Runcorn

town in Cheshire, England, UK
Place town Q1009316
Runcorn
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Runcorn

Summary

Runcorn is a town[1]. Runcorn has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Runcorn is located in Halton[3].
  • Runcorn is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Runcorn is on the body of water River Mersey[5].
  • Runcorn's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Runcorn's instance of is recorded as unparished area[7].
  • Runcorn's instance of is recorded as new town (UK)[8].
  • Runcorn's postal code is recorded as WA7[9].
  • Runcorn's Commons category is recorded as Runcorn[10].
  • Runcorn's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[11].
  • Runcorn's local dialing code is recorded as 01928[12].
  • Runcorn's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ525815[13].
  • Runcorn's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.341944444444444, 'lon': -2.733611111111111}[14].
  • Runcorn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Runcorn[15].
  • Runcorn has a population of {'amount': '+61789'}[16].
  • Runcorn's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Runcorn's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Runcorn's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Runcorn's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Runcorn[20].
  • Runcorn's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Runcorn[21].
  • Runcorn's historic county is recorded as Cheshire[22].

Body

Geography

Runcorn is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Runcorn is located in Halton[3]. Runcorn is on the body of water River Mersey[5].

Physical Characteristics

Runcorn has a population of {'amount': '+61789'}[16].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6], unparished area[7], and new town (UK)[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Runcorn include Runcorn railway station[23], a railway station[24], in United Kingdom[25].

Why It Matters

Runcorn has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Entities named for Runcorn include Runcorn railway station[23], a railway station[24], in United Kingdom[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Back ache · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Un/locode GBRUN
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1937]]: GBRUN, Moving to [[Q7231251]]"
  2. 20d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone UTC±00:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44601|batch #44601]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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