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.infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}</style><table class="infobox ib-uk-place vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org nowrap">Poynton</th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Poynton_Village_(A523)_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_1.jpg/240px-Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_1.jpg/360px-Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_1.jpg/480px-Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span><div>Poynton shared space town centre, remodelled in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1098" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:26.786%;left:86.083%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Poynton"><img alt="Poynton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Poynton</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">13.1 km<sup>2</sup> (5.1 sq mi) <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">14,260 <i>(2011 census)</i><sup id="cite_ref-2011census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">Density</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,089/km<sup>2</sup> (2,820/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=53.348337~-2.114124&lvl=13&sp=Point.53.348337_-2.114124_Poynton&sty=s&style=s">SJ925835</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></th><td class="infobox-data">152 mi (245 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul 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England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">STOCKPORT</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a 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Constabulary">Cheshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service">Cheshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_West_Ambulance_Service" title="North West Ambulance Service">North West</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link 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Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Cheshire" title="List of places in Cheshire">Cheshire</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Poynton&params=53_21_N_02_07_W_region:GB_type:city(14260)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°21′N</span> <span class="longitude">02°07′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.350°N 2.117°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.350; -2.117</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Poynton</b> is a town in the <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> of Poynton-with-Worth, in the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East" title="Cheshire East">Cheshire East</a> district and the ceremonial county of <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, England; from 1974 to 2009 it was in <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_(borough)" title="Macclesfield (borough)">Macclesfield</a> district. It is located on the easternmost fringe of the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Plain" title="Cheshire Plain">Cheshire Plain</a>, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, 7 miles (11 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield" title="Macclesfield">Macclesfield</a> and 5 miles (8 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Stockport" title="Stockport">Stockport</a>. </p><p>The first mention of the manor of Poynton was in 1289. Coal was mined in Poynton from the 16th century and the collieries, under the ownership of the <a href="/wiki/Baron_Vernon" title="Baron Vernon">Lords Vernon</a> from 1832 until their closure in 1935, were the largest in Cheshire. Consequent urbanisation and <a href="/wiki/Socioeconomics" class="mw-redirect" title="Socioeconomics">socioeconomic</a> development necessitated better transport links; these came with the completion of the <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Canal" title="Macclesfield Canal">Macclesfield Canal</a> through Poynton in 1831, the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_and_Birmingham_Railway" title="Manchester and Birmingham Railway">Manchester and Birmingham Railway</a> in 1845 and the <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield,_Bollington_and_Marple_Railway" title="Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway">Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway</a> in 1869. In the late 20th century, Poynton became a <a href="/wiki/Commuter_town" title="Commuter town">commuter town</a> for Manchester. Since 1945, the population has nearly trebled to 14,260 in <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2011">2011</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Cheshire" title="History of Cheshire">History of Cheshire</a></div> <p>The settlement does not appear in the <i><a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a></i> of 1086. The first mention of the manor of Poynton occurred in the 13th century when it was held under the Earl of Chester by the Poutrells family and then by the de Stockeports, lords of Stockport. It was part of the <a href="/wiki/English_feudal_barony" title="English feudal barony">barony</a> of Stockport.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Past spellings include <i>Ponynton</i> and <i>Poynington</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SamuelLewis_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SamuelLewis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Warren family held the manor from 1382, beginning with Sir John de Warren, who was a son of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_de_Warren" title="Sir Edward de Warren">Sir Edward de Warren</a> and his wife Cicely de Eton of Poynton and Stockport.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This family held the manor until 1801, when <a href="/wiki/George_Warren_(MP)" title="George Warren (MP)">Sir George Warren</a>, the last surviving male, died. He was succeeded by his daughter, Lady Warren Bulkeley. She died childless in 1826 when she left the estate to Frances Maria Warren (then Lady Vernon) daughter of <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Borlase_Warren,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet">Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WPS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SamuelLewis_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SamuelLewis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lords <a href="/wiki/Baron_Vernon" title="Baron Vernon">Vernon</a> held the estate until the final sale in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-coalminingvillage_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coalminingvillage-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coal was found outcropping to the east of Towers Road, which corresponds to the line of the <a href="/wiki/Wem-Bridgemere-Red_Rock_Fault_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Wem-Bridgemere-Red Rock Fault System">Red Rock Fault</a> at the surface. The earliest record to be found is a lease dated 28 February 1589, which talks of the "Coal pit at Wourthe lately occupied by George Finche". This could be worked on the surface then by shallow shafts, and later by deeper shafts with waterwheels or steam engines operating pumps and winding gear. In the late 18th century, the Warrens of Poynton co-operated with the <a href="/wiki/Leghs_of_Lyme" title="Leghs of Lyme">Leghs of Lyme</a> to work the Cannel and Sheepwash seams at Norbury Hollow.<sup id="cite_ref-poyco1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poyco1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, the mines were pumped using waterwheels driven by the Norbury Brook; <a href="/wiki/Newcomen_atmospheric_engine" title="Newcomen atmospheric engine">atmospheric steam engines</a> were then used and then <a href="/wiki/Watt_steam_engine" title="Watt steam engine">condensing engines</a> thus allowing deeper pits to be sunk. Output in 1789 was over 23,586 tonnes (26,000 tons), rising to a production of 221,056 tonnes (243,673 tons) in 1859, an amount believed unlikely to have been surpassed.<sup id="cite_ref-poyco3_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poyco3-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Poynton Collieries were substantial, and the coal rights were held by the Warren family who leased them the Wrights and the Claytons. The canal, and new roads and railway lines, were used to remove the coal.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1826, the estate passed to <a href="/wiki/George_Venables-Vernon,_5th_Baron_Vernon" title="George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon">George John Venables Vernon, 4th Lord Vernon</a>, who decided in 1832 to manage the mines himself.<sup id="cite_ref-poyco1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poyco1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1856 it was estimated that there was a reserve of 15,163,027 tons, which would supply 245,000 tons for 61 years. This was to be supplied by the Park Round Pit and the Park Oval Pit, both working the Four Foot and Five Foot Seam, and the Anson Pit and the Nelson Pit, which were working the Accommodation Seam.<sup id="cite_ref-poyco2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poyco2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pits had good transport links to their principal markets, cotton mills around Manchester. With the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Cotton_Famine" title="Lancashire Cotton Famine">Lancashire Cotton Famine</a> in 1861, and the subsequent recession, the price of coal collapsed, and the output dropped 112,840 tons, leading to worker redundancies. A new shaft, the Lawrance Pit, was sunk at Park in 1885, raising the output to 216,362 tons and paying for itself within a year.<sup id="cite_ref-poyco3_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poyco3-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However the costs were rising and the closure of the Norbury Pits resulted in a constant ingress of water. In 1926 production was down to 80,146 tons. The 1926 <a href="/wiki/General_strike" title="General strike">General strike</a> lasted for 17 weeks in Poynton and the men went back to work as the collieries would have closed because of the cost of pumping. The collieries closed on 30 August 1935; 250 men were made redundant. Eighty were offered jobs in the <a href="/wiki/Kent_coalfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Kent coalfield">Kent coalfield</a> and some secured employment with <a href="/wiki/Avro" title="Avro">Avro</a> at <a href="/wiki/Woodford,_Greater_Manchester" title="Woodford, Greater Manchester">Woodford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-poyco4_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poyco4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Anson Colliery is now the site of the <a href="/wiki/Anson_Engine_Museum" title="Anson Engine Museum">Anson Engine Museum</a>; all other shafts have been capped and Park Pit has been levelled.<sup id="cite_ref-eastcheshirewalks_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eastcheshirewalks-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Accommodation_Cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_62862.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Accommodation_Cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_62862.jpg/220px-Accommodation_Cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_62862.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Accommodation_Cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_62862.jpg/330px-Accommodation_Cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_62862.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Accommodation_Cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_62862.jpg/440px-Accommodation_Cottages_-_geograph.org.uk_-_62862.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Cottages originally built for miners at the bottom of the Coppice in Poynton</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Canal" title="Macclesfield Canal">Macclesfield Canal</a> was originally proposed in 1765 but construction did not start until 1826 because of opposition from outside parties. The canal was designed by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Telford" title="Thomas Telford">Thomas Telford</a> and completed in 1831.<sup id="cite_ref-macccanal_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macccanal-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sir George Warren was a promoter of the extension of the <a href="/wiki/Turnpike_trusts" class="mw-redirect" title="Turnpike trusts">turnpike road</a> from <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> by way of <a href="/wiki/Hazel_Grove" title="Hazel Grove">Hazel Grove</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sandon,_Staffordshire" title="Sandon, Staffordshire">Sandon, Staffordshire</a>, where it joined what is now the <a href="/wiki/A51_road" title="A51 road">A51 road</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Manchester_and_Birmingham_Railway" title="Manchester and Birmingham Railway">Manchester and Birmingham Railway</a> opened a line through Poynton in 1845,<sup id="cite_ref-coalminingvillage_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coalminingvillage-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which now forms part of the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">London–Manchester main line</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gracesguide_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gracesguide-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield,_Bollington_and_Marple_Railway" title="Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway">Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway</a> opened in 1869 with stations at Higher Poynton and Middlewood; it closed in 1970,<sup id="cite_ref-middlewoodway_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-middlewoodway-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the line is now a footpath called the <a href="/wiki/Middlewood_Way" title="Middlewood Way">Middlewood Way</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-middlewoodway_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-middlewoodway-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 18th century, the Pickford family developed their family business of waggoners on the London-to-Manchester route with The Birches Farm at Poynton as its headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-coalminingvillage_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coalminingvillage-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The business thrived and they relocated to London in 1823. <a href="/wiki/Pickfords" title="Pickfords">Pickfords</a> is today one of the best-known removal firms in the United Kingdom. </p><p>From the 1870s, private house-building gathered pace and gradually Poynton became a commuter town for workers in the Manchester conurbation. Since the Second World War, several housing estates have been built by both the local authorities and private developers. </p><p>The population has risen from 5,000 to almost 15,000 since 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Poynton_with_Worth_-_Bulkeley_Road.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Poynton_with_Worth_-_Bulkeley_Road.jpg/220px-Poynton_with_Worth_-_Bulkeley_Road.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Poynton_with_Worth_-_Bulkeley_Road.jpg/330px-Poynton_with_Worth_-_Bulkeley_Road.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Poynton_with_Worth_-_Bulkeley_Road.jpg/440px-Poynton_with_Worth_-_Bulkeley_Road.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Terraced housing on Bulkeley Road, Poynton</figcaption></figure> <p>From 1974 until the <a href="/wiki/2009_structural_changes_to_local_government_in_England" title="2009 structural changes to local government in England">2009 structural changes to local government in England</a>, Poynton was administered by three tiers of local government: the <a href="/wiki/Parish_councils_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Parish councils in England">parish council</a> of Poynton-with-Worth, <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_(borough)" title="Macclesfield (borough)">Macclesfield Borough Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_County_Council" title="Cheshire County Council">Cheshire County Council</a>. Poynton-with-Worth (a <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">civil parish</a>) was made up of three electoral wards and was created in 1880 by uniting the hitherto separate civil parishes of Poynton and Worth.<sup id="cite_ref-glaue_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glaue-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009 the Parish Council resolved to become a Town Council and elect a Mayor, creating <a href="/wiki/Poynton_Town_Council" title="Poynton Town Council">Poynton with Worth Town Council</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East_Council" title="Cheshire East Council">Cheshire East Council</a> took over the responsibilities of the borough council and the county council on 1 April 2009. </p><p>Poynton is represented on Cheshire East Council in two two-member electoral wards, <b>Poynton West and Pott Shrigley</b> and <b>Poynton East and Adlington</b>, by four councillors,<sup id="cite_ref-ECP_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all members of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>. Poynton is in the <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)">Macclesfield Constituency</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom Parliament</a>, which was represented by Conservative MPs from 1918 to 2024 but is currently represented by <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Tim_Roca" title="Tim Roca">Tim Roca</a>. </p><p>Poynton was formerly a <a href="/wiki/Township_(England)" title="Township (England)">township</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chapelry" title="Chapelry">chapelry</a> in the parish of <a href="/wiki/Prestbury,_Cheshire" title="Prestbury, Cheshire">Prestbury</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1866 Poynton became a separate civil parish, in 1880 the parish was abolished.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_Manchester_from_Poynton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Greater_Manchester_from_Poynton.jpg/220px-Greater_Manchester_from_Poynton.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Greater_Manchester_from_Poynton.jpg/330px-Greater_Manchester_from_Poynton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Greater_Manchester_from_Poynton.jpg/440px-Greater_Manchester_from_Poynton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Manchester_city_centre" title="Manchester city centre">Manchester city centre</a>, 11 miles (18 km) from Poynton</figcaption></figure> <p>Poynton is located at SJ925835 <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Poynton&params=53.348_N_2.114_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°20′53″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°06′50″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.348°N 2.114°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.348; -2.114</span></span></span></a></span></span>, between the <a href="/wiki/Ladybrook_Valley" title="Ladybrook Valley">Norbury Brook</a> and the Poynton Brook at the easternmost limit of the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Plain" title="Cheshire Plain">Cheshire Plain</a>. The land is between 88 metres (289 ft) and 190 metres (620 ft) above sea level. The town is approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) SSE of Manchester, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a>, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from junction 5 of the <a href="/wiki/M56_motorway" title="M56 motorway">M56 motorway</a> and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from junction 3 of the <a href="/wiki/M60_motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="M60 motorway">M60 motorway</a>. The west of the parish is predominantly residential, buffered from <a href="/wiki/Hazel_Grove" title="Hazel Grove">Hazel Grove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bramhall" title="Bramhall">Bramhall</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Green_belt_(United_Kingdom)" title="Green belt (United Kingdom)">North Cheshire Green Belt</a>. To the south of the town are two business parks but here and to the east it is rural in nature, bounding on the former <a href="/wiki/Deer_park_(England)" title="Deer park (England)">deer park</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lyme_Park" title="Lyme Park">Lyme Hall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ECP_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(England)" title="A6 road (England)">A6</a> trunk road passes to the north of the parish, and the Macclesfield Canal runs north–south along the 155 metres (509 ft) contour to the east of the parish. </p><p>The town straddles the <a href="/wiki/Wem-Bridgemere-Red_Rock_Fault_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Wem-Bridgemere-Red Rock Fault System">Red Rock Fault</a>. Its 200-metre (660 ft) downthrow to the west brings the <a href="/wiki/Permian" title="Permian">Permo</a>–<a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a> <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mudstone" title="Mudstone">mudstones</a> of the Cheshire Plain up against the <a href="/wiki/Millstone_Grit" title="Millstone Grit">Millstone Grit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">shales</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Peak_District" title="Peak District">Peak District</a>. To the immediate east of the fault are the <a href="/wiki/Coal_measures" title="Coal measures">coal measures</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Carboniferous" title="Carboniferous">Carboniferous</a> period which, unlike those in the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Coalfield" title="Lancashire Coalfield">Lancashire Coalfield</a>, are missing the top layers. Outcrops of the <a href="/wiki/Coal_Measures_Group" title="Coal Measures Group">Middle Coal Measures</a> are present here. Coal from these strata, particularly the Four Foot Mine (or seam), the Five Foot Mine and the Accommodation Mine, was mined in the 19th and early 20th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-poyco1_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poyco1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lower ground, including most of Poynton, is covered by <a href="/wiki/Till" title="Till">glacial till</a> left by the retreating ice sheet at the close of the last <a href="/wiki/Ice_age" title="Ice age">ice age</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Woodford_Aerodrome" title="Woodford Aerodrome">Woodford Aerodrome</a> was to the west and was owned by <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems" title="BAE Systems">BAE Systems</a> and had a <a href="/wiki/Met_Office" title="Met Office">Met Office</a> weather station. Woodford's weather station recorded a temperature of −17.6 °C (0.3 °F) on 8 January 2010, during the <a href="/wiki/Winter_of_2009%E2%80%9310_in_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="Winter of 2009–10 in Great Britain and Ireland">Winter of 2009–10 in Great Britain and Ireland</a>. 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margin:0; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bramhall" title="Bramhall">Bramhall</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stockport" title="Stockport">Stockport</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hazel_Grove" title="Hazel Grove">Hazel Grove</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Lane,_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="High Lane, Manchester">High Lane</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Disley" title="Disley">Disley</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Woodford,_Greater_Manchester" title="Woodford, Greater Manchester">Woodford</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Wilmslow" title="Wilmslow">Wilmslow</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Poynton</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Lyme_Park" title="Lyme Park">Lyme Park</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mottram_St_Andrew" title="Mottram St Andrew">Mottram St Andrew</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adlington,_Cheshire" title="Adlington, Cheshire">Adlington</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Macclesfield" title="Macclesfield">Macclesfield</a></td> <td></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Woodford (88 m elevation) 1981–2010 </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2<br />(48.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.5<br />(41.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.5<br />(3.21) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.5<br />(2.03) </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.6<br />(2.31) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.4<br />(2.42) </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.8<br />(2.16) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.5<br />(2.54) </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.3<br />(2.65) </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.4<br />(3.13) </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.6<br />(3.13) </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">98.8<br />(3.89) </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.9<br />(3.15) </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.8<br />(3.54) </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">867.1<br />(34.14) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #3C3CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.8 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.8 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #7878FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7 </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.8 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #4D4DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.4 </td> <td style="background: #4747FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.4 </td> <td style="background: #4D4DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.4 </td> <td style="background: #6060FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">151.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #505050; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.8 </td> <td style="background: #8C8C8C; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.8 </td> <td style="background: #ACAC9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.7 </td> <td style="background: #C0C024; color:#000000;" class="notheme">137.1 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">185.9 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">163.7 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">171.7 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">161.6 </td> <td style="background: #BEBE2F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133.3 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3A3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.7 </td> <td style="background: #787878; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63.7 </td> <td style="background: #636363; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">54.6 </td> <td style="background: #B4B469; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,372.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Met Office<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time of the 2011 census, the population of the parish of Poynton with Worth was 14,260. The ethnic grouping of Poynton was 98% white, 1.1% Asian, 0.5% Mixed Race, 0.1% Black/African/Caribbean and 0.2% other groups. Religious division was 70.4% Christian, 21.5% no religion, 0.3% Muslim and 0.2% other religions. 59.7% of residents aged over 16 were married.<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_community">Culture and community</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Culture and community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Poynton_Community_Centre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Poynton_Community_Centre.jpg/220px-Poynton_Community_Centre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Poynton_Community_Centre.jpg/330px-Poynton_Community_Centre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Poynton_Community_Centre.jpg/440px-Poynton_Community_Centre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Poynton Community Centre</figcaption></figure> <p>Poynton <a href="/wiki/Cooperative" title="Cooperative">Co-op</a> was founded in 1862, staying independent until February 1992. There were many <a href="/wiki/Friendly_society" title="Friendly society">Friendly Societies</a>, Burial Clubs, <a href="/wiki/Working_men%27s_club" title="Working men's club">Workmen's Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-wmc_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wmc-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Miners' Union. The <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a> Chapel was established in 1847 followed by the <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Primitive_Methodism" class="mw-redirect" title="Primitive Methodism">Primitive Methodists</a> chapels; together with <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Church,_Poynton" title="St George's Church, Poynton">St George's Church</a> they were the social centres of the village. Lord Vernon opened the first school in 1838 which was extended as the number of children attending it grew, and this building is now used as the Poynton Youth and Community Centre.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Poynton Show is held every August <a href="/wiki/Bank_holiday" title="Bank holiday">bank holiday</a> weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-ASAO_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASAO-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It started in 1885,<sup id="cite_ref-showhist_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-showhist-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as an agricultural show, and has grown in size; 35,000 people visited the show in 1970. It offers a range of events in the main arena such as stunt riding and aerobatics, a fairground, exhibitions and competitive events.<sup id="cite_ref-showhist_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-showhist-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Singers" class="mw-redirect" title="St George's Singers">St George's Singers</a> is large choral society founded in 1956. The choir has strong links with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Northern_College_of_Music" title="Royal Northern College of Music">Royal Northern College of Music</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chetham%27s_School_of_Music" title="Chetham's School of Music">Chetham's School of Music</a>. It has sung in <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C3%89rd" title="Érd">Érd</a>; more locally the choir's annual Singing Day regularly attracts over 200 singers to learn and perform choral music.<sup id="cite_ref-StGeorgesSingers_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StGeorgesSingers-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Building_Society_(Poynton)_Brass_Band" title="Vernon Building Society (Poynton) Brass Band">Vernon Building Society (Poynton) Brass Band</a> first started within the Poynton coal-mining community and was supported by the mine owners, the Vernon family. Records from 1832 stating that new uniforms had been purchased by Lady Vernon suggest that it has existed for over 160 years.<sup id="cite_ref-brassband_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brassband-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poynton has two <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a> churches: St Martin's, Higher Poynton, and <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Church,_Poynton" title="St George's Church, Poynton">St George's</a>, which occupies a prominent position in the town centre. St George's church dates from 1859 and is in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Gothic" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Gothic">Victorian Gothic</a> style; the steeple was added in 1884.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The two churches have active congregations and run services, youth groups and a children's group. </p><p>Poynton is twinned with <a href="/wiki/%C3%89rd" title="Érd">Érd</a> in Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-twinhungary_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twinhungary-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2016, it has also been twinned with <a href="/wiki/Haybes" title="Haybes">Haybes</a> in France.<sup id="cite_ref-haybes_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haybes-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Poynton_Lake_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4267.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Poynton_Lake_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4267.jpg/220px-Poynton_Lake_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4267.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Poynton_Lake_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4267.jpg/330px-Poynton_Lake_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4267.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Poynton_Lake_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4267.jpg/440px-Poynton_Lake_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4267.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="476" /></a><figcaption>Poynton Pool</figcaption></figure> <p>Sir George Warren bought the Worth estate in 1792. Worth Hall, now redeveloped as flats,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was originally the home of the Downes family of Worth; it lies within Davenport Golf Club. Several halls were built in Poynton Park, each one then demolished to make way for a new hall. The final hall, Poynton Towers, was demolished in the 1930s. The ornamental lake, known locally as Poynton Pool, was created in the 1760s by Sir George Warren, who dammed a tributary of Poynton Brook as part of his landscaping of the park. The dam itself served as the foundation for the turnpike.<sup id="cite_ref-poybo8_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poybo8-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poynton Coppice is a designated <a href="/wiki/Local_nature_reserve" title="Local nature reserve">local nature reserve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other landmarks include <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Church,_Poynton" title="St George's Church, Poynton">St George's Church</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-churchofstgeorge_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-churchofstgeorge-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the town's war memorial in its churchyard,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Park Colliery and Anson Pit.<sup id="cite_ref-poyco4_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poyco4-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterways">Waterways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Waterways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canal_higher_poynton.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Canal_higher_poynton.JPG/220px-Canal_higher_poynton.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Canal_higher_poynton.JPG/330px-Canal_higher_poynton.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Canal_higher_poynton.JPG/440px-Canal_higher_poynton.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Narrowboat" title="Narrowboat">Narrowboats</a> on the Macclesfield Canal in Higher Poynton</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Canal" title="Macclesfield Canal">Macclesfield Canal</a>, a canal with only one flight of locks, was first proposed in 1765, but was not commenced until 1826. Completed in 1831, it joins the <a href="/wiki/Peak_Forest_Canal" title="Peak Forest Canal">Peak Forest Canal</a> in <a href="/wiki/Marple,_Greater_Manchester" title="Marple, Greater Manchester">Marple</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Trent_and_Mersey_Canal" title="Trent and Mersey Canal">Trent and Mersey Canal</a> near <a href="/wiki/Kidsgrove" title="Kidsgrove">Kidsgrove</a> and forms a part of the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Ring" title="Cheshire Ring">Cheshire Ring</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-canals_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canals-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The route was chosen so it could pass close to the Poynton Colleries to transport coal to Macclesfield for the steam engines and c5,000 houses. It shortened the canal journey from Manchester to London by 25 miles (40 km) and allowed easy carriage of coal to the cotton mills at <a href="/wiki/Dukinfield" title="Dukinfield">Dukinfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cousins_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cousins-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Poynton_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_783098.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Poynton_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_783098.jpg/220px-Poynton_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_783098.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Poynton_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_783098.jpg/330px-Poynton_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_783098.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Poynton_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_783098.jpg/440px-Poynton_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_783098.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Poynton station in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Manchester_and_Birmingham_Railway" title="Manchester and Birmingham Railway">Manchester and Birmingham Railway</a> opened a line through Poynton in 1845, which now forms a spur of the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a> between London and Manchester.<sup id="cite_ref-gracesguide_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gracesguide-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Poynton_railway_station" title="Poynton railway station">Poynton railway station</a> is served by northbound trains to <a href="/wiki/Stockport_railway_station" title="Stockport railway station">Stockport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Piccadilly">Manchester Piccadilly</a>, and southbound to <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_railway_station" title="Macclesfield railway station">Macclesfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_railway_station" title="Stoke-on-Trent railway station">Stoke-on-Trent</a>. Services are operated by <a href="/wiki/Northern_Trains" title="Northern Trains">Northern Trains</a>; they run generally hourly trains in both directions, with additional trains at peak times and fewer on Sundays.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield,_Bollington_and_Marple_Railway" title="Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway">Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway</a> was opened in 1869,<sup id="cite_ref-middlewoodway_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-middlewoodway-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with stations at <a href="/wiki/Higher_Poynton_railway_station" title="Higher Poynton railway station">Higher Poynton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middlewood_Higher_railway_station" title="Middlewood Higher railway station">Middlewood</a>. This line was closed in January 1970 and was later converted into a <a href="/wiki/Shared_use_path" class="mw-redirect" title="Shared use path">shared-use path</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Middlewood_Way" title="Middlewood Way">Middlewood Way</a>, which was opened in 1985 by <a href="/wiki/David_Bellamy" title="David Bellamy">David Bellamy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-middlewoodway_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-middlewoodway-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Poynton_Village_(A523)_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_4.jpg/220px-Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_4.jpg/330px-Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_4.jpg/440px-Poynton_Village_%28A523%29_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Shared space roundabout in the centre of Poynton, new in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>Poynton lies to the south of the <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(England)" title="A6 road (England)">A6 road</a>. This was the favoured London to Manchester route in the <a href="/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages" title="Late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a>, as it avoided the wetter land of the Cheshire Plain. This is shown in <a href="/wiki/John_Ogilby" title="John Ogilby">John Ogilby</a>'s road atlas of 1675. It was improved by the formation of a <a href="/wiki/Turnpike_trusts" class="mw-redirect" title="Turnpike trusts">turnpike trust</a> in 1724. In 1760, Sir George Warren, the Leghs of Adlington and <a href="/wiki/James_Pickford" title="James Pickford">James Pickford</a> promoted a new turnpike through Poynton with Worth from Hazel Grove to Sandon in Staffordshire on the <a href="/wiki/A51_road" title="A51 road">A51 road</a>; this provided a link to Macclesfield. It is now known as the <a href="/wiki/A523_road" title="A523 road">A523</a> or locally as the London Road. Later, the A5149 Chester Road, provided a link to <a href="/wiki/Wilmslow" title="Wilmslow">Wilmslow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-poybo8_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poybo8-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town is within 5 miles of the <a href="/wiki/M60_motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="M60 motorway">M60 motorway</a> at Stockport and <a href="/wiki/M56_motorway" title="M56 motorway">M56 motorway</a> at Manchester Airport. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Shared_Space">Shared Space</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Shared Space"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2011, the village road network was reconstructed at the junction of Chester Road/Park Lane and London Road, creating the first <i>double roundel</i> for a high-traffic intersection.<sup id="cite_ref-atlantic_cities_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlantic_cities-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similar to a <a href="/wiki/Roundabout" title="Roundabout">roundabout</a>, the new junction reduces the four-lane approaches to two lanes, allowing pedestrians to cross quickly and safely allowing the elimination of traffic signals. Multiple coloured and textured cobbles separate traffic from pedestrian areas; however, it functions as a <a href="/wiki/Shared_space" title="Shared space">shared space</a>, allowing pedestrians to cross anywhere that feels safe. According to the town, businesses have seen increased foot traffic and congestion has been considerably lessened. The total cost was £4m.<sup id="cite_ref-atlantic_cities_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlantic_cities-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East_Council" title="Cheshire East Council">Cheshire East Council</a> is responsible for co-ordinating public transport. It runs an Integrated Transport Service based in <a href="/wiki/Crewe" title="Crewe">Crewe</a>. Poynton with Worth parish council was one of the Cheshire parishes that were part of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Passenger_Transport_Executive" title="Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive">Selnec PTE</a>, created by the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_1968" title="Transport Act 1968">Transport Act 1968</a>, but was not included in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a> when it was formed on 1 April 1974 by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gmanc_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gmanc-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, special ticketing arrangements are in place within the parish. </p><p>The 391/392 bus services, operated by Belle Vue Coaches, run between Stockport and Macclesfield every two hours in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local news and television programmes are provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_North_West" title="BBC North West">BBC North West</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">ITV Granada</a>. Television signals are received from the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Winter Hill transmitting station">Winter Hill</a> TV transmitter.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town is served by these local radio stations:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Manchester" title="BBC Radio Manchester">BBC Radio Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heart_North_West" title="Heart North West">Heart North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smooth_North_West" title="Smooth North West">Smooth North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Manchester_%26_The_North_West" title="Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West">Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XS_Manchester" title="XS Manchester">XS Manchester</a></li> <li>Canalside Radio, a community-based station broadcast from <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield" title="Macclesfield">Macclesfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The <i>Poynton Post</i> and regional <i><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Evening_News" title="Manchester Evening News">Manchester Evening News</a></i> are the town's local newspapers.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Cheshire_East" title="List of schools in Cheshire East">List of schools in Cheshire East</a></div> <p>Education in Poynton is now run by Cheshire East Council; it was formerly run by Cheshire County Council. Given the proximity to the border, some parents choose to have their children educated in <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Stockport" title="Metropolitan Borough of Stockport">Stockport</a>. </p><p>There are 5 primary schools and <a href="/wiki/Poynton_High_School" title="Poynton High School">Poynton High School</a>. After secondary school, young residents can attend Poynton High School's sixth form or colleges nearby such as <a href="/wiki/Aquinas_College,_Stockport" title="Aquinas College, Stockport">Aquinas College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheadle_and_Marple_Sixth_Form_College" title="Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College">Marple College</a> or <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_College" title="Macclesfield College">Macclesfield College</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarah_Storey%27s_gold_postbox_in_Poynton,_Cheshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Sarah_Storey%27s_gold_postbox_in_Poynton%2C_Cheshire.jpg/140px-Sarah_Storey%27s_gold_postbox_in_Poynton%2C_Cheshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Sarah_Storey%27s_gold_postbox_in_Poynton%2C_Cheshire.jpg/210px-Sarah_Storey%27s_gold_postbox_in_Poynton%2C_Cheshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Sarah_Storey%27s_gold_postbox_in_Poynton%2C_Cheshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="241" data-file-height="538" /></a><figcaption>The post box outside <a href="/wiki/Poynton_High_School" title="Poynton High School">Poynton High School</a> was painted gold in honour of ex-pupil <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Storey" title="Sarah Storey">Sarah Storey</a> winning four gold medals at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 Summer Paralympics</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Meunier" title="James Meunier">James Meunier</a> (1885 in Poynton – 1957), played first-class cricket and association football for several Football League teams<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Wood_(illustrator)" title="Leslie Wood (illustrator)">Leslie Wood</a> (1920–1994), artist and illustrator, lived in Poynton<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (July 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Beith" title="Alan Beith">Alan Beith</a> (born 1943 in Poynton), MP for <a href="/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)">Berwick-upon-Tweed</a> 1973–2015<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Stephen_Oake" title="Murder of Stephen Oake">Stephen Oake</a> (1963 in Poynton – 2003), a police officer who was murdered while attempting to arrest a suspected terrorist<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Evans,_Baron_Evans_of_Rainow" title="Graham Evans, Baron Evans of Rainow">Graham Evans, Baron Evans of Rainow</a> (born 1963 in Poynton), MP for <a href="/wiki/Weaver_Vale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Weaver Vale (UK Parliament constituency)">Weaver Vale</a> in Cheshire 2010–2017, Member of House of Lords since 2022<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Luis Troyano (1971–2020), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_British_Bake_Off_(series_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Great British Bake Off (series 5)">The Great British Bake Off</a></i> finalist in 2014, lived in Poynton<sup id="cite_ref-bakeoff_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bakeoff-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Singh" title="Reuben Singh">Reuben Singh</a> (born 1976 in Poynton), entrepreneur who became well known in the mid-1990s for his <i>Miss Attitude</i> retail chain</li> <li>Dame <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Storey" title="Sarah Storey">Sarah Storey</a> (born 1977), <a href="/wiki/Road_bicycle_racing" title="Road bicycle racing">road</a> and <a href="/wiki/Track_cycling" title="Track cycling">track</a> racing cyclist, former swimmer, multiple gold medal winner at the <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic Games</a> and twice British national track champion<sup id="cite_ref-sarahstorey_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sarahstorey-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Stephenson" title="Andrew Stephenson">Andrew Stephenson</a> (born 1981), a former British Conservative Party politician, MP for <a href="/wiki/Pendle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)">Pendle</a> from 2010 to 2024, went to <a href="/wiki/Poynton_High_School" title="Poynton High School">Poynton High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Thornhill" title="Sophie Thornhill">Sophie Thornhill</a> (born 1996), a vision-impaired English racing cyclist who competes in <a href="/wiki/Para-cycling_classification" title="Para-cycling classification">para-cycling</a> <a href="/wiki/Tandem_(UCI)" title="Tandem (UCI)">tandem</a> track events<sup id="cite_ref-Hudson_2013_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hudson_2013-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Murphy_(footballer)" title="Jimmy Murphy (footballer)">Jimmy Murphy</a> (1910–1989), former Wales football manager and long time assistant to Matt Busby at Manchester United. Moved to Poynton after retiring. Buried at St. George's Church.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poynton&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/cheshire_east/E35000050__poynton/">"City Population"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 June</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=City+Population&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypopulation.de%2Fen%2Fuk%2Fnorthwestengland%2Fcheshire_east%2FE35000050__poynton%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APoynton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2011census-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2011census_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2011census_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2011census_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2011census_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCensus_20111170220106" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_census" title="2011 United Kingdom census">UK Census</a> (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=1170220106">"Local Area Report – Poynton-with-Worth Parish (1170220106)"</a>. <i>Nomis</i>. <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom)">Office for National Statistics</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Nomis&rft.atitle=Local+Area+Report+%E2%80%93+Poynton-with-Worth+Parish+%281170220106%29&rft.date=2011&rft.au=UK+Census&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nomisweb.co.uk%2Fsources%2Fcensus_2011_ks%2Freport%3Fcompare%3D1170220106&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APoynton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Earwaker, J.P (1880). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002088543229&view=page&seq=316&skin=2021&q1=Margaret%20Bulkeley">"Poynton Township".</a> In <i>East Cheshire: Past And Present: or A History Of The Hundred Of Macclesfield In The County Palatine Of Chester. From Original Records. Volume II.</i> London: Wyman And Sons. p.274. Retrieved 28 June 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SamuelLewis-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SamuelLewis_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SamuelLewis_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51222&strquery=prestbury#s6">"<i>A Topographical Dictionary of England</i>, Samuel Lewis (ed.), 1848"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 December</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+Topographical+Dictionary+of+England%2C+Samuel+Lewis+%28ed.%29%2C+1848&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.british-history.ac.uk%2Freport.aspx%3Fcompid%3D51222%26strquery%3Dprestbury%23s6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APoynton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Earwaker, J.P (1880).<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002088543229&view=page&seq=328&skin=2021&q1=Margaret%20Bulkeley">"Poynton Township: Warren Of Poynton Pedigree".</a> In <i>East Cheshire: Past And Present: or A History Of The Hundred Of Macclesfield In The County Palatine Of Chester. From Original Records. Volume II.</i> London: Wyman And Sons. p.286. Retrieved 28 June 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Earwaker, J.P (1877). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VwMcAQAAMAAJ&q=Bramhall">"The Barons Of Stockport".</a> In <i>East Cheshire: Past And Present: or A History Of The Hundred Of Macclesfield In The County Palatine Of Chester. From Original Records. Volume I.</i> London: Wyman And Son. p.342. Retrieved 28 June 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WPS-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WPS_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThornber" class="citation web cs1">Thornber, Craig. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/warren.html">"Warren of Poynton and Stockport"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 January</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Warren+of+Poynton+and+Stockport&rft.aulast=Thornber&rft.aufirst=Craig&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thornber.net%2Fcheshire%2Fhtmlfiles%2Fwarren.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APoynton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-coalminingvillage-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-coalminingvillage_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coalminingvillage_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coalminingvillage_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShercliff,_W.H.Ryan,_J.M.Kitching,_D.A.1983" class="citation book cs1">Shercliff, W.H.; Ryan, J.M.; Kitching, D.A. (1983). <i>Poynton, a coalmining village: social history, transport and industry 1700–1939</i>. W.H. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 January</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Poynton+Collieries%3A+the+Early+Years&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Kitching&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brocross.com%2Fpoynton%2Fbook%2Fpoyco1.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APoynton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-poyco3-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-poyco3_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-poyco3_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKitching" class="citation web cs1">Kitching, David. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brocross.com/poynton/book/poyco3.htm">"Poynton Collieries: 1857–90 Years of change and progress"</a>. Brocross<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Bollington">Bollington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosley" title="Bosley">Bosley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradwall" title="Bradwall">Bradwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brereton,_Cheshire" title="Brereton, Cheshire">Brereton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgemere" title="Bridgemere">Bridgemere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brindley" title="Brindley">Brindley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomhall,_Cheshire" title="Broomhall, Cheshire">Broomhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buerton,_Cheshire_East" title="Buerton, Cheshire East">Buerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulkeley" title="Bulkeley">Bulkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunbury,_Cheshire" title="Bunbury, Cheshire">Bunbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burland" title="Burland">Burland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calveley" title="Calveley">Calveley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Checkley_cum_Wrinehill" title="Checkley cum Wrinehill">Checkley cum Wrinehill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelford" title="Chelford">Chelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholmondeley,_Cheshire" title="Cholmondeley, Cheshire">Cholmondeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholmondeston" title="Cholmondeston">Cholmondeston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorley,_Cholmondeley" title="Chorley, Cholmondeley">Chorley (near Nantwich)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorley,_Alderley" title="Chorley, Alderley">Chorley (near Alderley Edge)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton,_Cheshire_East" title="Chorlton, Cheshire East">Chorlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_Lawton" title="Church Lawton">Church Lawton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_Minshull" title="Church Minshull">Church Minshull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congleton" title="Congleton">Congleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coole_Pilate" title="Coole Pilate">Coole Pilate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranage" title="Cranage">Cranage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe" title="Crewe">Crewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Green" title="Crewe Green">Crewe Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disley" title="Disley">Disley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodcott_cum_Wilkesley" title="Dodcott cum Wilkesley">Dodcott cum Wilkesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doddington,_Cheshire" title="Doddington, Cheshire">Doddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton,_Macclesfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Eaton, Macclesfield">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edleston" title="Edleston">Edleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egerton,_Cheshire" title="Egerton, Cheshire">Egerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faddiley" title="Faddiley">Faddiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gawsworth" title="Gawsworth">Gawsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goostrey" title="Goostrey">Goostrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Warford" title="Great Warford">Great Warford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hankelow" title="Hankelow">Hankelow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haslington" title="Haslington">Haslington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassall" title="Hassall">Hassall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatherton,_Cheshire" title="Hatherton, Cheshire">Hatherton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haughton,_Cheshire" title="Haughton, Cheshire">Haughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henbury,_Cheshire" title="Henbury, Cheshire">Henbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henhull" title="Henhull">Henhull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Legh" title="High Legh">High Legh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higher_Hurdsfield" title="Higher Hurdsfield">Higher Hurdsfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmes_Chapel" title="Holmes Chapel">Holmes Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hough,_Cheshire" title="Hough, Cheshire">Hough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulme_Walfield" title="Hulme Walfield">Hulme Walfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunsterson" title="Hunsterson">Hunsterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurleston" title="Hurleston">Hurleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kettleshulme" title="Kettleshulme">Kettleshulme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knutsford" title="Knutsford">Knutsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lea,_Cheshire" title="Lea, Cheshire">Lea</a></li> 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