Wheelock, Cheshire
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Wheelock is a long village in the civil parish of Sandbach which is in Cheshire, England. It is south of Sandbach on the road to Crewe. It was named after the River Wheelock.
Before its bypass was opened, among lorry drivers Wheelock was notorious for a vicious little hill running from the Trent and Mersey Canal bridge up to a bridge crossing over the North Staffordshire Railway near the junction with Zan Drive,[1] particularly when winter weather made the road icy.
Zan Drive leads to a small industrial area named Zan Industrial Park.[1]
Wheelock has a large housing estate.[citation needed]
Wheelock has 3 churches and 3 public houses.[citation needed]
Wheelock holds an annual village fair.[citation needed]
[edit] Education
- Wheelock Primary School (formerly Wheelock County Primary School)[2] Recently (as at 20 April 2007) children from the school have been out trying to stop vehicle drivers from speeding on Crewe Road into Sandbach.
[edit] Other meanings
Occasionally "wheelock" is used as a wrong name for a car wheelclamp.[citation needed]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Map showing Zan Drive. www.streetmap.co.uk. Retrieval Date: August 24, 2007.
- ^ Wheelock County Primary School. www.wheelock.cheshire.sch.uk Retrieval Date: May 26, 2008.
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