Great Sankey is a Civil Parish and suburb in the west of Warrington Borough, in north-west England. It is about 2 miles to the West of Warrington town centre. Warrington, the United Kingdom’s third biggest town (as opposed to city), is a town and borough in North West England, between Manchester and Liverpool. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Warrington, the United Kingdom’s third biggest town (as opposed to city), is a town and borough in North West England, between Manchester and Liverpool. ...

History

Great Sankey was originally part of Prescot parish but in the 18th century the present chapel was built. The area was entirely rural and agricultural until well into the 20th century, with the exception of Sankey Bridges along the Sankey Navigation and what became to be known as the Sankey - St Helens Canal, where heavy industry developed in the late 19th century. Location within the British Isles Prescot is a civil parish to the northeast of Liverpool, in the borough of Knowsley. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The last 50 years has seen the area transformed into a large residential suburb.

Great Sankey was until recently the only village in the United Kingdom to have a Church, a Post Office, a Pub and a Police Station, each situated on all four corners of a crossroads. In 2004 the post office was closed.

Government

The parish has a Parish Council and forms 3 wards (Great Sankey North, Great Sankey South, and Whittle Hall) of Warrington Borough. It forms part of Warrington South constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...

Industry

The former heavy industry at Sankey Bridges has been replaced by light industrial units. A new "urban village" is under construction on the former Burtonwood RAF Base site. RAF Burtonwood is the name of the Royal Air Force station that used to be situated in Warrington , Cheshire. ...

Churches

The chapel now a Parish Church of the Church of England dedicated to St. Mary. The nearest Roman Catholic church is St Joseph's, Penketh, the nearest Methodist Church is also in Penketh and there are also one or two house churches in the area. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ...

Schools

The secondary school is Great Sankey High School, which has a swimming pool and theatre. There are a number of primary schools.

Transport

Sankey for Penketh station is on the Liverpool to Manchester line and served by an hourly service of stopping trains run by First North Western. Frequent buses link Sankey with Warrington bus station and the shopping/cinema complex at Westbrook and the Gemini Retail Park. Sankey is on the A57 road linking Warrington with the M62 motorway. The nearest airport is Liverpool. Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough on Merseyside in north west England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary. ...