Sandiway is a village in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...
of
Cuddington,
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 coun ...
, England. It lies to the southeast of and is contiguous with the village of Cuddington.
Sandiway was the birthplace of
John Douglas who designed buildings in the centre 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 ...
, buildings for the
Dukes of Westminster and a number of churches in Cheshire.
St John's Church, Sandiway, and its
lychgate
A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, lyke-gate or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English ''lic'', corpse), also ''wych gate'', is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style c ...
were designed by Douglas and both are Grade II
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...
s.
Sandiway Golf Club has been used in final qualifying for The Open golf championship and is a venue for regional amateur finals.
The village has one local school, Sandiway Primary School located on Weaverham Road with an adjacent village car park.
Sandiway is the home of Blakemere Village, which has shops set in and around an Edwardian stable block with cobbled courtyard. The centre has an indoor and outdoor children's play area as well as a restaurant, falconry and craft workshop.
Sandiway has cross-roads where the A49 crosses the A556 at the Shell service station.
See also
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Listed buildings in Cuddington, Cheshire
*
Oakmere Hall
References
External links
Official website of the village of Cuddington and Sandiway
Cheshire West and Chester
Villages in Cheshire
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