Halton Borough Council - Infrastructure
Connections By Road
Halton is conveniently situated between the cities of Manchester and Liverpool and is close to the M62 and M56 motorway corridors which provide great access to the rest of the North East and throughout the UK. Liverpool can be reached in half an hour by car, whilst Central Manchester is no more than 40 minutes away.
Major roads around Halton include the A56, A533, A562, A556, A580 and A54. The comprehensive road connections around Halton mean that the following populations centres can be reached within two hours:
- Sheffield
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Birmingham
- Leeds
- York
- Nottingham
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Coventry
Distance to Birmingham: Up to 100 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Distance to Bristol: Up to 200 miles (Up to 3 hours)
Distance to Edinburgh: Up to 300 miles (Up to 4 hours)
Distance to Glasgow: Up to 300 miles (Up to 4 hours)
Distance to Leeds: Up to 75 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Distance to Leicester: Up to 100 miles (Up to 2 hours)
Distance to Liverpool: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Distance to Manchester: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Distance to Newcastle: Up to 200 miles (Up to 3 hours)
Distance to Sheffield: Up to 75 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Distance to Oxford: Up to 200 miles (Up to 3 hours)
Distance to Cambridge: Up to 200 miles (Up to 4 hours)
Connections By Rail
Rail services within the region are fast and efficient, served by four railway stations – Runcorn, Runcorn East, Hough Green and Widnes.There is an hourly service between Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston and two services per hour run between Liverpool, Crewe and Birmingham New Street, operated by London Midland.
Runcorn East serves the eastern suburbs of Runcorn and the surrounding area. The station is served by hourly Arriva Trains to Manchester Piccadilly via Warrington Bank Quay.
Hours to Central London: Up to 2Connections By Air
Manchester Airport is one of the UK's most popular airports and has won many awards including the World's Best Airport 1995 and Travel Weekly's Globe Awards UK Best Airport 2008. In 2010, the airport was the UK's 4th busiest in terms of passenger numbers and the busiest in the UK outside London.
Manchester Airport also has a World Freight Terminal, served by 10 cargo-only freighter services and by civil airlines carrying cargo on passenger flights.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is a 20-minute train or 30-minute drive away and serves destinations around the world. Birmingham International Airport is 90 minutes away.
Closest Airport: ManchesterFlights per week to Central London: 7 or more
Distance to Birmingham: Up to 100 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Distance to Manchester: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Connections By Freight Ports
The Mersey Multimodal Gateway (3MG) is a unique piece of infrastructure with unrivalled features:
- Rail access from the West Coast Main Line
- Rail–connected high bay warehousing
- An operational intermodal terminal facility – already handling over 60,000 containers annually
- Daily rail links to key deep sea ports
- 750,000 sq ft of existing distribution sheds, with outline consent for a 1.8m sq ft of new buildings, rising eventually to 3.5m sq ft.
- New reception sidings planned
- Direct connections to UK motorway network
- Two international airports nearby
- Only a few miles from the Port of Liverpool
- 60,000 sq ft of prestigious office buildings
Distance to Liverpool: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Broadband / ICT Facilities
Halton has complete access to 2Mb/ps and 8MB/ps ADSL, with a 16% availability of SDSL. As a result, the area is able to meet the needs of the majority of businesses, with easy access to high quality internet. Local Broadband providers include Virgin Media, Sure Broadband Ltd, BT, AOL, TalkTalk, Sky, Pipex, O2 / Be Unlimited, Node4, Tiscali, Zen, Smallworld Media, Updata, Newnet, Newchoice, Lumison, Entanet, Edge Telecom, WB Internet and Sky / Easynet.
