Aldford and Saighton is a

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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

, England, covering the villages of

Aldford Aldford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aldford and Saighton, in the Cheshire West and Chester district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. (). The village is approximately to the south of Chester, on th ...

Saighton Saighton (; ) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aldford and Saighton, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, a few miles south of Chester. The 2011 Cens ...

, and surrounding rural areas.

History

The civil parish was created in 2015, covering the combined area of the five abolished parishes of Aldford, Buerton, Churton Heath, Lea Newbold, and Saighton, subject to a minor alteration to the boundary with the neighbouring parish of

Hargrave and Huxley Hargrave and Huxley is a civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England, covering the villages of Hargrave, Huxley, and surrounding rural areas. The parish had a population of 655 at the 2021 census. History The ...

. The five parishes had previously been under a

grouped parish council A parish council is a civil local authority found in England, which is the lowest tier of local government. Parish councils are elected corporate bodies, with variable tax raising powers, and they carry out beneficial public activities in geogr ...

since 1972.

Governance

There are two tiers of local government covering Aldford and Saighton, at parish and

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level: Aldford and Saighton Parish Council, and

Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council is the local authority for Cheshire West and Chester, a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council w ...

. The parish council generally meets either at Saighton Village Hall or Aldford Village Hall.

References

{{Cheshire, Cheshire West and Chester Civil parishes in Cheshire