OS grid reference SJ563686 Unitary authority Country England Local time Sunday 10:47 PM Ceremonial county Cheshire UK parliament constituency Crewe and Nantwich | Civil parish Delamere Region North West Sovereign state United Kingdom Dialling code 01606 Post town Northwich | |
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Delamere is a village and civil parish in Cheshire. It is situated approximately 7 miles to the west of Northwich, within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,025. The name of the village comes from the French de la mere "of the lake".
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Map of Delamere, Northwich, UK
The civil parish is 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 Delamere stores.
Transport
Delamere is served by Delamere railway station which opened on 22 June 1870. There are reguler 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.