Stretton, Cheshire
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| Population | 1,009 (2001) |
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| Unitary authority | Warrington |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Warrington |
| Postcode district | WA4 |
| Dial code | 01925 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | Warrington South |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
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.
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Civil Parishes |
Appleton • Birchwood • Burtonwood and Westbrook • Croft • Cuerdley • Culcheth and Glazebury • Grappenhall and Thelwall • Great Sankey • Hatton • Lymm • Penketh • Poulton-with-Fearnhead • Rixton-with-Glazebrook • Stockton Heath • Stretton • Walton • Winwick • Woolston |
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| Unitary authorities: | Halton • Warrington |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Chester City • Congleton • Crewe and Nantwich • Ellesmere Port and Neston • Macclesfield • Vale Royal |
| Cities/Towns: | Alsager • Bollington • Chester • Congleton • Crewe • Ellesmere Port • Frodsham • Knutsford • Macclesfield • Middlewich • Nantwich • Neston • Northwich • Runcorn • Sandbach • Warrington • Widnes • Wilmslow • Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire |
