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Cheshire (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ ʃ ər,-ɪər / CHESH-ər, -eer) [3] is a ceremonial county in North West England.It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary.
The CH postcode area, also known as the Chester postcode area, [2] is a group of 37 postcode districts in North West England and North East Wales. Together the districts cover west Cheshire , the Wirral part of Merseyside , and east Flintshire .
The ceremonial county of Cheshire is administered by four unitary authorities (click on the map for details): 1 – Cheshire West and Chester. 2 – Cheshire East. 3 – Warrington. 4 – Halton. In the local government reorganisation of 1974, Cheshire gained an area formerly in Lancashire including Widnes and Warrington.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Cheshire with Merseyside as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the creation of two cross-county boundary constituencies of Ellesmere Port ...
A map of Cheshire, showing the Boroughs : (1) Cheshire West and Chester; (2) Cheshire East; (3) Warrington; and (4) Halton.. A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England.
Top: Map of modern Cheshire showing urban areas (grey) and the major road network. Chester (red) is the county town, and Warrington has the greatest population. Towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants in 2011 are highlighted; the size of dot gives a rough indication of the relative population.
Description: Map of Cheshire, UK with the following information shown: . Administrative borders; Coastline, lakes and rivers; Roads and railways; Urban areas; Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165%
This is a list of places within the ceremonial county boundaries of Cheshire, in North West England. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( August 2008 )