Frodsham
A town in Cheshire, England.
Frodsham featured in the Domesday book but is still worth writing about now. Frodsham has a wide range of community activities and events. Frodsham was a village until 1992 when it became a town.
Part of the view from the top of Frodsham Hill
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History
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Schools
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Transport and Communications
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Twinning
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Weather
The monument on top of Frodsham Hill.
Frodsham Forward
In 2003 Frodsham Forward, an initiative jointly funded by the Countryside Agency and Vale Royal Borough Council, was set up to identify and support solutions to the needs of Frodsham and its rural area (including Helsby, Manley, Alvanley, Dutton, Sutton and Kingsley).
View down Main Street, Frodsham.
Twinning
Frodsham is twinned with Kelsterbach, a town of about 15,000 in Germany, about five minutes drive from Frankfurt Airport. Main industries include car manufacture (General motors), chemical industry and a kerosene terminal. Many work at the airport terminals or in freight and tourism. The town includes a street named "Frodshamstrasse".
Vale Royal is twinned with Rychnov Nad Kneznou, a region in East Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is about 150km East of Prague. Main industries are glass and lace manufacture, light engineering (especially lock manufacture).
District Council Gardens, Castle Park, Frodsham.
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Transport and Communications
Frodsham is on the A56 and at Junction 12 on the M56 (Chester to Manchester motorway).
Frodsham is on the River Weaver and the Manchester Ship Canal. There is a River Weaver Navigation Society with information on the navigable parts of the river and links to more local information.
Frodsham is also accessible by passenger train on the Manchester - Chester line. A train timetable is provided online by National Rail.
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Weather
The BBC provides a 5-day forecast for Frodsham.
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Feedback or Comments?
Want to know more about Frodsham? Contact us by e-mail and, if we can have the information available, we will see if we can provide it here. You might also be interested in the Frodsham Town Council and Frodsham Life websites. There is a directory of links relating to Frodsham at cheshirelink.com.
