Keckwick is an area in the civil parish of Daresbury, in the Halton district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
It which straddles the West Coast Main Line between the village of Daresbury and the new town of Runcorn.
[4] The new town masterplan was amended in 1975 and the land redesignated for a residential community called Sandymoor.
Keckwick Brook is believed to be[citation needed] the feature that gives its name to the area as it can be followed north–south from the edge of the Manchester Ship Canal, crossing the Daresbury Expressway (A558), to track between the two canal branches, the Bridgewater Canal and the Cheshire Ring, skirting the West Coast Mainline (WCML) railway line, and passing east of Preston Brook before crossing the M56 motorway and on to its source on Preston Hill.
To the north-east, Keckwick Lane skirts just inside the Daresbury Expressway, to the junction with the A56.