Chestnut Lodge, Widnes
| Chestnut Lodge | |
  Chestnut Lodge Chestnut Lodge shown within Cheshire | |
| Population | 5,000 |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan borough | Halton |
| Metropolitan county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
Chestnut Lodge is a small suburb of Widnes within the borough of Halton, in Cheshire, England. It has a small range of local services including a chip shop, dental practice, newsagents, chemist's, cafe, pub, and hairdresser's. In the 1960s Chestnut Lodge saw the rise of housing in the area with 2 large three-story council flats being constructed with around 20 flats. Also on Kershaw Street 9 three-bedroom houses were built, as well as 4 houses built in the 1970s and 4 two-bedroom houses built in 2002. Seven bus services pass through each way every hour including numbers 2, 12, 14, 82a, 79c. The pub is Widnes' second oldest pub after the Unicorn in Cronton. On the outskirts of the suburb is Prescot Pond which was revamped in 2001. There is a United Services Club which in April 2011 featured on Liverpool radio station City 96.7 for collecting over £1,000 for the Zoe Houes Children's hospital in Liverpool.
In 2000 Ditton Primary School opened leaving its former position in the community empty for eight years until in 2008 when the remains of the old school were demolished and a new Co-op store was built. The suburb has a population of around 5,000.
Chestnut Lodge has three schools Ditton Primary School (formerly Ditton County School), Chestnut Lodge Special School, and Ashley School. Chestnut Lodge special school is an open age school for the handicapped and is the only special school in Widnes. Ashley School is a school for children with learning difficultes and accepts pupils from age 11 to 16. Ditton Primary School is a primary school built in 2000. It is the most expensive primary school project in Halton.
Transport
There are seven bus services an hour which pass though Chestnut Lodge in both directions, operated by Halton Transport, Arriva and charter services by Merseytravel, which operate to destinations such as Runcorn, Liverpool, Warrington, West Bank, Widnes town centre, and some charter services to Chester after 7:00pm operated by Arriva. The nearest railway station is Hough Green railway station half a mile away and Widnes railway station one mile away. Northern Rail operate from Hough Green with services to Liverpool and Manchester. Widnes is a busier station with express trains operated by East Midlands Trains also stopping with services to Nottingham, and services operated by First TransPennine Express to Newcastle-upon-Tyne via Manchester, Leeds, York, Teesside, and Sunderland. No services operate directly to London. The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport six miles away.