Lower Peover is a village in the

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 ...

of Nether Peover. (

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) in 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, approximately 6 miles east of

Northwich Northwich is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England. It lies on the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane, east of Chester, south of Warrington and south of Ma ...

and 4 miles south of

Knutsford Knutsford () is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire East district, in Cheshire, England; it is located south-west of Manchester, north-west of Macclesfield and south-east of Warrington. The population of the parish at the 2021 Uni ...

. The boundary of the civil parish deviates slightly to include Lower Peover in Nether Peover and not the adjacent civil parish of

Peover Inferior Peover Inferior is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Cheshire East, Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is known for its picturesque surrounding countryside and surprisingly conven ...

. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 415. Lower Peover was also where

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held meetings with the senior members of the British war cabinet where they discussed plans about many military operations, most notably

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* Villages in Cheshire Civil parishes in Cheshire {{Cheshire-geo-stub

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