Car Hire Warrington - Mini guide to Warrington

Warrington combines the best of progressive industrial and commercial activity with varied housing developments, spacious parks and recreation areas, leisure and shopping centres and pleasant countryside walks.

Warrington Museum and Art Gallery features a wealth of material on the natural world; the town’s own dinosaur; history galleries and a fascinating Time Tunnel. Excellent art collections are displayed throughout the building, the most popular exhibit being the beautifully decorated Egyptian sarcophagus and Egyptian mummy.

Warrington is a town of bridges - the first crossing point of the River Mersey was discovered, in what is now known as Warrington. Warrington was granted "New Town" status which led to a rapid, planned expansion of the town, many new homes, jobs and industrial and commercial growth. It is now the home of many industries.

Warrington has a huge range of sporting and recreational activities, where you can enjoy the arts, spectator sports, leisure centres and a variety of sporting facilities. At the heart of Warrington is the Golden Square shopping centre. The mall opens onto the Old Market Place, a delightful partially roofed open space, surrounded by some of Warrington's most historic buildings, frequently used as a venue for exhibitions, craft fairs and street entertainment.

Warrington has many fine parks, both old and new. These, together with other areas of public open space such as the Bridgewater Canal, Lymm Dam, The Mersey Way and the many miles of country footpaths, make Warrington a wonderful area to explore. Other attractions nearby are the Blue Planet Aquarium, Chester Zoo and Cheshire Oaks Outlet Village.

Warrington is only a short drive from the international terminals of Manchester and Liverpool airports. The north-south, east-west links are the M62 and M56. Trains leave from Warrington Bank Quay Station every hour to London Euston Station (duration two and a half hour).