Whiston is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. It is located 8 miles east of Liverpool. The population was 13,629 in 2001, increasing to 14,263

Cronton is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, in England. The village is surrounded by green belt land. Over the county border in Cheshire, Widnes town