Ashton Hayes

Ashton Hayes
The village hall, Ashton Hayes
Ashton Hayes is located in Cheshire
Ashton Hayes
Ashton Hayes
Location within Cheshire
Population936 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ511693
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTER
Postcode districtCH3
Dialling code01829
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°13′08″N 2°44′24″W / 53.219°N 2.740°W / 53.219; -2.740

Ashton Hayes is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located about 8 miles east of Chester on the B5393 road. The nearest villages are Mouldsworth to the north east and Kelsall to the south east. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 936.[1] The main village in the parish – formerly known as Ashton – was renamed Ashton Hayes following a referendum, to avoid confusion with other places of the same name.[2]

  1. ^ a b 2011 Census: Ashton CP (Ashton Hayes), Office for National Statistics, retrieved 14 September 2014
  2. ^ Ward, David (6 August 2004), "The trouble with Ashton _", The Guardian, London, retrieved 29 January 2007