Woodbank, Cheshire

Woodbank is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Puddington, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in northwest England. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, about 6 miles northwest of the city of Chester and near the larger village of Saughall. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and merged into Puddington.[2]

Woodbank

The Yacht Inn on the A540 Parkgate Road at Woodbank
Woodbank
Location within Cheshire
Population109 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ355729
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTER
Postcode districtCH1
Dialling code0151, 01244
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

History

Woodbank was a township in Shotwick Parish of the Wirral Hundred and included part of the nearby hamlet of Two Mills. The population was 48 in 1801, 64 in 1851, 72 in 1901 and 77 in 1951.[2]

Community

Woodbank is within the parliamentary constituency of the City of Chester, represented by the Labour MP Chris Matheson. It is also part of the Puddington and District Parish Council.

It can be accessed via the A550, the A5117 and the A540 (a former toll road). There are two minor roads running through the area - Woodbank Lane and Shotwick Lane.

Woodbank consists of a Hall and a few houses as well as The Yacht Inn, which was built as a pub in about 1720, and is on the corner of Shotwick Lane, which leads to the former port of Shotwick on the River Dee.[3]

The nearest railway station can be found in Capenhurst, about 1.5 miles away. There is also a bus service which passes through the area hourly, running between West Kirby and Chester.

  • Woodbank sign and bus stop, A540
  • The three Woodbank Hall cottages on Shotwick Lane
  • Two Mills Presbyterian Church, Chapel Lane

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. "WOODBANK". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. The Yacht Inn, pub-explorer.com, retrieved 23 May 2007

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