Burtonwood
Burtonwood | |
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Village | |
St. Michael's Church, Burtonwood | |
Location within Cheshire | |
Population | 11,265 [1] |
OS grid reference | SJ561928 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WARRINGTON |
Postcode district | WA5 |
Dialling code | 01925 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Burtonwood is a village in the civil parish of Burtonwood and Westbrook, in the
History
Burtonwood was a
RAF Burtonwood was mainly used by the United States Air Force between 1942 and closure of the main airfield in 1958 and was the biggest US airbase in Europe.[citation needed]
Brewery
The village is known for its brewery, which brewed the Burtonwood ales. The brewery was founded in 1867, and built up a large estate of pubs. In 1964 Burtonwood Breweries became a public company, but retained its head office in the village. In 1998 the company formed a joint venture with Thomas Hardy Holdings, known as Thomas Hardy Burtonwood. Soon after the company stopped producing Burtonwood-brand beers and was recently contracted to produce Brakspear ales.[2]
Facilities
Burtonwood had four
The two primary schools are Burtonwood Community Primary School and St Paul of the Cross Primary School. The village does not have a secondary school or college and the nearest high school is Great Sankey High School, which has a sixth form attached to it. Also Hope Academy in nearby Newton-le-Willows and Priestley Sixth Form College in Warrington town centre is the nearest specialised sixth form college.[3]
Burtonwood village also has two doctors' surgeries, known as Burtonwood Surgery on Clay Lane, and Kinnock Park Surgery. There is also a large Co-operative store brand new since 2018 (Chapel Lane), as you walk into the village there is a fish and chip shop, a Village Barbers, a beauty salon and a Lloyd's chemist and a post office, located on Chapel Lane.
There are two recreational parks. Burtonwood also has three nature reserves. Wheatacre Woods (access via Clay Lane / Gorsey Lane), the Old Colliery Moss (access via Bold Lane / Back Lane) and an area known as the Burtonwood Nature Park which is accessed primarily from the footpath adjacent to the bowling greens behind Burtonwood Community Centre.
More information can be found on the Burtonwood Village history on the Burtonwood Village Facebook site.
Transport
The village is small, with only three bus routes through it, (Arriva North West 329 to St Helens, Warrington's Own Buses 24E to Newton Le-Willows which only runs through the village twice a day (subject to rural bus grant) and Ogden 141 (St Helens to Newton) run on behalf of Merseytravel).[4] The nearest major bus interchanges are in Warrington (6 miles) and Wigan (8.19 miles). The nearest railway station was Collins Green, but is now St. Helens Junction, two miles to the north-west of the village. Liverpool John Lennon Airport is the nearest airport (10 miles to the west).[3]
Statistics
Civil parish
The following statistics are for the civil parish of Burtonwood and Westbrook.[1]
Population and gender
- Population: 11,265
- Population, Males: 5,554
- Population, Females: 5,711
Housing
- Total households: 4,264
Council ward
The following statistics are for the council ward of Burtonwood and Winwick.[5]
Population and ethnicity
- Population: 5,595
- Population ratio (Male:Female): 49.2%:50.8%
- White origin: 98.48%
- Mixed origin: 0.00%
- Asian origin: 0.57%
- Black origin: 0.01%
- Other origin: 0.23%
Housing
- Total households: 2,400
- Owner occupied: 84.68%
- Shared ownership: 0.26%
- Council accommodation: 10.64%
- Housing association accommodation: 0.18%
- Other rented accommodation: 4.24%
See also
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d "Official 2001 Census Figures for Burtonwood and Westbrook". Office for National Statistics. Retrieval Date: 8 September 2007.
- ^ The Independent, 24 June 2001
- ^ a b Burtonwood Information. Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine UpMyStreet website. Retrieval Date: 8 September 2007.
- ^ Warrington Borough Council Public Transport Guide (09/06)
- ^ Office for National Statistics for Burtonwood and Winwick ward, Warrington.