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Birchwood is a civil parish in the eastern part of Warrington, Cheshire, England with a population of 11,395 as at the 2001 census. It was built during the time of much expansion in the town of Warrington as it became a "new town". Birchwood Town is separated into three residential estates: Gorse Covert (grid ref SJ665925, population 2,790), Oakwood (grid ref SJ656914, population 4,381) and Locking Stumps (grid ref SJ645918, population 2,759), with all the main facilities centred around the centre. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ...
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Warrington is the largest town and borough in the county of Cheshire, in the North-West of England. ...
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Statistics Population: 11,395 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ647911 Administration District: Warrington Shire county: Cheshire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cheshire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Cheshire Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: Warrington...
Statistics Population: 11,395 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ647911 Administration District: Warrington Shire county: Cheshire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cheshire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Cheshire Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: Warrington...
Statistics Population: 11,395 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ647911 Administration District: Warrington Shire county: Cheshire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cheshire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Cheshire Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: Warrington...
Geography
The area east of Birchwood is mainly birch forests and Risley Moss, part of the Mersey Forest. Risley Moss is a site of special scientific interest. The bulk of Birchwood is built on the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), with Birchwood Forest Park lying in the centre, in which the old bunkers from the factory form part of the landscape. Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ...
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History "The surface, at a distance, looks black and dirty, and will bear neither horse nor man….. What nature meant by such a useless production ‘tis hard to imagine, but the land is entirely to waste" are the words of Daniel Defoe as he rode through Birchwood in 1724. Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (1660 [?] – April 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ...
In the past travellers avoided the Birchwood area because it of its dangerous mossland, however gradually over time much of the fertile mossland was reclaimed and turned into farm land. With the advent of World War II 927 acres (3.8 km²) of agricultural land was changed into a massive Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Risley. The location was chosen because the low lying mist and cloud helped camouflage the factory from the air; according to a local builder "It was very lonely and misty at night, and that’s why the factory was constructed there ….. it was usually covered with a mist or cloud. It was hard to see it in the day time, you know". Although the location of the factory was known by the German Air Force, the factory was bombed only once during the war.[1] Subclasses Sphagnidae Andreaeidae Tetraphidae Polytrichidae Archidiidae Buxbaumiidae Bryidae Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1-10 cm tall, occasionally more. ...
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Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) was the collective name of the UK governments munitions factories in and after World War II. Until privatisation in 1987 they were the responsibility of the Ministry of Supply and later the Ministry of Defence. ...
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Several bunkers were also built (that can still be seen today) to house the munitions, to protect them from potential bombing, and also to segregate the site and reduce the consequences of any accidental explosions during manufacture or storage. Although these bunkers are on the surface, they are covered with soil and turf and so give the impression of being underground.
However after the war the factory no longer had a purpose other than as a storage depot and so in 1956 the north west of the factory was sold to UKAEA with the entire disused area being put on the market in 1963. No buyer was ever found for it until 1968 when the Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporation bought the site and turned it into the new town of Birchwood. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporations job was created under the New Towns Act 1981 to turn the then small towns of Warrington and Runcorn (located next to each other) into brand new towns. ...
Shopping The area's principal shopping needs are serviced by Birchwood Mall, a recently renovated mall with many shops and a large ASDA store. There are also a number of smaller shops in each village of the town. For other uses, see ASDA (disambiguation). ...
Transport
 Encounter - the gateway to Birchwood, Warrington, England (2005) Birchwood is located close to the intersections between the M6 and M62 and the M6 and M56 and the railway station on the Liverpool--Manchester train line. There are frequent bus services (routes 24, 25, 26 and 27) to Warrington town centre, and to Culcheth and Leigh (routes 386 and 586). Details of all these serverice can be found on the Warrington Borough Transport web site. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1211x1816, 1777 KB) Summary Photograph of Encounter statue in Birchwood. ...
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Statistics Population: 11,395 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ647911 Administration District: Warrington Shire county: Cheshire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cheshire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Cheshire Ambulance service: North West Post office and telephone Post town: Warrington...
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Birchwood Station is a mainline station with trains stopping bound for Manchester, Liverpool, and Warrington Central, and surronding areas, as well as long distance services to Scarborough, Leeds, Newcastle and York. Trains pass through three times an hour (two operated by Northern Rail on the hour and half-hour, as well as a train operated by First Transpennine Express, all trains will operate the Manchester-Liverpool via Warrington line, while the transpennine trains go on to further afield. [2] Birchwood railway station is in the Warrington unitary authority in the north west of England, in an area of the town called Birchwood. ...
Warrington Central railway station is in the Warrington unitary authority in the north west of England. ...
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Road Birchwood is very close to Junction 11 of the M62, providing access to Liverpool (22 miles/35km) and Manchester (15 miles/24km). Junction 11 is notable for the Encounter statue (also known as the Angel of Birchwood). Birchwood is close to Junction 21 of the M6, giving access to Birmingham (80 miles/128km). Birchwood is approximately 5 miles from Warrington Town Centre (via Birchwood Way) and Leigh (11 miles/18km) (via Warrington Road). M62 refers to: Messier 62, a Messier object and a globular cluster in the Ophiuchus constellation. ...
Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ...
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Buses -
Main article: Warrington Borough Transport#Main services There are 6 buses operating through the Birchwood area operated by Warrington Borough Transport. The 24, 25, 26 and 27 operate through all parts of Birchwood to Warrington, with the Gorse Covert SPAR shop acting as the terminus. The routes differ in the precise routes they take to Warrington bus depot, and in their regularity. Warrington Borough Transport (WBT) is a bus operator, running the majority of local services in the unitary authority of Warrington. ...
Warrington Borough Transport (WBT) is a bus operator, running the majority of local services in the unitary authority of Warrington. ...
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Warrington Borough Transport (WBT) is a bus operator, running the majority of local services in the unitary authority of Warrington. ...
The 386 also starts at Waarington bus depot, then through Birchwood and on to Leigh via Culcheth. The 586 operates the same route but does not stop at Birchwood Shopping Centre. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Culcheth is a very large village in the north-east of Warrington, it is approximately 6. ...
Education Birchwood is served by 3 primary schools, one per area, Birchwood Community High School, and a special school for disabled children (Fox Wood School).
Industry To the north of the Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Risley, was the site chosen for the design offices and headquarters of the Department of ATomic ENergy (DATEN) after the Second World War. Later to become the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the offices were charged with the manufacture of the nuclear reactors and process plants at Windscale to help build the UKs atomic defence. Following on from the weapons program, the Risley offices were responsible for the building of the Magnox and AGR designs of reactor in the UK. In 1971 BNFL was set up from the production division of the (UKAEA), and until 2003 its headquarters were based at Risley, near Warrington. BNFLs headquarters are now at Daresbury Park industrial estate, also near to Warrington. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
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BNFL (now British Nuclear Group) maintains a large office of the site, which is something of a nuclear nexus, with NNC, WS Atkins Design, Environment & Engineering, Nuclear Technolgies plc, Serco Assurance and Quintessa (among others) based on Birchwood Park. British Nuclear Group is a subsidiary of BNFL set up to operate and manage the decommisioning of many of the UKs nuclear assets under contract to the Nuclear Decommisssioning Authority, a government body set up specifically to deal with the nuclear legacy under the Energy Act 2004. ...
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Demographics Note: Statistics expressed as percentages may not add up to 100% - Population:11,395 (at 2001 census) of which:
- 49.6% are male
- 51.4% are female
- 96.99% are of white origin
- 0.91% are of mixed origin
- 0.39% are of black origin
- 0.89% are of asian origin
- 0.82% are of other origin
- Households:4,916 of which:
- 63.61% are owner occupied
- 2.03% are of "shared occupancy"
- 5.61% are rented from the council
- 22.70% are rented from housing associations
- 6.04% are rented from other sources
- 0.01% are of undisclosed tenancy
Of the 11,395 residents in the council ward of Birchwood:
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- 24.20% have no qualifications
- 48.37% have only basic qualifications (i.e. not higher than GCSEs or equivelent)
- 28.97% have advanced qualifications
- 3.36% of residents are unemployed
Gorse Covert Gorse Covert is the eastmost of the districts which form the town of Birchwood in Warrington. It is also the most easterly part of the Warrington urban area (though not of Warrington borough). It was formerly site 6 of the Royal Ordnance Factory at Risley. It is now a large, suburban residential area with a mixture of good quality housing. It has a pub, (The Poacher), a primary school (Gorse Covert Primary School) and a local shop (Spar). Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
Warrington is the largest town and borough in the county of Cheshire, in the North-West of England. ...
Risley is a neighbourhood in the northeast corner of Warrington. ...
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 Pestfurlong Hill - Part of the parkland near Gorse Covert, Warrington, England (2005) Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3008x2000, 4204 KB) Summary Pestfurlong Hill in Gorse Covert. ...
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Demographics At the 2001 census (the next one scheduled for 2011), there were 2790 residents living in 1191 properties (statistic areas 005B and 004B - Gorse Covert, Risley South and Locking Stumps East). Of these properties 81% are owner occupied, with the remainder being rented, either from the council, local housing authority or private landlords. Gorse Covert residents are approximately 23% more likely to be in paid employment than the average for England and Wales, with an unemployment rate of around 1.9% (around 53 residents) of all economically active people aged 16-74. 16% of economically active residents (i.e. 16-74 year olds) don't have any form of qualification (around 446 residents) 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq...
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Locking Stumps Locking Stumps, is the furthest west of the three districts in Birchwood, Warrington. Locking Stumps has a population of 2759 residents in 1102 households . It is a relatively large district with a shop, pub (The Turf and Feather), takeaway shop, primary school (Locking Stumps Community Primary School), and a modern church (The Thomas Risley United Reformed Church).
Demographics At the 2001 census, Office for National Statistics areas 004C and 004D the housing breaks down into: - 873 owner occupied houses
- 35 council owned houses
- 189 rented (non-council) houses
- 5 which have undisclosed status
(source:Office for National Statistics [3])
Oakwood Oakwood is a district of Birchwood, which is very close to the Birchwood centre. According to the 2001 census, there are 2003 properties, with a total of 4381 residents (this covers the ONS areas of 005A (Oakwood West, near Birchwood), 005C (Oakwood East, near Risely Moss) and 005D (Oakwood Central)). Oakwood has various basic ameninties including a convenience store, two pubs (Nelsons Quaterdeck and The Silver Birch), a takeaway shop, the Church of Transfiguration, a primary school (Birchwood CofE Primary and Nursery School) and a high school (Birchwood Community High School)
Demographics At the 2001 census, of 2003 possible houses in Oakwood: - 46% are owner occupied
- 8% are council owned
- 43% are rented (non council) properties
- 3% didn't disclose their status
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See also Birchwood Forest Park covers the area formerly occupied by the Royal Ordnance factory in Birchwood, Warrington, in north-west England. ...
Risley is a neighbourhood in the northeast corner of Warrington. ...
Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) was the collective name of the UK governments munitions factories in and after World War II. Until privatisation in 1987 they were the responsibility of the Ministry of Supply and later the Ministry of Defence. ...
Birchwood railway station is in the Warrington unitary authority in the north west of England, in an area of the town called Birchwood. ...
External links
Birchwood - Warrington Borough transport timetables
- Royal Ordnance Factory, Risley
- Website about Birchwood Park
- Birchwood Community High School
Gorse Covert
Oakwood - St Oliver Plunkett Catholic Church
- Inspection report for Birchwood CE Primary and Nursery School
Locking Stumps
References - ^ Risley Moss Local Nature Reserve. Warrington Borough Council. Retrieved on 2006-09-27.
- ^ [2] Northern Rail Train Times 11 December 2005 - 10 june 2006, Liverpool to Manchester Piccadilly via Warrington Central]. Northern Rail web site. Retrieved on 2006-09-22.
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