Wimboldsley

Wimboldsley

Houses on Nantwich Road, Wimboldsley
Wimboldsley
Wimboldsley shown within Cheshire
Population 153 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ688634
Civil parish
  • Stanthorne and Wimboldsley
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MIDDLEWICH
Postcode district CW10
Dialling code 01606
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Wimboldsley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanthorne and Wimboldsley, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north-west of England, approximately 2 miles south of Middlewich. The civil parish population taken at the 2011 census was 153.[1]

On 1 April 2015, the civil parish amalgamated with Stanthorne to form Stanthorne and Wimboldsley.[2][3]

Geography

A small area in the west of the civil parish falls within the Weaver Valley Area of Special County Value.[4] Adjacent to this area, on the eastern bank of the River Weaver, is the Site of Special Scientific Interest of Wimboldsley Wood.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ↑ The Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Stanthorne and Wimboldsley) Order 2015 (PDF), Cheshire West and Chester Council, 30 March 2015, retrieved 8 October 2016
  3. ↑ "WIMBOLDSLEY". GENUKI. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Areas of Special County Value: Weaver Valley (accessed 3 March 2009)
  5. ↑ Natural England: Wimboldsley Wood (accessed 16 April 2010)
  6. ↑ Natural England: Nature on the Map: Wimboldsley Wood SSSI (accessed 16 April 2010)

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