Winterley and Wheelock Heath are two small, adjoining, villages in the

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Haslington Haslington is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies about north-east of the much larger railway town of Crewe and approximately ...

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, England. A small part of Wheelock Heath is in the town and civil parish of

Sandbach Sandbach (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire East borough of Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements: Sandbach, Elworth, Ettiley Heath and Wheelock, Cheshire, Wheelock. At the 2021 United Kingd ...

Geography

The villages are based mainly around Crewe Road, which directly links nearby towns

Crewe Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had a population of 74,120. ...

and

. They are three miles from the

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Transport

The villages were formerly on the main Crewe to Sandbach road. This had been constructed as a turnpike road from

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to Wheelock Wharf on the Grand Trunk Canal in 1816. This became the

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, which was diverted out of the area with the opening of the Haslington Bypass in 1990. There are no rail services in the immediate area, the nearest station being four miles (6.5 km) away at

on the

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. Bus services are provided by

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, Harrier and

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Education

Most children go to primary schools in nearby

, such as Dingle C.P. School or Haslington Primary and receive secondary education in either Sandbach or Crewe, most commonly Sandbach School (boys) and Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College (girls). The more popular nearby primary schools for Winterley residents are both located in nearby Haslington. The more popular nearby secondary schools for Winterley residents are located in nearby

Churches

Winterley has Baptist and Methodist Churches. The Baptist Church in Winterley is located on Hassall Road, and is known as Wheelock Heath Baptist Church. Winterley's Methodist Church Brass Band has its own official website (see below).

Sports and leisure

Winterley Pool is a fishing lake that serves as the centre-point to Winterley. The pool was formerly used to power a corn mill, with water flowing through a channel cut to Fowle Brook. There are two pools to fish; the larger front pool and the smaller Match Pool to the rear. The main pool has a large resident population of

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s and various species of geese.

References

External links

Dingle C.P. SchoolHaslington Primary School
*

Sandbach School Sandbach School is an 11–18 boys Free school (England), free school in Sandbach, Cheshire, North West England, north-west England. It was established in 1677 by local philanthropists, including Richard Lea, who donated the land for the school ...

(for boys
Official Website
*Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College (for girls
Official WebsiteWheelock Heath Baptist ChurchWinterley Methodist Brass Band
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