Whitley, Cheshire

Whitley
St Luke's Church, Lower Whitley
Whitley is located in Cheshire
Whitley
Whitley
Location within Cheshire
Population533 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ618800
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWARRINGTON
Postcode districtWA4
Dialling code01925 / 01606
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°18′58″N 2°34′23″W / 53.316°N 2.573°W / 53.316; -2.573

Whitley is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is surrounded by the parishes of Antrobus, Comberbach, Little Leigh and Dutton. It also borders Daresbury in Halton borough as well as Hatton and Stretton in Warrington borough. It is a small village located next to Antrobus.

Map of civil parish of Whitley within the former borough of Vale Royal

The civil parish was created on 1 April 1936 based on Whitley Inferior and Whitley Superior, now known as Lower Whitley and Higher Whitley.[2]

Whitley lies mostly in the northern part of a triangle of land bounded by the A49 (Warrington to Whitchurch) to the west, the A559 (Warrington to Northwich) to the east and the A533 (Runcorn to Northwich) to the south.

  1. ^ "parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Relationships and Changes Whitley CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 December 2019.