Coordinates: | 53.166°N -2.466°W |
Official Name: | Wimboldsley |
Label Position: | left |
Population: | 153 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Civil Parish: | Stanthorne and Wimboldsley |
Unitary England: | Cheshire West and Chester |
Lieutenancy England: | Cheshire |
Region: | North West England |
Country: | England |
Constituency Westminster: | Eddisbury |
Post Town: | MIDDLEWICH |
Postcode District: | CW10 |
Postcode Area: | CW |
Dial Code: | 01606 |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ688634 |
Static Image: | Wimboldsley - houses on Nantwich Road - geograph.org.uk - 574467.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Houses on Nantwich Road, Wimboldsley |
Wimboldsley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanthorne and Wimboldsley, in the Cheshire West and Chester district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, 2 miles south of Middlewich. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 153.[1]
A depot for the currently under construction High Speed 2 railway will be situated here.[2]
A small area in the west of the civil parish falls within the Weaver Valley Area of Special County Value.[3] Adjacent to this area, on the eastern bank of the River Weaver, is the Site of Special Scientific Interest of Wimboldsley Wood.[4] [5]
Wimboldsley was formerly a township in the parish of Middlewich,[6] in 1866 Wimboldsley became a civil parish,[7] on 1 April 2015, the civil parish amalgamated with Stanthorne to form "Stanthorne and Wimboldsley".[8] [9]