St Helens: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 183,200
• Coordinates: 53.4500° N, 2.7333° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 279 km (173 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL): 15 km (9 mi), straight line
• Manchester Airport (MAN): 32 km (20 mi), straight line
• Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA): 84 km (52 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Eccleston: 3.3 km (2.1 mi)
• Haydock: 3.9 km (2.4 mi)
• Rainhill: 4.4 km (2.7 mi)
• Prescot: 5.0 km (3.1 mi)
• Ashton in Makerfield: 6.6 km (4.1 mi)

Things to see

• St Peter (church)
• North West Museum of Road Transport (museum)
• Holy Cross & St. Helen (church)
• Queen Victoria (artwork)
• World of Glass (museum)