Traditional county: Cheshire · Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester · Region: North West
Explore Rowton, Cheshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rowton map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Rowton |
| Traditional County | Cheshire |
| Unitary Authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.175721 |
| Longitude | -2.830868 |
| Place Type | Village |
Rowton emerges from the Cheshire plain as a quiet expanse of fields where the horizon holds a heavy, silvered light. It lies 2.7 miles east-south-east of Chester (from Chester: bearing 112°T, OS grid SJ 445 646), and is situated west-north-west of Waverton village. The earth here remembers the sharp clatter of steel from the 1645 conflict, marked by the nearby monument for the Battle of Rowton Moor, which stands as a solitary sentinel amidst the encroaching grass. Beyond the quiet lanes, the registered battlefield of Rowton Heath stretches across sixty-three hectares of open ground, where the wind now moves through the stalks with a persistent, rhythmic sigh. The landscape remains largely defined by its agricultural lineage, with hedgerows tracing the ancient boundaries that divide the heavy, fertile soil. Sunlight catches the edges of the distant Roman camp, a subtle rise in the pasture that suggests the deep, buried ghosts of a different occupation. Rowton persists in this stillness, caught between the memory of heavy cavalry and the slow, modern pulse of the surrounding farmland.
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Explore Rowton, 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: 53.175721, -2.830868. 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.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |