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The Yacht Inn on the A540 Parkgate Road at Woodbank |
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Woodbank
Woodbank shown within Cheshire |
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| Population | 62 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SJ355729 |
| Parish | Woodbank |
| Unitary authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTER |
| Postcode district | CH1 |
| Dialling code | 0151, 01244 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | City of Chester |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
Woodbank is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in northwest England. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, about 6 miles northwest of the city of Chester and near the larger village of Saughall.
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Woodbank was a township in Shotwick Parish of the Wirral Hundred and included part of the nearby hamlet of Two Mills. The population was 48 in 1801, 64 in 1851, 72 in 1901 and 77 in 1951.[1]
Woodbank is within the parliamentary constituency of the City of Chester, represented by the Labour MP Christine Russell. It is also part of the Puddington and District Parish Council.
It can be accessed via the A550, the A5117 and the A540 (a former toll road). There are two minor roads running through the area - Woodbank Lane and Shotwick Lane.
Woodbank consists of a Hall and a few houses as well as The Yacht Inn, which was built as a pub in about 1920.[2]
The nearest train station can be found in Capenhurst, about 1.5 miles away. There is also a bus service which passes through the area hourly, running between West Kirby and Chester.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Woodbank,_Cheshire Woodbank, Cheshire] at Wikimedia Commons
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