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Wimboldsley

Coordinates: 53°09′58″N 2°27′58″W / 53.166°N 2.466°W / 53.166; -2.466
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Wimboldsley
Houses on Nantwich Road, Wimboldsley
Wimboldsley is located in Cheshire
Wimboldsley
Wimboldsley
Location within Cheshire
Population153 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ688634
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMIDDLEWICH
Postcode districtCW10
Dialling code01606
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°09′58″N 2°27′58″W / 53.166°N 2.466°W / 53.166; -2.466

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)

External links

Media related to Wimboldsley at Wikimedia Commons