About Frodsham

Frodsham, an ancient settlement, is featured in the Domesday Book. The village became a town in July 1992 and elected its first Mayor.

The picturesque town is situated in the shadow of Frodsham Hill in the County of Cheshire in the northwest of England. River Weaver flows into the Mersey Estuary and the Manchester Ship Canal passes through Frodsham.

River Mersey
The River Weaver
River Mersey
River Weaver

Frodsham is part of the North West European Parliamentary Region with nine MEPs and Weaver Vale Parliamentary Constituency (represented by Mike Hall, MP). At Cheshire County Council, our representative is Cllr Gretta Cousins and at Vale Royal Borough Council they are Cllr Brian Lloyd, Cllr Andrew Dawson & Cllr Mark Ingram (North Ward) and Cllr Lynn Riley (South Ward).

Frodsham has an informal partnership with Kelsterbach, Germany (close to Frankfurt Airport) that is reinforced through cultural exchanges between the two towns (for example, Frodsham & Kelsterbach Tennis Clubs' annual reciprocal visits).

Clock
Main Street
Town Centre Clock
Thatched Cottages in Main Street

Frodsham is a vibrant market town with more than 200 small businesses and opportunities for trades-people. It has a vigorous and caring community that is exemplified by its 100+ clubs, societies & voluntary sector organisations. The town is well served for its health and education needs.

Scenery
Frodsham Hill
Stunning Scenery
Frodsham Hill

Frodsham provides many facilities and opportunities for leisure and entertainment. The Community Centre, Castle Park Arts Centre, restaurants, public houses, and places of worship provide a focus for like-minded people Sports and hobbies are at the heart of the town's life. Residents and visitors are involved in playing/organising most of the popular outdoor and indoor sports.

St Laerences Church
The Bears Paw Pub
St Laurence Church
The Bears Paw

Frodsham is easy to reach by road, rail or air. It is located near Junction 12 of the M56 motorway, has a railway station on the Chester/Manchester route and is within easy reach of Liverpool John Lennon & Manchester airports.

Station
Frodsham Railway Station

See the right panel on this page for useful links to websites for more information.

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More About Frodsham

These are some of the websites with more information about Frodsham:

A Brief History
Vision of Britain
Frodsham Directory
A Visitor's Guide
Hotels Combined
Wikipedia

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War Memorial
War Memorial
Frodsham Hill
 
 

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The Northwest

 

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Updated on 9 June 2008
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