Editing Runcorn (section)

==Landmarks==
{{see also|Listed buildings in Runcorn (urban area)}}
[[File:The ruins of Halton Castle looking towards the Mersey Gateway in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.jpg|thumb|Halton Castle overlooking the Mersey Gateway Bridge]]

There are two Grade I [[listed building]]s and [[scheduled monuments]] in Runcorn: [[Halton Castle]] and [[Norton Priory]]. Halton Castle is one of two remaining Norman castles in Cheshire, built in 1071 and reconstructed in local sandstone in the 13th century. The castle was [[Slighting|slighted]] following the Civil War and the gatehouse converted to a courthouse in 1737, now [[Castle Hotel, Halton|The Castle]] public house and a Grade II* listed building in its own right. Norton Priory, now a museum, is the most excavated monastic site in Europe, consisting of the ruins of an Abbey, 12th century undercroft and 18th century Walled Garden. Both Norton Priory and Halton Castle are managed by Norton Priory Museum Trust Limited.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nortonpriory.org/ |title=Norton Priory Museum & Gardens |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=20 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720064456/http://nortonpriory.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Most Grade II* listed buildings in the town are around the base of Halton Castle, including [[Seneschal's House]] (1598), [[Halton Old Hall]] (1693), [[Chesshyre Library]] (1730) and [[Halton Vicarage]] (1739). [[Hallwood, Cheshire|Hallwood]] (1710), a former mansion house, is also Grade II* listed and its former stable block is Grade II. But both have been derelict since the Tricorn public house closed in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.halton.gov.uk/lgnl/policyandresources/policyplanningtransportation/289056/289063/295476/Listed_Buildings_in_Halton.pdf |title=Listed Buildings in Halton |access-date=23 June 2013 |publisher=Halton Borough Council}}{{dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=MutchyMan112 |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The town's 19th century Anglican churches are also listed buildings, including the Grade II* [[All Saints Church, Runcorn|All Saints]] (1849) and [[St John the Evangelist's Church, Weston|St John's]] (1897), and the Grade II [[Holy Trinity Church, Runcorn|Holy Trinity]] (1838), [[Christ Church, Weston Point|Christ Church]] (1841) and [[St Mary's Church, Halton|St Mary's]] (1851).
[[File:Norton Water Tower, Runcorn - DSC06756.JPG|thumb|Norton Water Tower]]
The Runcorn home of the Duke of Bridgewater, [[Bridgewater House, Runcorn|Bridgewater House]], is a prominent landmark and Grade II listed building on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal where a flight of locks from his canal once stood. The home of a later industrialist, Thomas Johnson, became [[Runcorn Town Hall]], a Grade II listed Italianate building with similarities to [[Osborne House]] on the Isle of Wight.<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Hartwell | first1 = Clare |last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew |last3 = Hubbard | first3 = Edward | author3-link=Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | last4 =Pevsner | first4 =Nikolaus | author4-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire | publisher =[[Yale University Press]]| year =2011| orig-year=1971| location =New Haven and London| isbn =978-0-300-17043-6 |page=561}}</ref>

The landmarks largest in scale are the three bridges which span the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn. [[Runcorn Railway Bridge]] and the [[Silver Jubilee Bridge]] are Grade II* and II listed buildings respectively while the [[Mersey Gateway Bridge]] was officially opened in 2018 by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and the [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Duchess of Sussex]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/queen-meghan-markle-officially-open-14741714 |title=The Queen and Meghan Markle to officially open Mersey Gateway Bridge |date=4 June 2018 |publisher=Liverpool Echo |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721194616/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/queen-meghan-markle-officially-open-14741714 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Norton Water Tower]] is another prominent Grade II listed landmark at {{cvt|112|ft|m}} high.<ref>{{Harvnb|Starkey|1990|p=162.}}</ref>

[[Runcorn War Memorial]] is Grade II listed and commemorates those who died in the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]s, as well as those killed in later conflicts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1437933 |title=Runcorn War Memorial, non Civil Parish - 1437933 &#124; Historic England |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231216/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1437933 |url-status=live }}</ref> The garden contains a statue of [[Thomas Alfred Jones]] who was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] in the First World War. There is a memorial in Halton Village commemorating residents who served in the [[Second Boer War|Boer War]].

[[Runcorn Shopping City]], at the heart of the New Town, was designed by [[Fred Roche|Fred Roche CBE]] and at the time of its construction was the largest covered shopping centre in Europe.<ref name="New Town Masterplan" /> It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shopping-city.co.uk/commercial/ |title=Commercial Opportunities |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Runcorn Shopping City |access-date=27 February 2018 |archive-date=27 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227213813/https://www.shopping-city.co.uk/commercial/ |url-status=live }}</ref>