| Great Sankey | |
  Great Sankey shown within Cheshire |
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| Population | 24,211 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Unitary authority | Warrington |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Warrington |
| Postcode district | WA5 |
| Dialling code | 01925 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | Warrington South |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
Great Sankey is a civil parish and suburb of Warrington town in the west of the Borough of Warrington, in the north-west of England. It is about 2 miles to the West of Warrington town centre.
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History
The village of Great Sankey was originally a chapelry in Prescot parish but in the 18th century the present chapel was built. It became formally a separate civil parish in 1866. There was industrial growth along the banks of the Sankey Canal at Sankey Bridges during the 19th century but otherwise the area was rural. RAF Burtonwood was built on the outskirts in 1939. The former RAF Burtonwood residential site has been aqquired and developed by UK house builder McInerney Homes. The site will provide over `180 new build, family homes.
The last 50 years has seen the area transformed into a large residential suburb for Warrington New Town. Great Sankey was until recently the only village in the United Kingdom to have a Parish Church, a Post Office, a Pub and a Police Station, each situated on one of the 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.
Churches
The chapel now a Parish Church of the Church of England dedicated to St. Mary, to which the 10th Warrington Scout group are attached. 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.
Demographics
Note: Statistics expressed as percentages may not add up to 100%
Politics
Great Sankey is a large district of Warrington, and therefore has been divided into North and South. Great Sankey North has two Liberal Democrat councillors. Great Sankey South has three Liberal Democrat councillors.
Census data
Data is based on that of Great Sankey North Ward and Great Sankey South Ward [1] [2]
Population and ethnicity
The district of Great Sankey has a total population of 16,960 residents. Of which 49.5% are male and 50.5% are female. The average age of the population at the 2001 census was 24.3 years. Of the 16,960 residents, 98.05% describe their racial origin as white. Other major majorities are mixed (0.55%), black (0.15%) and Asian orign (0.75%). Other race accounts for 0.50%.
Housing and social situation
At the last count (2001), there were 6,381 households in Great Sankey, of which 87.10% are owner occupied, 9.55% are social accommodation, 2.70% are rented from private landlords and 0.70% have residents who live rent free. The average house price is £136,409. Of the 6,381 houses, 2.80% are classed as overcrowded. The population density is 43.75 residents per hectare. The majority of residents describe Sankey as a "comfortably well-off" area. On the Index of Multiple Deprivation, Great Sankey was described as one of the most affluent areas of Warrington, in spite of this, 2.80% of residents are on benefits.
Employment and education
66.20% of all resident in the Great Sankey wards are employed while unemployment stands at 2.25%. Of the population 2.50% of residents are students in full time education. 26.44% of residents are economically inactive (due to retirement, disability or acting as a full time carer). In terms of education, 24.05% of residents have no qualifications whatsoever (mainly down to dropping out of school early or failing end of school examinations). 49.70% of residents only have level one or two qualifications (at least 1 GCSE pass (A*-G) or equivalent), and 18.25% have at least level three qualiffications (at least 2 A-levels (A-E) or 4 AS levels (A-E) or equivalent).
Schools
The secondary school is Great Sankey High School[3], which has a swimming pool, an indoor football pitch, an outdoor football pitch, several tennis courts and a theatre. There are a number of primary schools.
Transport
Sankey railway station is on the Liverpool to Manchester line and served by an hourly service of stopping trains run by Northern Rail. 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 John Lennon Airport.
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| Principal Settlements | Warrington |
| Civil Parishes | Appleton • Birchwood • Burtonwood and Westbrook • Croft • Cuerdley • Culcheth and Glazebury • Grappenhall and Thelwall • Great Sankey • Hatton • Lymm • Penketh • Poulton-with-Fearnhead • Rixton-with-Glazebrook • Stockton Heath • Stretton • Walton • Winwick • Woolston |
| Unparished Areas | Warrington |
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| Unitary authorities | Halton • Warrington |
| Boroughs or districts | Chester • Congleton • Crewe and Nantwich • Ellesmere Port and Neston • Macclesfield • Vale Royal |
| Cities and towns | Alsager • Bollington • Birchwood • Chester • Congleton • Crewe • Ellesmere Port • Frodsham • Knutsford • Macclesfield • Middlewich • Nantwich • Neston • Northwich • Runcorn • Sandbach • Warrington • Widnes • Wilmslow • Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire |
