Winnington

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title: "Winnington" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["former-civil-parishes-in-cheshire", "areas-of-northwich"] description: "Suburb of Northwich, Cheshire, England" topic_path: "general/former-civil-parishes-in-cheshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnington" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Suburb of Northwich, Cheshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Winnington
static_image_name	Northwich - Winnington Works.jpg
static_image_caption	ICI Winnington Works seen from Anderton Boat Lift in 1992
map_type	Cheshire
coordinates
civil_parish	Northwich
unitary_england	Cheshire West and Chester
lieutenancy_england	Cheshire
region	North West England
constituency_westminster	Mid Cheshire
post_town	NORTHWICH
postcode_district	CW8
postcode_area	CW
dial_code	01606
os_grid_reference	SJ486585
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Winnington is a ward and northwestern suburb of the town of Northwich, in the Cheshire West and Chester borough of Cheshire, England.

Industry

Winnington is the home to Brunner Mond UK chemical works, where soda ash is created. Polythene, the material used in many plastic items (e.g. plastic bags), was first made at the chemical works by Reginald O. Gibson and Eric W. Fawcett in 1933, during an experiment that 'went wrong'. Most residents in Winnington were employed by ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries); however, many people now work in the town centre, with Brunner Mond still employing hundreds of people. Most of the houses built closer to the ICI plant were built by the company to house their workers.

Winnington also has a combined heat and power station, providing electricity for Brunner Mond.

The Anderton Boat Lift, which lifts boats from the River Weaver navigation to the canal, is nearby.

The future

Winnington Village is a new development consisting of a range of family homes. Developers including Barratt Developments, Taylor Wimpey, Morris and Wilson Homes (Wilson Bowden) are looking to build a new community environment with the potential for a school and leisure facilities.

Climate

Sport

Winnington is home to Winnington Park Rugby Football Club that fields both a rugby union and rugby league team.

Also in Winnington is the Jubilee field (so named when it was given to the people of Northwich by Brunner Mond on their 50th anniversary in 1923), the playing fields are home to Winnington Avenue Football Club, with age groups in the Mid Cheshire Youth league from 8 years old to open age.

History

Winnington was formerly a township in the parish of Great Budworth, in 1866 Winnington became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Northwich, Weaverham cum Milton and Hartford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1268.

References

References

1. "Club not live".
2. "History of Winnington, in Vale Royal and Cheshire". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
3. "Relationships and changes Winnington CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
4. "Population statistics Winnington CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.

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