. During World War II it had a small RAF Station. RAF Padgate will be well-remembered by thousands of young men who were selected for RAF national service and on this site received their... |
Eastbound | No Service (1925) | Hourly (2245) | Hourly (0925-1625), 1725 (to Culcheth) | 43 mins | Padgate, Culcheth Leigh |
| font style="color:white;">29 | Warrington-Collins Green | Westbound | 15 mins to Westbrook/hourly to Collins Green (0827*) | No Service(1705*) | No Service | 20 mins | Collins Green |
| font style="color:white;">30/30B | Warrington-Penketh Penketh Penketh is a civil parish in the Borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is about west of Warrington town centre. It has a population of 8,699.The emblem/badge of Penketh is three kingfishers.-History:... (circular) |
Westbound | 30 mins (0508) | hourly (2335) | 2 hours (1017-1617) then 1717 | 15 mins | Liverpool Rd, Meeting Ln, Penketh Circ(ular) |
| font style="color:white;">31/31A33/33A | Warrington-Penketh Penketh Penketh is a civil parish in the Borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is about west of Warrington town centre. It has a population of 8,699.The emblem/badge of Penketh is three kingfishers.-History:... (circular) |
Westbound | 15 mins (0722 M-F/0807 S) | No Service (1827) | No Service | 15-16 mins | Liverpool Rd, Penketh Ln Ends, Penketh Circ(ular) |
| font style="color:white;">37/37A(BE) | Warrington-Altrincham Altrincham Altrincham is a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat ground south of the River Mersey about southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Sale and east of Warrington... |
Southbound | Half-hourly (0705*) | Hourly (2241*) | Hourly (0940-1640) (WBT Warrington Borough Transport Warrington Borough Transport is a bus operator running a network of services within the Borough of Warrington, England and into the surrounding area, including Altrincham, Leigh, Earlestown and Northwich. The network of services is marketed under the Network Warrington name, with both names... Operate this Service) |
50 mins | Altrincham Interchange |
| font style="color:white;">45 | Warrington-Northwich Northwich Northwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane... |
Southbound | Infrequent (0620 MF/0810 S) | No Service(1748) | No Service | 47 mins | Stretton, Lostock Gralam, Northwich |
| font style="color:white;">46 | Warrington-Northwich Northwich Northwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane... |
Southbound | Infrequent (0725 MF/0948 S) | No Service(1940) | No Service | 42 mins | Stretton, Anderton, Northwich |
| font style="color:white;">48 | Warrington-Dudlows Green | Southbound | 30 mins (peak)/hourly (off-peak) (0748* M-F/0845* S) | No Service (1812) | No Service | 26 mins | Latchford, Stockton Heath Dudlow's Green |
| font style="color:white;"> 62(HT) | Warrington-Widnes Widnes Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in Cheshire, England, with an urban area population of 57,663 in 2004. It is located on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. Directly to the south across the Mersey is the town of Runcorn... |
Southbound | Hourly (0753*M-F/0840* Sat) | No Service (1718* M-F/1618* S) | No Service | 81 mins | Widnes Bancroft Rd via Bancroft Rd, Grangeway, Halton Lea |
| font style="color:white;">98 (BPS) | Birchwood Park-Birchwood Birchwood Birchwood is a civil parish in the north-eastern part of Warrington, Cheshire, England with a population of 11,395 . Historically a part of Lancashire, it is the easternmost part of the Warrington urban area. It was built during the time of much expansion in Warrington as it became a "new town"... (circular) |
N/A | 20 mins (Morning Peak 0732-0908* Lunchtime Peak 1211*-1327* Evening Peak 1817-1913) |
No Service (1813) | No Service | 8 mins | |
| font style="color:white;"> 100 (FM) | Warrington-Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
Eastbound | Hourly (0751*) | No Service (1805* M-F/1800* S) | Hourly (1106-1735) | 81 mins | Manchester Exchange BS via Trafford Centre, Eccles |
| font style="color:white;">101 | Warrington-Wilderspool Wilderspool Wilderspool is a district of Warrington, England, located near to the town centre. Its area is basically Wilderspool Causeway and the streets coming off it; the limits being the River Mersey into the Stockton Heath Area of Warrington , Bridgefoot , and Centre Park... (circular)/ Known as Centrelink |
Centre Loop | 20 mins (0730 M-F) | No Service (1832*) | No Service | 16 mins | Centre Park Shuttle |
| font style="color:white;"> 104 (BE) | Warrington-Woolston | Eastbound | Hourly (0700) | No Service (1751) | No Service | 21 mins | Woolston |
| font style="color:white;">110 | Warrington-Murdishaw | Westbound | 20 mins MF (0730)/Half hourly S (0735) | No Service (1840M-F/1704 S) | No Service | 54 mins | Widnes, Runcorn, Murdishaw |
| font style="color:white;">329 | Warrington-St.Helens | Northbound | Half Hourly (0650M-F/0725S) | No Service (1809) | No Service | 54 mins | St. Helens Bus Station |
| font style="color:white;">360 | Warrington-Wigan Wigan Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total... |
Northbound | Half Hourly (0715M-F/0815S) | No Service (1821M-F/1721S) | No Service | 50 mins | Wigan Bus Station |
| font style="color:white;">420V | Warrington-Vulcan | Northbound | Hourly (0850) | No Service(1814) | No Service | 37 mins | Newton, Earlestown, Vulcan |
| font style="color:white;">420E | Warrington-Earlestown Earlestown Earlestown forms the western part of Newton-le-Willows, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 10,274.-History:... |
Northbound | Hourly (0750) | Hourly(2245) | 0845, hourly 0930-1630, 1715 | 23 mins | Winwick, Newton, Earlestown |
| font style="color:white;">X30 | Southbound | Warrington-Chester Chester Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the... |
Hourly (0905) | No Service (1605) | No Service | 93 mins | Penketh, Walton, Daresbury, Runcorn, Halton, Frodsham Chester |
Roads
There are three key motorways serving the town and surrounding areas. The town is located roughly halfway between Liverpool and Manchester.The M6
M6 motorway
The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction . Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74 which continues to...
has four junctions in Warrington. Junction 20 serves the rural south-eastern outskirts of Warrington (i.e. Lymm, Grappenhall, Appleton Thorn and Hatton), it also acts as the "Lymm Interchange" for the M56. Junction 21 serves Woolston, Padgate, Birchwood and the town centre. Junction 21A is the "Croft Interchange" for the M62. Finally, junction 22 serves the north-eastern rural suburbs (i.e. Kenyon, Croft, and Culcheth). To the North, the next exit is for Haydock, to the south the next exit is for Macclesfield, Knutsford and Northwich.
The M62
M62 motorway
The M62 motorway is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road also forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 and E22...
also has four junctions serving Warrington. Junction 11 serves the Eastern suburbs (Birchwood, Risley, and Culcheth). Junction 10 is known as the "Croft Interchange" and links to the M6. Junction 9 serves the town centre, and inner city areas (Orford, Winwick, and Longford). Finally, junction 8 serves the western suburbs (Westbrook, Sankey and Callands). To the west, the next junction serves St.Helens, Prescot, and Widnes. Towards the east, the next junction is known as the "Eccles Interchange", linking the M60
M60 motorway
The M60 motorway, or Manchester Orbital, is an orbital motorway circling Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. It passes through all Greater Manchester's metropolitan boroughs except for Wigan and Bolton...
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The third motorway skirts the south-east of Warrington, the M56
M56 motorway
The M56 Motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, is in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England. It runs from Junction 4 of the M60 to Dunkirk, Cheshire and is in length. It is often busy with long-distance commuter traffic towards North Wales...
interchanges with the M6 at junction 9. Junction 10 serves the very rural outskirts of Warrington (Stretton and Hatton).
There are several A-roads serving Warrington:
- A49A49 roadThe A49 is a major road in western England, which traverses the Welsh Marches region. It runs north from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire via Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch, then continues through central Cheshire to Warrington and Wigan before terminating at its junction with...
(Ross-on-WyeRoss-on-WyeRoss-on-Wye is a small market town with a population of 10,089 in southeastern Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean.-History:...
-Preston) - A56A56 roadThe A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections, and traverses environments as diverse as the dense urban sprawl of inner city Manchester and the...
(ChesterChesterChester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
-SkiptonSkiptonSkipton is a market town and civil parish within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located along the course of both the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire, on the south side of the Yorkshire Dales, northwest of Bradford and west of York...
) - A57A57 roadThe A57 is a major road in England. It runs east from Liverpool to Lincoln, via Warrington, Cadishead, Irlam, Patricroft, Eccles, Salford and Manchester, then through the Pennines over the Snake Pass , around the Ladybower Reservoir, through Sheffield and past Worksop...
(LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
-LincolnLincoln, LincolnshireLincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
) - A562A562 roadThe A562 is a road in England which runs from Liverpool to Warrington.At Liverpool the road is known at first as Parliament Street, then Upper Parliament Street, Smithdown Road, Allerton Road, Menlove Avenue, Hillfoot Road, Hillfoot Avenue and Higher Road, before joining Speke Boulevard.It ends in...
(Liverpool-Sankey) - A572A572 roadThe A572 is a main road serving the Greater Manchester and Merseyside areas, running from Swinton to St Helens via Leigh and Newton-le-Willows.- Route:...
(St.Helens-SwintonSwinton, Greater ManchesterSwinton is a town within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. Located on the A6 road it stands on gently sloping ground on the southwest side of the River Irwell, and within the bounds of the orbital M60 motorway. It is west-northwest of Salford, and west-northwest of Manchester...
) - A574A574 roadThe A574 is a road in England, running through the borough of Warrington before terminating at the end of Butts Bridge in Leigh, Greater Manchester...
(SankeyGreat SankeyGreat Sankey is a civil parish and suburban area of the Borough of Warrington and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It is west of Warrington town centre. It has a population of 24,211.-History:...
-LeighLeigh, Greater ManchesterLeigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Wigan, and west of Manchester. Leigh is situated on low lying land to the north west of Chat Moss....
) - A579(WinwickWinwick, CheshireWinwick is a village and civil parish in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England. Historically within Lancashire, until 1 April 1974, Winwick was administered as part of Lancashire with the rest of north Warrington. It is situated about three miles north of Warrington town centre, near...
-AinsworthAinsworth, Greater ManchesterAinsworth is a small village—effectively a suburb—within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the western fringe of Bury, northwest of Radcliffe, and east of Bolton...
) - A5088
- A6144
River
The River Mersey runs through the heart of the town dividing it into two. There are only two main thoroughfares crossing the Mersey in Warrington: at Bridgefoot and at the Kingsway Bridge. Another crossing is planned from Lower Walton to Arpley.Canals
Warrington is also divided by the Manchester Ship CanalManchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a river navigation 36 miles long in the North West of England. Starting at the Mersey Estuary near Liverpool, it generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and Irwell through the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Several sets of locks lift...
but there are three swing bridges and a high-level cantilever bridge providing crossing points, and another high-level crossing is planned between Warrington and Runcorn
Runcorn
Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port within the borough of Halton in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In 2009, its population was estimated to be 61,500. The town is on the southern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form Runcorn Gap. Directly to the north...
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The picturesque Bridgewater Canal
Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester...
runs through the Borough from the scenic village of Lymm
Lymm
Lymm is a large village and civil parish within the Warrington borough of Cheshire, in North West England. Lymm was an urban district of Cheshire from 1894 to 1974. The civil parish of Lymm incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little...
to Walton Lea Gardens, a local park/leisure area.
The first modern canal is also located in Warrington. The Sankey Canal
Sankey Canal
The Sankey Canal, which is also known as the Sankey Brook Navigation and the St Helens Canal, is a canal in Cheshire, extending into Merseyside, in the northwest of England, connecting St Helens with the River Mersey...
starts at Spike Island in Widnes, going through Sankey Valley Park past Bewsey Old Hall & Gullivers World theme park, on through Earlestown and ending at the old Safeway store (now Tesco) in St. Helens.
Air
Although, Warrington itself does not have an airport, it is within half an hour (by road) of two international airports : Liverpool John Lennon AirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an international airport serving the city of Liverpool and the North West of England. Formerly known as Speke Airport, RAF Speke, and Liverpool Airport the airport is located within the City of Liverpool adjacent to the estuary of the River Mersey some southeast...
and Manchester Airport , each with a mix of various international, European, domestic and regional flights. You can reach Manchester Airport by train (via Piccadilly Station in Manchester).
At one point Warrington was home to a world famous military airfield used intensively during the World War Two at Burtonwood
Burtonwood
Burtonwood and Westbrook is a civil parish in the outermost suburbs of Warrington in Cheshire, England. Historically within Lancashire, the name Burtonwood is known worldwide as the location of the former RAF Station Burtonwood military camp. Burtonwood village itself is a few miles away from the...
. Now the runway is part of the M62 and the area has now been transformed into Gemini business park. When driving down the M62 one can still see some of the old aircraft hangars that are now home to various businesses.
Cycling
Warrington is home to the Warrington Cycle CampaignWarrington Cycle Campaign
Warrington Cycle Campaign is a cycling campaign group that aims to promote safer cycling and more cycling.Although based in Warrington in England, the Campaign has received international recognition, mainly due to its Cycle facility of the month feature....
, a cycling advocacy group that has received international attention with it Cycle facility of the month feature.