| Coordinates: | 53.183°N -2.866°W |
| Official Name: | Great Boughton |
| Population: | 2,627 |
| Population Ref: | (2011) |
| Civil Parish: | Great Boughton |
| Unitary England: | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Lieutenancy England: | Cheshire |
| Region: | North West England |
| Country: | England |
| Constituency Westminster: | City of Chester |
| Post Town: | CHESTER |
| Postcode District: | CH3 |
| Postcode Area: | CH |
| Dial Code: | 01244 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SJ421654 |
| Static Image: | The Peacock - geograph.org.uk - 68131.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | The Peacock public house, Great Boughton |
Great Boughton is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It includes the villages of Boughton Heath and Vicars Cross. It had a population of 2,627 according to the 2011 census.[1]
It is sometimes confused with the separate settlement of Boughton, which lies just to the west, within the boundaries of the city of Chester.
In the 1870s, Great Boughton was described as:
a township and a district in Cheshire. The township is in St. Oswald parish, and partly within Chester city; and lies on the Chester and Crewe railway, 1 mile E of Chester.[2]
Great Boughton is a parish that comprises the villages of Boughton Heath, Caldy Valley, Vicars Cross and a section of Huntington. Attractions include the Sandy Lane Aqua Park with ferry to Meadows, Caldy Nature Reserve and Boughton Hall Cricket Club. Great Boughton came into the news when a controversial development at the disused Saighton Camp caused the remodelling of a roundabout. The new design features a hamburger roundabout which has also proved controversial[3] and the roundabout now creates delays especially on the A41 where tailbacks frequently reach 2 miles.
An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward had a population of 8,984 at the 2011 census.[4]