Blacon Cheshire Map

About Blacon

Blacon breathes with a quiet hum of suburban life, a place where the Cheshire plain gently slopes towards the Dee estuary. It lies 2.8 km north-west of Chester (from Chester: bearing 308°T, OS grid SJ 383 680), and is situated south of Mollington village. The broad skies often cast a pale, luminous glow over the neat rows of houses, a light that seems to soften the edges of the day. Though not ancient in the manner of its grander neighbour, Chester, Blacon has its own steady pulse, a community shaped by the ebb and flow of post-war development. Green spaces, modest but well-tended, offer pockets of calm, where the rustle of leaves can almost whisper tales of the fields that once dominated this landscape. The air, particularly on a spring morning, carries the faint, sweet scent of freshly cut grass and blooming hawthorn, a subtle perfume of English suburbia.

About This Blacon Map Page

Explore Blacon, Cheshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.205477, -2.924615. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.