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Woolston (Cheshire)
Woolston est une paroisse civile du Cheshire, en Angleterre.
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Woolston, Cheshire
Woolston is a settlement and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington in the county of Cheshire, England. Formerly a township called 'Woolston with Martinscroft' within the parish of Warrington, there are two main settlements: Woolston to the west and Martinscroft to the east. Formerly within the historic county of Lancashire, the parish is on the north bank of the River Mersey and takes in Paddington to the south-west. It is bounded by the River Mersey to the south, Bruche and Padgate to the west, Longbarn and Birchwood to the north and Rixton to the east.
The township remained an agricultural community on the furthest outskirts of Warrington until the 1970s, when the development of Warrington New Town radically transformed its rural character. The parish is generally known as just Woolston.
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Woolston Park
Woolston Park is a modern park that is situated in the civil parish of Woolston, Warrington, in the English county of Cheshire.
Woolston Park covers 56 acres (230,000 m²) and was officially opened in 1977. It was created from neglected farmland to provide a valuable refuge for people and wildlife amongst the rapidly expanding local community. Running through the middle of the "linear" section runs "Spittle Brook", a small stream often polluted with chemicals from the Grange Industrial Estate. The majority of the landscape of the park is manmade with soil being transported to build hills. The park is mainly open grassland for recreation. It is bordered by Hillock Lane playing fields. In its centre are the "Jubilee Gardens" commemorating the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Woolston Park has a number of football pitches used by Monks club and rugby posts; two cricket strips; several playing areas including the "A B frame" and a new play area which includes a zip wire. The park is popular with dog walkers.
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Birchwood railway station
Birchwood railway station is a railway station serving the town of Birchwood, Cheshire, England. The station is 24+1⁄4 miles (39.0 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street and 13+1⁄4 miles (21.3 km) west of Manchester Piccadilly on the Liverpool-Manchester line.
The station is operated by Northern Trains and is on the southern route of the Liverpool–Manchester Line. It is staffed full-time (between 06:10 and 23:45 Mondays–Saturdays and 08:25 and 23:20 on Sundays).
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Martinscroft
Martinscroft is a part of the civil parish of Woolston in Warrington, Cheshire, England.
It is rumoured that Battery Lane in the village got its name from where Oliver Cromwell stored his weapons during his visit in the civil war.
Martinscroft Green is the village green and is also a popular place for recreational activities.
It recently has been enlarged by new housing estates and the building of a hotel, although it has a few old cottages still along the village green.
Hidden in the trees at the back of the village green is a school gate post which is from when there was a school on the village green and also horse mounting steps which are from when there was a pub on the village green.
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Homes England
Homes England is the non-departmental public body that funds new affordable housing in England. It was launched on 1 January 2018 as the operating name of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) alongside the removal of the Agency's regulatory role (by The Legislative Reform (Regulator of Social Housing) (England) Order 2018).
HCA was established by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 as one of the successor bodies to the Housing Corporation, and became operational on 1 December 2008.