Utkinton

Utkinton

Bailiff's House
Utkinton
Utkinton shown within Cheshire
Population 706 (2011 Census)
Civil parish
  • Utkinton and Cotebrook
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TARPORLEY
Postcode district CW6
Dialling code 01829
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament
Map of civil parish of Utkinton within the former borough of Vale Royal

Utkinton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parishes of Utkinton and Cotebrook and Tarporley, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is approximately 8 miles west of Winsford and north of Tarporley and 9 miles east of Chester. Utkinton is at the heart of the local farming community. The upper part of Utkinton is known as 'Quarry Bank'. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Utkinton and Cotebrook, part also went to Tarporley.[1]

It had a population of 706 at the 2011 census.[2] There is a shop, with a cafe and garden centre, a small Church of England school, a church and a Methodist Chapel that has fallen into disuse.

Utkinton is on the Sandstone Trail.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UTKINTON". GENUKI. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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