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History Christ Church, commonly known as the former Western Point Church in Runcorn, stands as a poignant Grade II listed relic of the town's industrial past. Erected in 1841 by the Weaver Navigation Company and designed by Edmund Sharpe of Lancaster, this red sandstone church in the Gothic...

Has anybody ventured into here? Looks like it used to be a gym, but the building is old and has a plaque on the front of it. I believe that it used to be an old drill hall. I was hoping to find some pics of the inside on here, but there are none

The Explore Explored a few weeks ago during a Northern Road Trip. I quite liked this little church; mostly because of the fact that it was a complete contrast of the senses; a little quaint church amongst an Industrial Behemoth of Dockyard Buildings, Docks and large boats navigating The Mersey...

Some brief history Christ Church is located out on the docks of Weston, overlooking the River Mersey. It’s construction was completed in 1841 making it 181 years old! It was built as the result of a 1839 petition from dock workers to be allowed to have Sunday off as sabbath (a Christian day of...

Christ Church is a former Anglican parish church which is now grade2 listed. From 1720 improvements were made to the River Weaver to make it more navigable for transport from the salt mines in the Winsford area of Cheshire to the River Mersey, creating the Weaver Navigation. In 1839 the Weaver...

Heading over the new Runcorn bridge I got a bit lost and ended up passing this horrible thing. Despite the fact that its clearly just a partly boarded-up shell I actually quite enjoyed wandering round - something about big empty spaces I suppose. History. Was originally government offices...

Easily visible across the Mersey from the Speke coastline, I have often wondered about this little black church surrounded by industrial gubbins on the Runcorn coast. Some very brief background from wikipedia. When it was built (1841), the church stood on a headland jutting out into the River...

History Runcorn, which derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon term rumcofan (meaning a wide cove or bay), is a small industrial town and cargo port in Cheshire. It is located alongside the southern bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. For much of its...

History Runcorn, which derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon term rumcofan (meaning a wide cove or bay), is a small industrial town and cargo port in Cheshire. It is located alongside the southern bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. For much of its...

Visited with earth dog. After talking to a friend about this site and showing some interest more into drainage he gave me the location of this surface water drain, which I thought was undiscovered until I dug a little further into this site and it had been previously visited back in 2010 by Gone...

Always been fascinated by this building and went exploring with a friend. It is the old Department of Education building situated behind Runcorn's Shopping City. The place has been shut down and left to rot since the nineties due to asbestos being in the building. Used to have easy access to but...

info take from a local rag A GROUND-breaking ceremony has marked the start of construction work at The Grange School in Runcorn. Pupils, school staff, Halton Borough Council staff and councillors attended the event. The new school will combine the existing infant, junior and senior...

The United Utilities site on Warrington Road was built in the early 1960s. it serves 95,000 households in Runcorn and local businesses.The treated wastewater is then returned to the local watercourse - especially the Manchester Ship Canal via an outfall, where most of the town's treated loo...

recent information regarding me and kevsy21's previous explore of preston book http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=53828 took me back here to see what lied further upstream. explored solo after following the brook for a while i was met with a 2 way tunnel system,with the...

originally the plan was on this to try and ride across the mersey from runcorn to widnes on my mountain bike while the tide was out ,it was a roasting hot day and looked fairly dry, however i didnt get very far, the dry mud which looked dry wasnt very dry underneath......anyway it seemed a good...