Wimboldsley is a village in
Cheshire,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, 2 miles south of
Middlewich
Middlewich is a town in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, east of Chester, east of Winsford, southeast of Northwich and northwest of Sandbach. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,595 ...
. The population at the
2011 census was 153.
In 2015, the civil parish amalgamated with
Stanthorne to form Stanthorne and Wimboldsley.
A depot for the currently under construction
High Speed 2
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway line in England, the first phase of which is under construction in stages and due for completion between 2029 and 2033, depending on approval for later stages. The new line will run from its m ...
railway will be situated here.
Geography
A small area in the west of the civil parish falls within the Weaver Valley Area of Special County Value. Adjacent to this area, on the eastern bank of the
River Weaver
The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1720 and the work, which included ...
, is the
Site of Special Scientific Interest of Wimboldsley Wood.
Natural England: Nature on the Map: Wimboldsley Wood SSSI
(accessed 16 April 2010)
See also
*Listed buildings in Wimboldsley
Wimboldsley is a former Civil parishes in England, civil parish, now in the parish of Stanthorne and Wimboldsley, in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains seven buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as d ...
* Lea Hall, Wimboldsley
References
External links
Villages in Cheshire
Former civil parishes in Cheshire
Cheshire West and Chester
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