The
Cheshire Plain is a relatively flat expanse of lowland almost entirely within the county of
Cheshire in north-west England. It extends from the
Mersey Valley in the north to the
Shropshire Hills in the south, bounded by the hills of north
Wales to the west and the foothills of the
Pennines to the north-east. The
Wirral Peninsula lies to the north-west whilst the plain merges with the
South Lancashire Plain in the embayment occupied by
Manchester to the north. In detail, the plain comprises two areas with distinct characters, the one to the west of the
Mid Cheshire Ridge and the other, larger, part to its east.