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; 2011 United Kingdom Census;
; United Kingdom;	313,621;
; Poland;	2,117;
; Ireland;	1,932;
; Germany;	1,270;
; India;	895;
; South Africa;	717;
; United States;	481;
; Australia;	343;
; Philippines;	337;
; Hong Kong;	305;
; Spain;	301;
; Italy;	278;
; France;	273;
; Bangladesh;	266;
; China;	256;
; Zimbabwe;	240;
; Turkey;	218;
; Pakistan;	162;
; Kenya;	155;
; Portugal;	140;
; Nigeria;	139;
; Lithuania;	137;
; Romania;	135;
; Iran;	102;
; Sri Lanka;	98;
; Jamaica;	45;
; Ghana;	41;

Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester
	; Borough and Unitary authority;
	; ; Emblem of Cheshire West and Chester Council;
	; ; Emblem of Cheshire West and Chester Council;
	; Cheshire West and Chester shown within Cheshire; ;
	Coordinates: 53°12′47″N 2°54′07″W / 53.213°N 2.902°W / 53.213; -2.902Coordinates: 53°12′47″N 2°54′07″W / 53.213°N 2.902°W / 53.213; -2.902;
Sovereign state	; United Kingdom;
Constituent country	; England;
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	; Cheshire;
Established	1 April 2009
Administrative HQ	; Chester (HQ); Ellesmere Port (Finance); Winsford (Housing and Highways);
Government ;
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Cheshire West and Chester Council
• Governance	Leader and cabinet
• Executive;	Labour
• Leader;	Samantha Dixon
• Chairman	Bob Rudd
• Chief Executive	Andrew Lewis
Area ;
• Total	353.9 sq mi (916.7 km2)
Area rank	32nd
Elevation ;	745 ft (227 m)
Population (mid-2017 est.);
• Total	338,000
• Rank	21st
• Density	950/sq mi (368/km2)
; Ethnicity (2011) ;
• White;	97.5%
• Asian;	1.3%
• Mixed;	0.9%
• Black;	0.3%
• Other	0.2%
Religion (2011) ;
• Christian;	70.1%
• No religion;	22.0%
• Undeclared	6.5%
• Muslim;	0.5%
• Other	0.9%
Time zone	; UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	; UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode areas	; CH (1-4, 33-34, 64-66); CW (6-10); SY (14); WA (4-6)
Dialling codes	01244 (Chester); 01477 (Holmes Chapel); 01270 (Crewe); 0151 (Liverpool); 01565 (Knutsford); 01606 (Northwich); 01829 (Tarporley); 01925 (Warrington); 01928 (Runcorn); 01948 (Whitchurch)
ISO 3166 code	GB-CHW
Vehicle registration prefix	D
; GSS code	E06000050
NUTS 3 code	UKD63
ONS code	00EW
Motorways	; M6, M53, M56;
Primary routes	; A41, A49, A51, A54, A55, A56, A483, A494, A530, A533, A534, A550, A556, A5115, A5116, A5117, A5268;
Major railway stations	; Chester (B); Hartford/Northwich (D)
; GVA (2013)	; £7.567bn (56th) 2.25%
- Per capita	; £22,860 (37th) 1.99%
Councillors	75
MPs	; Chris Matheson (L); Antoinette Sandbach (C); Justin Madders (L); Esther McVey (C); Mike Amesbury (L)
European Parliament	North West England
Police area	Cheshire
Fire service	Cheshire
Ambulance service	North West
Website	www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Borough and Unitary authority in England, United Kingdom

Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.^[1] It superseded the boroughs of Ellesmere Port and Neston and Vale Royal and the City of Chester; its council assumed the functions and responsibilities of the former Cheshire County Council within its area. The remainder of ceremonial Cheshire is composed of Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington.

The decision to create the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007 following a consultation period, in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected.^[2]

Governance

Political composition of Cheshire West and Chester Council
Political party		Seats
	Conservative	35
	Independent	2
	Labour	38
Total		75

In line with every other district in Cheshire, the cabinet (formerly 'the executive' between 2009 and 2015)^[3] is composed of elected councillors. From its establishment in 2009, Cheshire West and Chester was governed by the Conservative Party, with Mike Jones as leader. Since the 2015 elections it has been governed by the Labour Party, with Samantha Dixon becoming the first female leader of the council upon taking office.

The leader presently oversees a cabinet of eight, with each member holding a specific portfolio. Opposition parties can also elect to appoint shadow cabinet members, though they have no executive power.

All councillors vote to appoint a chairman for the following municipal year (May) at the council AGM. Traditionally, this role was combined with that of the apolitical and ceremonial Lord Mayor of Chester, but in 2015 these roles were separated and the role of chairman was politicised.^[4]

The cabinet is scrutinised by one general committee and four district committees made up of councillors, which replaced six dedicated scrutiny committees for different topics in May 2015.^[4]

HQ in Chester, the headquarters of Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Upon its establishment in 2009, Cheshire West and Chester Council inherited a number of buildings from the local authorities it replaced in every town in the borough. However, despite Cheshire County Council vacating its headquarters (County Hall, Chester), the new authority spent £21 million purchasing and furbishing a new headquarters, also in Chester.^[5] The former County Hall was later sold to the University of Chester, who now use it as a campus, for £10 million.^[5]

The annual meeting of the council takes place at Chester Town Hall, on the same night as the investiture of the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of Chester. Other meetings of the full council are held at Wyvern House in Winsford, where the council chamber formerly used by Vale Royal Borough Council was changed to increase the seating capacity for councillors. Other than district or area meetings, most committee meetings, including the Cabinet and Planning, take place at the HQ building in Chester.

Elections

The first elections to the authority took place on 1 May 2008, with the electoral wards being the same as those used in the former Cheshire County Council elections, each ward electing three councillors. There were twenty-four wards in total, meaning that seventy-two councillors were elected.

An electoral review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England was put into effect prior to the 2011 elections, meaning that three additional councillors were created, making a total of seventy-five in the borough. The ward boundaries were also comprehensively re-drawn, with their number being increased by twenty-two to forty-six. The new wards were mostly single-member wards, with two and three-member wards for the more populous areas.^[6]^[7]

The 2015 election took place on 7 May, producing the first change of executive in the council's history.^[8]

Council wards, Civil parishes and House of Commons constituencies

The borough is divided into forty-six wards,^[6]^[7] listed below in alphabetical order.

There are ninety-seven parish councils in the borough,^[9]^[10] despite there being a total of 166 civil parishes before a community governance review was undertaken by the borough council in 2014^[11] under section 82 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.^[12]

Ward	Civil parishes^{[Note 3]} and unparished areas	House of Commons constituency
Blacon	Chester	City of Chester
Boughton	Chester
Chester City	Chester
Chester City	Chester Castle
Chester Villages	Christleton
	Christleton	Eddisbury
	Guilden Sutton	City of Chester
	Littleton	City of Chester
	Mickle Trafford and District	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	Rowton	Eddisbury
	Waverton
Davenham and Moulton	Bostock
	Davenham
	Kingsmead	Weaver Vale
	Moulton	Eddisbury
	Northwich	Weaver Vale
Dodleston and Huntington	Dodleston	City of Chester
	Eaton and Eccleston
	Huntington
	Poulton and Pulford
Ellesmere Port Town	Ellesmere Port	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Elton	Croughton
	Elton
	Ince
	Little Stanney
	Stoak
	Thornton-le-Moors
	Wervin
Farndon	Aldersey	Eddisbury
	Aldford and Saighton	City of Chester
	Aldford and Saighton	Eddisbury
	Barton
	Carden
	Clutton
	Coddington
	Edgerley
	Farndon
	Shocklach Oviatt and District
	Stretton
	Tilston
Frodsham	Frodsham	Weaver Vale
Garden Quarter	Chester	City of Chester
Gowy	Alvanley	Weaver Vale
	Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel	Eddisbury
	Barrow
	Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford
	Manley	Weaver Vale
	Mouldsworth	Eddisbury
Grange	Ellesmere Port	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Great Boughton	Great Boughton	City of Chester
Handbridge Park	Chester	City of Chester
Hartford and Greenbank	Hartford	Weaver Vale
Hartford and Greenbank	Northwich
Helsby	Helsby
Hoole	Chester	City of Chester
Kingsley	Aston	Weaver Vale
	Crowton
	Kingsley
	Norley
	Sutton
Lache	Chester	City of Chester
Ledsham and Manor	Ellesmere Port	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Little Neston and Burton	Neston	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Little Neston and Burton	Puddington	City of Chester
Malpas	Agden	Eddisbury
	Chidlow
	Chorlton
	Cuddington
	Malpas
	No Man's Heath and District
	Threapwood
	Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley
	Wigland
Marbury	Anderton with Marbury	Tatton
	Antrobus
	Barnton
	Comberbach
	Great Budworth
	Little Leigh
	Marston
	Whitley
	Wincham
Neston	Neston	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Netherpool	Ellesmere Port	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Newton	Chester	City of Chester
Parkgate	Neston	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Rossmore	Ellesmere Port	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Saughall and Mollington	Backford	City of Chester
	Capenhurst
	Lea-by-Backford
	Ledsham
	Mollington
	Saughall and Shotwick Park
Shakerley	Allostock	Tatton
	Byley
	Lach Dennis
	Lostock Gralam
	Sproston
St Paul's	Ellesmere Port	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Strawberry	Ellesmere Port
Sutton	Ellesmere Port
Tarporley	Little Budworth	Eddisbury
	Rushton
	Tarporley
	Utkinton
Tarvin and Kelsall	Clotton Hoofield
	Delamere and Oakmere
	Duddon and Burton
	Kelsall
	Tarvin
	Willington
Tattenhall	Beeston
	Broxton
	Burwardsley
	Chowley
	Duckington
	Golborne David
	Handley
	Hargrave and Huxley
	Harthill
	Tattenhall and District
	Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall
Upton	Bache	City of Chester
	Moston
	Upton-by-Chester
Weaver and Cuddington	Acton Bridge	Weaver Vale
	Cuddington	Eddisbury
	Dutton	Weaver Vale
	Weaverham	Weaver Vale
Whitby	Ellesmere Port	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Willaston and Thornton	Ellesmere Port	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Winnington and Castle	Northwich	Weaver Vale
Winsford Over and Verdin	Whitegate and Marton	Weaver Vale
Winsford Over and Verdin	Winsford	Eddisbury
Winsford Swanlow and Dene	Darnhall
Winsford Swanlow and Dene	Winsford
Winsford Wharton	Stanthorne and Wimboldsley
Winsford Wharton	Winsford
Witton and Rudheath	Northwich	Weaver Vale
Witton and Rudheath	Rudheath	Tatton

Notes

^ 3: Civil parishes highlighted in bold have unilaterally declared town status under section 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Blacon

Boughton

Chester City

Chester Villages

Davenham and Moulton

Dodleston and Huntington

Willaston and Thornton

Winnington and Castle

Witton and Rudheath

Members of Parliament

Constituency	Member of Parliament		Year first elected	Notes	Website
City of Chester	Chris Matheson	Labour Party	2015	Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)	URL
Eddisbury	Antoinette Sandbach	Conservative Party	2015		URL
Ellesmere Port and Neston	Justin Madders	Labour Party	2015	Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), (Health and Social Care)	URL
Tatton	The Rt Hon. Esther McVey	Conservative Party	2017^{[Note 4]}		URL
Weaver Vale	Mike Amesbury	Labour Party	2017	Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions), (Employment)	URL

MPs in Cheshire West and Chester, 2005 onwards
Election	2005^{[Note 5]}		2010^{[Note 6]}		2015		2017
City of Chester		Christine Russell		Stephen Mosley		Chris Matheson
Eddisbury		The Rt Hon. Stephen O'Brien				Antoinette Sandbach
Ellesmere Port and Neston		Andrew Miller				Justin Madders
Tatton		The Rt Hon. George Osborne CH						The Rt Hon. Esther McVey
Weaver Vale		Mike Hall		Graham Evans				Mike Amesbury

Current MPs are highlighted in bold.

Notes

^ 4: Previously elected to parliament in 2010 for the Wirral West constituency.

^ 5: From the last election before the borough of Cheshire West and Chester was established.

^ 6: From the first election following the most recent periodic review of Westminster constituencies, where boundary changes affected the constituencies.

Members of the European Parliament

Cheshire West and Chester forms part of the North West England constituency, which elects eight members to the European Parliament using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. The remaining length of their mandate is unclear after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in the membership referendum held in June 2016.

Constituency	Member of the European Parliament				Year first elected^{[Note 1]}	Website
North West England	Louise Bours	Independent	None	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy	2014	None
	Jacqueline Foster	Conservative Party	Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists	European Conservatives and Reformists	1999^{[Note 2]}	URL
	Theresa Griffin	Labour Party	Party of European Socialists	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	2014	URL
	Sajjad Karim	Conservative Party	Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists	European Conservatives and Reformists	2004	URL
	Wajid Khan	Labour Party	Party of European Socialists	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	2017	URL
	Paul Nuttall	UK Independence Party	None	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy	2009	None
	Julie Ward	Labour Party	Party of European Socialists	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	2014	URL
	Steven Woolfe	Independent	None	Non-Inscrits	2014	URL

Notes

^ 1: Italics indicate a current member replaced an outgoing member from their party list outside a scheduled election.

^ 2: Defeated in 2004, re-elected in 2009.

Demography

Ethnicity

Ethnicity in Cheshire West and Chester (2011 census)^[13]
Ethnicity			Percent(%)
White			97.5%
Asian			1.3%
Mixed			0.9%
Black			0.3%
Arab			0.1%
Other			0.1%

In line with nearly every local government district in England and Wales, the majority of the population describe themselves as 'white'. The exact figure - 97.5% - is comparable with metropolitan counties such as Merseyside, non-metropolitan counties such as Cumbria and principal areas throughout Wales. This would suggest that the figure is not a significant outlier nationwide.

The next largest ethnic group in the borough is Asian, who along with other ethnic minorities are supported by the Cheshire Asian & Minority Communities Council, a registered charity headquartered in Chester.

Nationality

The majority of the population of Cheshire West and Chester is British-born, with the percentage standing at 95.1% (2011), a figure significantly above that of the UK as a whole (88.7%, 2010).^[14] The largest overseas nationality is Polish, which is significant because of the World War II U.S. military base and subsequent Polish refugee camp in Cuddington.

Religion

Religion in Cheshire West and Chester (2011 census)^[13]
Religion			Percent(%)
Christian			70.1%
No religion			22.0%
Undeclared			6.5%
Muslim			0.5%
Other			0.3%
Buddhist			0.2%
Hindu			0.2%
Jewish			0.1%
Sikh			0.1%

The overwhelming main religion in Cheshire West and Chester is Christianity, with a percentage figure above the average for England and Wales (59.3%, 2011).^[13] The single largest church is the Church of England, with the borough being served by the Chester Archdeaconry, with six deaneries and an average of twenty parish churches in each deanery. Roman Catholicism also has a significant presence across the borough, with all its churches located in the Diocese of Shrewsbury.

Methodist churches in the borough form groups averaging ten, known as 'circuits' (the four in Cheshire West and Chester are all part of the Chester and Stoke-on-Trent District). More marginal churches include Assemblies of God, Baptist Union, Elim Pentecostal, United Reformed and the English Presbyterian Church of Wales in Chester.

Aside from churches, there are two mosques in Cheshire West and Chester - one each in Chester and Ellesmere Port - which were subjected to property theft^[15] and racially aggravated disorder^[16] respectively in 2014.

Local nature reserves

Cheshire West and Chester Council maintains six Local Nature Reserves: Burton Mill Wood (Ellesmere Port), Helsby Quarry (Vale Royal), Marshall's Arm (Vale Royal), Rivacre Valley (Ellesmere Port), Stanney Wood (Ellesmere Port) and Whitby Park (Ellesmere Port).^[17]

Transport

Air

There are no passenger airports in the borough (a grass airfield exists in Little Budworth), with the nearest being Liverpool and Manchester which licensed vehicles provide transport to. Airbus' fleet of A300-600ST Beluga transporter aircraft are based at Hawarden Airport in neighbouring Flintshire, adjacent to their wing manufacturing facility.

Cycling

National routes which pass through the borough include NCR5, NCR45 (Mercian Way), NCR56, NCR562, NCR563, NCR568 and NCR573. Regional routes include 70 (Cheshire Cycleway) and 71.

Three disused railways in the borough have been converted to off-road cycleways, including:

Birkenhead Railway: Contains sections of NCR56 and the Wirral Circular Trail and is now called Wirral Way.

Chester & Connah's Quay Railway: Contains a section of NCR5 and is now called Chester Millennium Greenway.

Winsford and Over Branch Line: Contains a section of regional route 71 and is now called Whitegate Way.

The Shropshire Union Canal towpath between Waverton and the National Waterways Museum is paved with asphalt and is a shared-use route between cyclists and pedestrians, for a distance of 12.5 miles. Between Tarvin Bridge and Blacon Avenue, it is also lit.

In 2009, Chester was awarded the status of 'Cycling Town' by Cycling England. To reflect this, a series of colour-coded signposted routes around the city were devised in 2012.^[18] The total length of new signposted routes created by the project was thirty-eight miles, bringing the overall total in the borough to 312.5. The total funding received from the cycling town project, which ended in 2011 when Cycling England was disbanded, was £4.4 million.^[19] A similar network of over thirty miles of cycle routes branded the Ellesmere Port Grenway has been proposed by the town's development board.^[20]

Park and Ride

Chester has four park and ride sites located adjacent to radial routes on the city's outskirts (Boughton Heath, Sealand Road, Upton and Wrexham Road) running on two lines which intersect at Chester Bus Interchange. A fifth site is proposed near Hoole Village.

Chester Park and Ride services
Route	Terminus	Intermediate stop	Chester city centre				Intermediate stop	Terminus
Blue (PR1)	Upton (Zoo)	Countess of Chester Hospital	Delamere Street	Chester Bus Interchange	Foregate Street	Pepper Street	Grosvenor Road	Wrexham Road
Green (PR2)	Sealand Road	Sealand Road (Greyhound Park)	Canal Street	Chester Bus Interchange	Foregate Street		Boughton	Boughton Heath

Hooton station is designated as a park and ride facility for railway services on the Wirral Line, it contains a 418-space car park.^[21]

Rail

Chester railway station

Chester is the hub of the railway network in the borough, with over four million trips recorded annually. Passenger numbers doubled to this figure in the ten years to 2015, making the station the eighth-busiest in North West England.^[22] Railway lines (and their associated franchise(s)) in the borough - not necessarily connecting to Chester - include:

Borderlands Line (Wales & Borders): Connects Bidston in Wirral with Wrexham in Wales and includes a stop at Neston. Services are provided by Transport for Wales.

Chester-Manchester Line (Wales & Borders): Includes stops at Helsby and Frodsham and is operated by Transport for Wales.

Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line (Northern): Includes stops at Stanlow & Thornton and Ince & Elton before meeting the Chester-Manchester Line near Helsby and is operated by Northern according to a Department for Transport-set minimum service pattern.

Mid-Cheshire Line (Northern): Leaves the Chester-Manchester Line near Mickle Trafford and includes stops at Mouldsworth, Delamere, Cuddington, Greenbank, Northwich and Lostock Gralam, with services provided by Northern. A single-track railway exists between Northwich and Sandbach, but it is only used for freight.

North Wales Coast Line (InterCity West Coast and Wales & Borders): Originates at Crewe and passes through Chester, with services provided by Transport for Wales and Virgin Trains.

Shrewsbury to Chester Line (InterCity West Coast and Wales & Borders): The section between Wrexham and Chester is currently in the process of being reinstated as a two-track railway under the direction of the Welsh Government. Services are provided by Transport for Wales and Virgin Trains.

West Coast Main Line (InterCity West Coast): Aside from stops at Winsford, Hartford and Acton Bridge, the branch line to Liverpool Lime Street diverges at Weaver Junction - the oldest of its type in Great Britain. It is currently operated by Virgin Trains, however High Speed 2 services to Liverpool using "classic compatible" trains are proposed to run along this section of the line.

Wirral Line (Merseyrail): Chester is one of the terminus stations of the line which loops clockwise around Liverpool city centre in a tunnel. The line includes stops at Bache, Capenhurst and Hooton, with a branch line from the latter running to another terminus at Ellesmere Port, with stops at Little Sutton and Overpool. The line is operated by Merseyrail with this line and the WCML being the only two electrified railways in the borough.

Chester

Neston

Helsby

Frodsham

Stanlow and Thornton

Ince and Elton

Mouldsworth

Delamere

Cuddington

Greenbank

Northwich

Lostock Gralam

Winsford

Hartford

Acton Bridge

Bache

Capenhurst

Hooton

Little Sutton

Overpool

Ellesmere Port

Location of railway stations in Cheshire West and Chester.

Turquoise: Transport for Wales stations

Green: West Midlands Trains stations

Yellow: Merseyrail stations

Blue: Northern stations

Current and proposed improvements

Direct services between Chester and Liverpool Lime Street are proposed to run via the Halton Curve once it is upgraded to allow trains to run in both directions and therefore allow regular services to run in 2018.^[23] Work began on the upgrade in July 2017.^[24]

The sections of railway between Chester - Stockport and Chester - Warrington Bank Quay are proposed for electrification during the period 2019-2024.^[25]

The Crewe North Rolling Stock Depot serving High Speed Two is proposed to be built in the civil parish of Stanthorne and Wimboldsley. The line itself enters the borough in that location and leaves it again near the A556/A559 junction at Lostock Gralam.^[26]

Road

Motorways
	Lower Peover - Sproston
	Hooton - Hoole Village
	Mollington - Frodsham	North Cheshire Motorway
Trunk A roads (maintained by Highways England)
	Hooton
	Hoole Village - Broughton (Flintshire)	North Wales Expressway
	A55 - Welsh border
	Welsh border - Mollington
	Hooton - Shotwick
Principal A roads (maintained by Cheshire West and Chester Council)			Map
	Hooton - Grindley Brook (Shropshire)	Non-primary through Ellesmere Port
	Higher Whitley - Norbury
	Chester - Tilstone Fearnall
	Tarvin - Sproston
	Chester - Sutton Weaver	Primary only between Chester and the M53
	Chester - A55
	Lostock Gralam - Wimboldsley	Non-primary between Lostock Gralam and Middlewich
	Dutton - Middlewich
	Farndon - Brown Knowl		Route

A556 west of Northwich looking towards Sandiway.

Motorways and primary routes in the borough which are maintained by Highways England (trunk roads de jure) include the M6, M53, M56, A55, A483, A494, A550 and a short section of the A41 in Hooton. Other primary routes which are maintained by the council (principal roads de jure) include the A41, A49, A51, A54, A56, A483, A530, A533, A534, A556, A5115, A5116, A5117 and A5268.

Chester and Ellesmere Port - both primary route destinations - form the hub of the road network in Cheshire West and Chester, with routes of national importance carrying traffic in all directions to locations including Flintshire, Halton, Wirral and Wrexham.

European Route E05 is routed via the M6, carrying international traffic between Scotland, North West England, the West Midlands and France via Southampton. European route E22 is routed via the A494 and M56, carrying international traffic between Ireland (the route in fact begins at the Port of Holyhead), North Wales, North West England, Yorkshire and the Netherlands. Both routes meet at Lymm Interchange, which lies in neighbouring Cheshire East.

Three Roman roads exist in Cheshire West and Chester, Two originating in Chester (Deva Victrix) and running to Northwich (Condate) and Whitchurch (Mediolanum) respectively.
The Roman road of kings street in Northwich which runs from Middlewich to Warrington.

The section of the A51 between its western terminus and the B5132 was named as one of the most congested roads in the United Kingdom by INRIX in August 2015.^[27]

Three local MPs - Graham Evans, Justin Madders and Chris Matheson - raised safety concerns about the M56 between J12 and J14 in parliament after more than one hundred-and-sixty incidents were recorded since 2011. In response, Andrew Jones, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, confirmed that an upgrade to smart motorway will only take place after 2020.^[28]^[29]

Water

Navigable waterways in the borough include the Manchester Ship Canal, Shropshire Union Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal and the Weaver Navigation, the latter two being connected together by the Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich, the only caisson lift lock in the United Kingdom.

Places of interest

Tourist attractions

Key
	Abbey/Priory/Cathedral
	Accessible open space
	Amusement/Theme Park
	Castle
	Country Park
	English Heritage
	Forestry Commission
	Heritage railway
	Historic House
	Museum (free/not free)
	National Trust
	Theatre
	Zoo

Abbeywood estate

Aldersey Green Golf Club

Anderton Boat Lift

Beeston Castle

Bickerton Hill SSSI

Blakemere Craft Centre

Blue Planet Aquarium

Bluebell Cottage Gardens

Bolesworth Castle

Burton Mere Wetlands (part of Dee Estuary RSPB reserve)

Carden Park Hotel

Cheshire Military Museum

Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet

Cheshire Workshops

Chester Castle

Chester Cathedral

Chester city walls

Chester Racecourse

Chester Roman Amphitheatre

Chester History and Heritage

Chester Rows

Chester Zoo

Craxton Wood Hotel

The Crocky Trail

Delamere Forest

Deva Stadium

Dewa Roman Experience

Grosvenor Museum

Grosvenor Park

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre

The Groves

Harlequin Theatre

Hoole Hall

Ice Cream Farm

JF Polo Academy

Lion Salt Works

Little Budworth Country Park

Manley Mere

Marbury Country Park

Mersey View

National Waterways Museum

Ness Botanic Gardens

Northgate Arena

Oulton Park

Parkgate salt marsh (part of Dee Estuary RSPB reserve and SSSI)

Parkgate sea front

Portal Hotel, Golf and Spa

Pryors Hayes Golf Club

Rowton Hall

Rowton Moor battle site

St John the Baptist's Church, Chester

Stonyford Cottage Gardens

Stretton Watermill

Tirley Garth

Vale Royal Falconry Centre

Walk Mill

Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse

Willington Hall

Wincham Park

Wirral Country Park

Sport

Football

Deva Stadium

There is only one full-time professional football club in the borough - Chester FC - who play in the National League. Northwich has four semi-professional teams - Barnton, Northwich Victoria, Witton Albion and 1874 Northwich - all of whom play in regional leagues. Winsford is also represented in the non-league pyramid by Winsford United.

Below level ten of the English football league system are county-wide amateur leagues, with two covering the geographic area of the borough - the Cheshire Association Football League and West Cheshire Association Football League. Although several clubs are members of the former, many more compete in the latter - most notably Vauxhall Motors, who de-professionalised themselves in 2014. Below that is the Chester & Wirral Football League, and also the Mid-Cheshire district leagues who cater for the areas of knutsford, Northwich, Middlewich and Winsford where teams representing neighbourhoods/villages and/or pubs/social clubs ('pub teams') compete.

The largest football stadium in Cheshire West and Chester is the Deva Stadium, home to Chester FC, although the ground famously straddles the England-Wales border.

Twin towns

Whilst the borough per se does not have any twinning agreements, several of its settlements have agreements predating its creation in 2009, listed below:

Settlement(s)	Twin town(s)
Barrow Littleton	Aubignan
Chester	Sens Lörrach Senigallia
Ellesmere Port	Reutlingen
Malpas	Questembert
Northwich	Dole Carlow
Tarporley	Bohars
Upton by Chester	Arradon
Winsford	Deuil-la-Barre

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External links

Cheshire West and Chester Council website

Webcasts – Cheshire West and Chester Council meetings

[cnote_Note_3] 3: Civil parishes highlighted in bold have unilaterally declared town status under section 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

[cnote_Note_4] 4: Previously elected to parliament in 2010 for the Wirral West constituency.

[cnote_Note_5] 5: From the last election before the borough of Cheshire West and Chester was established.

[cnote_Note_6] 6: From the first election following the most recent periodic review of Westminster constituencies, where boundary changes affected the constituencies.

[cnote_Note_1] 1: Italics indicate a current member replaced an outgoing member from their party list outside a scheduled election.

[cnote_Note_2] 2: Defeated in 2004, re-elected in 2009.

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[2] "County split into two authorities". BBC News. 25 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2007.

[3] "Committee structure". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[Chester_Chronicle_1-4] Holmes, David (26 May 2015). "Cheshire West and Chester Council have bad-tempered first meeting under Labour control". Chester Chronicle. Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[Chester_Chronicle_2-5] Holmes, David (23 September 2010). "Cheshire West and Chester Council HQ is 21st century workplace". Chester Chronicle. Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[Cheshire_West_and_Chester_Council_1-6] "Election 2011 Live Results". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. 5 May 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[Cheshire_West_and_Chester_Council_2-7] "Your Councillors by Ward". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[NG-8] "Labour take control of Cheshire West and Chester Council". Northwich Guardian. Newsquest. 9 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[9] "Town and parish councils". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

[10] "Parish and Town Councils in Cheshire" (PDF). www.chalc.org.uk. Cheshire Association of Local Councils. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

[11] "Community governance arrangements". www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

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[16] Flint, Rachel (23 October 2014). "Ellesmere Port man arrested after pig's head placed outside Islamic centre". Chester Chronicle. Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[17] "Statutory Sites". Cheshire West and Chester council. Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

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[19] "Cheshire West and Chester Council Cycling Strategy" (PDF). www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk. Cheshire West and Chester Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[20] "Ellesmere Port Greenway". www.ellesmereportdevelopment.co.uk. Invest in Ellesmere Port. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.

[21] "Hooton". www.merseyrail.org. Merseyrail. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

[22] "Chester Railway Station sees passenger numbers double in 10 years". www.chesterchronicle.co.uk. Chester Chronicle. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

[maynard-23] "Maynard confirms Halton Curve will reopen at end of 2018". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[24] Houghton, Alistair (14 July 2017). "Work starts on 'Halton Curve' rail link from Liverpool to North Wales". Liverpool Echo. Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.

[25] "Electrification Task Force Final Report Revealed". www.railnorth.org. Rail North. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

[26] "High Speed Two property schemes, July 2017, phase 2B: Crewe to Manchester, Volume 1: Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester key plan" (PDF). www.gov.uk. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited. 17 July 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

[27] "Chester Road one of most congested outside London". www.chesterstandard.co.uk. The Standard. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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[29] "M56 Smart Motorway won't happen". www.chesterchronicle.co.uk. Chester Chronicle. 21 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

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