Stretton, Cheshire

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Stretton
Stretton shown within Cheshire
Population	1,009 (2001)
OS grid reference	SJ615825
Unitary authority	Warrington
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Warrington
Postcode district	WA4
Dialling code	01925
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Warrington South
List of places: UK • England • Cheshire

Coordinates: 53°20′17″N 2°34′39″W / 53.3381, -2.5775

Stretton is a village and civil parish in the borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The parish includes the village of Lower Stretton. It is at the very south tip of Warrington, about seven miles south of the town centre. It has a large hotel and is the site of Warrington's BUPA hospital. The village is just by junction 10 of the M56 motorway.

A major Royal Navy Air Station HMS Blackcap existed at Stretton between June 1942 and November 1958.

[edit] See also

• St Matthew's Church, Stretton

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