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Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. It covers 2,343 sq km (905 sq mi) and has a population exceeding one million people (2012 estimate). It is bordered by Merseyside and Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south, and Flintshire and Wrexham in Wales to the west.


Chester Cathedral, England
Chester Cathedral, England
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 Apart from the towns along the River Mersey, much of Cheshire is rural in character. The county is famous for producing Cheshire cheese. Other products of the area include salt and woven silk.

The history of Cheshire goes back to the Norman conquest of 1066. The locals resisted the Normans for a further three years before being defeated in 1069. Human habitation is believed to go back even earlier, as evidence by the discovery of prehistoric burial gounds in The Bridgestones, near Congleton. Remains of Iron Age hill forts were also discovered at various locations in Cheshire.


Grosvenor Museum, Chester, Cheshire
Grosvenor Museum, Chester, Cheshire
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 The soil in Cheshire comprises mostly of boulder clay. The land is a plain separating the hills of North Wales with the Peak District of Derbyshire. It was formed by retreating Ice Age glaciers which left a geological feature known as kettle holes, or locally referred to as meres. Shining Tor is the highest point in Cheshire, at 559 m (1,834 ft).


 Stretton Watermill, Cheshire
Stretton Watermill, Cheshire
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Towns in Cheshire

  1. Chester - county town
  2. Warrington - largest town
  3. Congleton
  4. Crewe
  5. Ellesmere Port
  6. Macclesfield
  7. Northwich
  8. Runcorn
  9. Widnes
  10. Wilmslow
  11. Winsford

Sights in Cheshire

  1. Adlington Hall
  2. Arley Hall
  3. Beeston Castle
  4. Bickerton Hill
  5. Bolesworth Castle
  6. Bunbury Mill
  7. Capesthorne Hall
  8. Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, Widnes
  9. Chester Cathedral
  10. Chester City Walls
  11. Chester Grosvenor and Spa
  12. Chester Zoo
  13. Cholmondeley Castle
  14. Cuckooland Museum, Tabley
  15. Delamere Forest
  16. Doddington Park
  17. Dorfold Hall
  18. Eaton Hall
  19. Elton Hall
  20. Gawsworth Hall
  21. Grosvenor Museum Chester
  22. Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
  23. Halton Castle
  24. Hare Hill
  25. Helsby hill
  26. Holt Castle
  27. Jodrell Bank Observatory
  28. Lamaload Reservoir
  29. Lion Salt Works, Marston
  30. Little Moreton Hall
  31. Lyme Park
  32. Macclesfield Forest
  33. Mersey Forest
  34. National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
  35. Ness Botanic Gardens
  36. Nether Alderley Mill
  37. Northwich Community Woodlands
  38. Norton Priory
  39. Parkgate
  40. Pick Mere, Pickmere
  41. Peckforton Castle
  42. Peckforton Hills
  43. Peover Hall
  44. Quarry Bank Mill
  45. Sandbach Crosses
  46. Shining Tor
  47. Shutlingsloe
  48. Stretton Watermill
  49. Swettenham Meadows Nature Reserve
  50. Tabley House
  51. Tatton Park
  52. Tegg's Nose Country Park
  53. The Bridestones
  54. Vale Royal Abbey
  55. Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse, Northwich
  56. Wigg Island, Runcorn
  57. Windgather Rocks
  58. Winsford

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