Delamere, Cheshire
The civil parish was well known for the Delamere Forest, an expanse of oak, pine and sycamore trees which forms the largest woodland in Cheshire. It includes the hills of Old Pale and Eddisbury Hill, part of the Mid Cheshire Ridge.
There are several cafés, including the Station House Café at Delamere railway station and Delamere Café in Delamere Forest. Other services include a primary school (Delamere C of E Academy), shop (Delamere Stores), community centre and public house, the Vale Royal Abbey Arms on the A556.
Transport
Delamere is served by Delamere railway station which opened on 22 June 1870. There are regular stopping services to both Chester and Manchester Piccadilly
Geodesy
On Pale Heights (National Grid SJ543696) was the origin (meridian) of the first Ordnance Survey one inch mapping of the whole of the United Kingdom.
Notable people
- Alan Mayers (b. 1937), English footballer
- Henry Wilbraham (1825–1883), English mathematician
See also
References
- ^ "The Parish Council – Delamere and Oakmere".
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "DELAMERE". GENUKI. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Cheshire West and Chester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Forestry Commission: Delamere Forest Park: Information Archived 16 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 13 January 2013)
- ^ "Home page". Delamere Academy. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Delamere Community Centre". Cheshire Community Action. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Home page". Vale Royal Abbey Arms. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Adams, Brian (1998–99). "198 years and 153 meridians, 152 defunct" (PDF). Streetlines. The Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps: 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
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