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Cheshire

Located in northwest England, Cheshire is both a ceremonial and historic county (with different boundaries for each) and was formerly known as the County Palatine of Chester. It shares boundaries with the Welsh county of Powys to the west, the English counties of Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Despite the fact that Warrington has more residents, the county seat of Cheshire is located in the much larger city of Chester, with its magnificent cathedral. Alsager, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Frodsham, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Middlewich, Nantwich, Neston, Northwich, Poynton, Runcorn, Sandbach, Widnes, Wilmslow, and Winsford are some of the additional towns in the county.

The county of Cheshire is subdivided into the administrative regions of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Halton, and Warrington. As of the year 2021, the county's population is projected to approach 1.1 million, and its land area will expand to 905 square miles (2,344 square kilometers). The majority of the area is rural, but a few towns and villages serve the agricultural and chemical industries, making it famous for its chemicals, Cheshire cheese, salt, and silk.  Lewis Carroll, Gary Barlow, Ian Curtis, Harry Styles, Daniel Craig, Tim Curry, Pete Postlethwaite, and Shauna Coxsey, Tyson Fury, and Paula Radcliffe are just a few of the famous people that have come from the United Kingdom and made an impact on mainstream culture.

Geography

The county of Cheshire is located between the mountains of North Wales and the Peak District, on a boulder clay plain (the area is also known as the Cheshire Gap). After the glaciers retreated during the ice age, they left behind a landscape littered with kettle holes, sometimes known as meres in this region. Nearly all of the area's bedrock is composed of Triassic sandstone; this sandstone has been quarried for centuries, most notably at Runcorn, where it was used to construct Liverpool Cathedral and Chester Cathedral with its signature red stone.

Much of the county's eastern half is composed of Upper Triassic Mercia Mudstone, which was deposited alongside massive salt deposits that were exploited for centuries near Winsford. It is separated from the Lower Triassic Sherwood Sandstone to the west by the notable sandstone ridge known as the Mid Cheshire Ridge. From Frodsham to Whitchurch, a 55-kilometer (34-mile) trail called the Sandstone Trail[36] traces this ridge, passing via Delamere Forest, Beeston Castle, and older Iron Age forts. Black Hill (582 m (1,909 ft)) near Crowden in the Cheshire Panhandle, a long eastern protrusion of the county, previously ran along the northern edge of Longdendale and on the border with the West Riding of Yorkshire, was the highest point (county top) in the old county of Cheshire. West Yorkshire's highest point is now Black Hill, according to the county's official designations.

Shining Tor, located on the Derbyshire/Cheshire boundary between Macclesfield and Buxton, is the highest peak within the present ceremonial county and the unitary authority of Cheshire East at 559 meters (1,834 feet) above sea level. Shutlingsloe, at 506 meters (1,660 feet) above sea level, is Cheshire's second-highest point after Shining Tor. Located to the south of Macclesfield Forest, Shutlingshoe is so steep that it has earned the nickname "Matterhorn of Cheshire."

Both the North Cheshire Green Belt (which is a part of the North West Green Belt) and the South Cheshire Green Belt (which is a part of the Stoke-on-Trent Green Belt) encircle the major cities of Merseyside and Greater Manchester in Cheshire. These green belts were first drawn up in the 1950s. Cities and towns like Chester, Macclesfield, Alsager, Congleton, Northwich, Ellesmere Port, Knutsford, Warrington, Poynton, Disley, Neston, Wilmslow, Runcorn, and Widnes are wholly encircled by, partially enveloped by, or on the fringes of the belts, which are located primarily within the Cheshire East and Chester West & Chester[41] districts with small portions along the borders of the Inside Cheshire, the Peak District Park boundary meets the North Cheshire Green Belt.

Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire are all neighboring counties in England, while Flintshire and Wrexham are neighboring counties in Wales. To further clarify, Cheshire is located in North West England alongside the rest of the region. 

Economy

The agriculture, automotive, biotechnology, chemical, financial services, food and beverage, information and communications technology, and tourist industries all play key roles in Cheshire's economy. Cheshire cheese, salt, and silk are all products that put the county on the map. Many firsts and innovations have occurred in this county.

Cheshire is primarily rural, with many small towns. Cattle are the most common animals, and the agricultural sector is mostly centered on the dairy industry. There has been considerable ebb and flow in the amount of land used for agriculture; in 2005, it was 1558 km2 spread across 4,609 properties. [54] In 2005, the European Community recorded 8.51 square kilometers devoted to dairy farming, with another 11.78 square kilometers devoted to cattle and sheep.

Salt mining in Middlewich and Northwich established the county's chemical industry during the Roman era. British Salt continues to mine salt in the region. Northwich's salt mines have sustained the town's chemical sector, with major employer Brunner Mond headquartered there. In addition to Ineos (formerly ICI), the chemical industry is well represented with facilities in Runcorn by a number of other firms. Here in Ellesmere Port is the Essar Refinery, originally the Shell Stanlow Refinery. The oil refinery, which started producing in 1924, can now process 12 million tons of crude annually.

Crewe was historically the hub of the British railroad industry and is still a significant transportation hub for trains today. Although at its height after its 1840 construction the Crewe railway works employed 20,000 workers, today that number has dropped to less than 1,000. Also, Bentley automobiles are produced in Crewe. Jaguar and Vauxhall Motors both have factories in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The BAE Systems facility at Woodford Aerodrome is a major employer in the county; it is a component of BAE System's Military Air Solutions business unit. Avro Lancasters, Avro Vulcans, and Hawker-Siddeley Nimrods were all built at this location. The Broughton aircraft factory, which is currently affiliated with Airbus, is located on the boundary between Cheshire and Flintshire.

Visitors from all around the world, and all throughout the United Kingdom, are flocking to Cheshire. More than 2.8 million people visited Cheshire that year, and over 8 million hotel nights (both domestic and international) were logged. 

There were 22,020 businesses in Cheshire registered for Value Added Tax at the beginning of 2003, an increase of 7% from 1998. Many of these were engaged in either wholesale/retail (31.9%) or business services (31%). Growth occurred in four industries between 2002 and 2003: public administration and other services (6.0%), hotels and restaurants (5.1%), construction (1.7%), and commercial services (1.0%). Employment in the county fell significantly across all industries between 2001 and 2002, although the energy and water industry witnessed the highest percentage drop. The hospitality, retail, and wholesale industries saw the most expansion during this time period. The county of Cheshire, is one of the wealthiest in the United Kingdom. But places like Crewe and Winsford have severe poverty Due to its proximity to Manchester and Liverpool, the county is experiencing a surge of "counter urbanization." Cheshire West has a fairly large proportion of residents who work in Liverpool and Manchester, while the town of Northwich and area of Cheshire East falls more within Manchester's sphere of influence.