Woodbank is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

, now in the parish of Puddington, in the unitary authority of

Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Gover ...

and the ceremonial county of

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county tow ...

in northwest

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. It is located on the

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, about 6 miles northwest of the city of

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

and near the larger village of Saughall. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and merged into Puddington.

History

Woodbank was a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, ...

in Shotwick Parish of the Wirral Hundred and included part of the nearby

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of Two Mills. The population was 48 in 1801, 64 in 1851, 72 in 1901 and 77 in 1951.

Community

Woodbank is within the

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of the City of Chester, represented by the Labour MP Chris Matheson. It is also part of the Puddington and District Parish Council. It can be accessed via the A550, the A5117 and the A540 (a former toll road). There are two minor roads running through the area - Woodbank Lane and Shotwick Lane. Woodbank consists of a Hall and a few houses as well as The Yacht Inn, which was built as a pub in about 1720, and is on the corner of Shotwick Lane, which leads to the former port of Shotwick on the River Dee. The nearest railway station can be found in

Capenhurst Capenhurst is a village and civil parish in Chester in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire England. According to the 2001 Census, Capenhurst had a population of 237, increasing to 380 at the 2 ...

, about 1.5 miles away. There is also a bus service which passes through the area hourly, running between

West Kirby West Kirby is a resort town on the north-west corner of the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England, at the mouth of the River Dee. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, to the north-east lies Hoylake, to the east Grange ...

and Chester.

Gallery

File:Woodbank sign and bus stop, A540 Parkgate Road - DSC06490.JPG, Woodbank sign and bus stop, A540 File:Houses, Shotwick Lane, Woodbank - DSC06455.JPG, The three Woodbank Hall cottages on Shotwick Lane File:Two Mills Presbyterian Church, Woodbank - DSC06420.JPG, Two Mills Presbyterian Church, Chapel Lane

References

External links

{{authority control Villages in Cheshire Former civil parishes in Cheshire Cheshire West and Chester