Burwardsley is a village and

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 ...

the unitary authority of

Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to l ...

and the ceremonial county of

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, England. The parish also includes the small villages of Burwardsley, Burwardsley Hill, and Higher Burwardsley. The parish is part of two

long-distance footpaths, the Sandstone Trail, and the

Eddisbury Way The Eddisbury Way is a footpath running from Frodsham to Higher Burwardsley within the English county of Cheshire. The total length of the trail is .The Eddisbury Way - The Mid-Cheshire Footpath Society The path is waymarked with yellow arrows ...

. The parish church of St John the Divine in Burwardsley dates back to 1730. The village has a village shop with post office and a pub, The Pheasant Inn, with views over the Cheshire plains to

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and

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. The pub claims to date back to 1650, when there were three ale houses in Burwardsley, although it was not called The Pheasant until the 1970s. The former primary school has been converted into an outdoor education centre.

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Sandstone Trail: Tarpoley to Burwardsley

Sandstone Trail: Burwardsley to Larkton Hall
Villages in Cheshire Civil parishes in Cheshire {{Cheshire-geo-stub

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