Childer Thornton
Childer Thornton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the unitary authority Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, located in the town of Ellesmere Port between Hooton and Little Sutton.
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Childer Thornton Location within Cheshire | |
OS grid reference | SJ368776 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HOOTON |
Postcode district | CH66 |
Dialling code | 0151 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Economy
The village has one school, three pubs, a hotel, and a garden center. Childer Thornton is exactly halfway in distance between Birkenhead and Chester and one of the pubs is named 'The Halfway House', which was a stagecoach stop between Chester and New Ferry in the 1770s.[1] Childer Thornton's other pubs are 'The Burleydam' and 'The White Lion'. The Village Petrol Station is equipped with a charging station for electric vehicles.
Religion
Childer Thornton is in the Anglican parish of Hooton, with an attractive parish church made of local sandstone, situated just outside the village itself. It was built between 1858 and 1862, at a cost of £5,000.[2]
Transport
The busy A41 road runs through the middle of Childer Thornton. Despite this, the area is relatively unspoilt, with the M53 motorway effectively diverting away from the bulk of through traffic.
There is currently no railway station in Childer Thornton, the nearest station is Little Sutton, on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network between Ellesmere Port and Liverpool.
The village is however served by frequent bus services:
Route No. | From | To | Via | Frequency | Company | Notes |
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1 | Liverpool | Chester | Chester Zoo | Every 15 mins | First | |
2 | Liverpool | Chester | Hope Farm | Every 10 mins | Arriva/First | |
811/817 | Leasowe | Broughton | Birkenhead | Every 1 Hour | Cumfybus | |
359 | Neston (Raby Park Road) | Ellesmere Port | Willaston (a.m.)/Ledsham Road (p.m.) | 1 a.m. journey and 1 p.m. journey | Helms of Eastham | |
272 | Arrowe Park | Ellesmere Port | Willaston | Hourly | Eazibus / Helms of Eastham |
References
- Guide To Ellesmere Port, drakesvision.com, retrieved 28 June 2007
- Urbanisation of Ellesmere Port, Whitby High School, archived from the original on 3 October 2011, retrieved 28 June 2007