Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire

Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire

Current season or competition: 2025–26 Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2022
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	West Park St Helens (2024–25)
Most titles	Three teams (1 title)
Website	England Rugby
Promotion to	Regional 2 North West
Relegation to	Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire

Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire is an English rugby union division, the seventh tier of the domestic competition, and the top level for local rugby union in parts of Lancashire and Cheshire. West Park St Helens are the current champions.

Format

The champions are promoted to Regional 2 North West. The number of teams relegated depends on feedback following promotion and relegation in the leagues above, but is usually to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.

The season runs from September to April and comprises twenty-two rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals, home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:

• 4 points are awarded for a win
• 2 points are awarded for a draw
• 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
• 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
• 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.

2025–26

Participating teams and location

Departing were West Park St Helens promoted to Regional 2 North West while Heaton Moor (11th) and Glossop (12th) were relegated.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 5th Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 10th Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester 6th Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 3rd Eccles Gorton Street Eccles, Greater Manchester Relegated from Regional 2 North West (12th) Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane St. Helens, Lancashire 7th New Brighton Hartsfield 2,000 Moreton, Merseyside 8th Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 2nd Trafford MV RFCC MacPherson Park Trafford, Greater Manchester 9th Warrington Grappenhall Village Sports Club Walton, Warrington, Cheshire Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (2nd) Wigan Douglas Valley Wigan, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow, Cheshire 4th

Aspull LSH Greater Manchester New Brighton Tarleton Warrington Wigan Wilmslow class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025–26 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams Aldwinians Broughton Park Didsbury Eccles Trafford MV class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025–26 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams in Greater Manchester

2024–25

Participating teams and location

Departing were the champions Widnes, and runner-up Eccles, both promoted to Regional 2 North West. Warrington (11th) and Bolton (12th) were relegated to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. ^{[1] [2]} Joining were Liverpool St Helens (12th), relegated from Regional 2 North West and Glossop (12th), relegated from Regional 2 North East. Also coming in were Trafford MV and New Brighton, both promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 3rd Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 9th Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester 6th Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 8th Glossop Hargate Hill Lane Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire Relegated from Regional 2 North East (12th) Heaton Moor Green Lane Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester 10th Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane St. Helens, Lancashire Relegated from Regional 2 North West (12th) New Brighton Hartsfield 2,000 Moreton, Merseyside Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (2nd) Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 7th Trafford MV RFCC MacPherson Park Trafford, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire 5th Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow, Cheshire 4th

Aspull Glossop LSH Greater Manchester New Brighton Tarleton WPSH Wilmslow class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams Aldwinians Broughton Park Didsbury Heaton Moor Trafford MV class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams in Greater Manchester

League table

2024–25 Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire [6]
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points	Pts adj
1	West Park St Helens (P)	22	19	0	3	708	417	291	16	2	94	0
2	Tarleton	22	18	0	4	681	416	265	12	3	87	0
3	Didsbury Toc H	22	18	0	4	635	366	269	11	3	86	0
4	Wilmslow	22	15	0	7	631	410	221	14	4	78	0
5	Aldwinians	22	12	0	10	589	440	149	10	7	65	0
6	Broughton Park	22	9	1	12	505	486	19	6	5	49	0
7	Liverpool St Helens	22	9	0	13	483	604	−121	10	2	48	0
8	New Brighton	22	8	0	14	488	673	−185	9	4	45	0
9	Trafford MV 3	22	7	0	15	568	878	−310	13	4	45	0
10	Aspull	22	8	0	14	548	629	−81	9	3	44	0
11	Heaton Moor (R)	22	6	1	15	534	692	−158	13	3	42	0
12	Glossop (R)	22	2	0	20	365	724	−359	2	4	−1	−15
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places. Updated: 9 November 2025

2023–24

Participating teams and location

Departing were Liverpool St Helens promoted to Regional 2 North West. ^[7] Southport, ^[8] Sefton and Leigh were relegated to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. Joining were Broughton Park and Wilmslow, ^[9] relegated from Regional 2 North West. Eccles were promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire along with Heaton Moor.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 7th Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 8th Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester 9th Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester Relegated from Regional 2 North West (11th) Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 2nd Eccles Gorton Street Eccles, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Heaton Moor Green Lane Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (2nd) Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 3rd Warrington The Fortress Walton, Warrington, Cheshire 5th West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire 6th Widnes Heath Road Widnes, Cheshire 4th Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow, Cheshire Relegated from Regional 2 North West (12th)

Aspull Bolton Greater Manchester Tarleton Warrington WPSH Widnes Wilmslow class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams Aldwinians Broughton Park Didsbury Eccles Heaton Moor class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023–24 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams in Greater Manchester

League table

2023–24 Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire [10]
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points	Pts adj
1	Widnes(P)	22	20	0	2	767	360	407	15	0	95	0
2	Eccles (P)	22	18	1	3	729	376	353	16	2	93	−1
3	Aldwinians	22	16	0	6	595	391	204	13	3	81	−1
4	Wilmslow	22	14	2	6	527	366	161	9	0	70	−1
5	West Park St Helens	22	12	1	9	467	408	59	10	6	64	−2
6	Broughton Park	22	10	1	11	563	500	63	8	4	54	0
7	Tarleton	22	10	1	11	478	436	42	7	5	54	0
8	Didsbury Toc H	22	9	1	12	585	531	54	7	6	51	0
9	Aspull	22	8	3	11	433	488	−55	6	4	46	−2
10	Heaton Moor	22	4	0	18	450	800	−350	11	6	33	0
11	Warrington (R)	22	4	0	8	387	827	−440	4	5	25	0
12	Bolton (R)	22	2	0	20	310	847	−537	5	3	16	0
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background are the promotion places. Pink background are the relegation places. Updated: 8 November 2025

2022–23

Participating teams and location

This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league had some similarities to North 2 West with five teams returning; of the remainder, four were promoted – three to Regional 2 North West (Anselmians, Rochdale ^[11] and Winnington Park ^[12] ) and one (Keswick) to Regional 2 North – whilst two were level transferred to Counties 1 Cumbria (Cockermouth and St. Benedict's), and one dropped to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (Orrell).

The remaining places were taken by five teams returning from the ADM Premier Division ^[13] and two from the ADM Championship – two of the Lancashire RFU breakaway leagues formed in 2018–19. ^[14]

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 5th ADM Premier Division Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 1st ADM Championship Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester 10th North 2 West Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 1st ADM Premier Division Leigh Round Ash Park Leigh, Greater Manchester 8th North 2 West Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane St. Helens, Lancashire 4th ADM Premier Division Sefton Thornhead Lane Liverpool, Merseyside 2nd ADM Championship Southport Recreation Ground 3,500 Southport, Merseyside 9th North 2 West Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 6th North 2 West Warrington The Fortress Walton, Warrington, Cheshire 5th North 2 West West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire 3rd ADM Premier Division Widnes Heath Road Widnes, Cheshire 2nd ADM Premier Division

Aldwinians Aspull Bolton Didsbury Leigh LSH Sefton Southport Tarleton Warrington WPSH Widnes class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire teams

League table

2022–23 Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire [15]
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points	Pts adj
1	Liverpool St Helens (P)	22	17	1	4	657	402	255	10	3	83	0
2	Didsbury Toc H	22	16	1	5	643	374	269	12	1	79	0
3	Tarleton	22	15	0	7	554	373	181	11	7	79	+1
4	Widnes	22	14	0	8	644	442	202	13	3	72	0
5	Warrington	22	12	0	10	549	577	−28	12	3	63	0
6	West Park St Helens	22	11	1	10	435	390	45	7	3	56	0
7	Aldwinians	22	11	0	11	454	440	14	7	3	55	+1
8	Aspull	22	10	1	11	538	586	−48	9	4	55	0
9	Bolton	22	8	1	13	478	508	−30	4	5	38	−5
10	Southport (R)	22	7	0	15	421	670	−249	7	1	36	0
11	Sefton (R)	22	4	1	17	442	712	−270	7	4	29	0
12	Leigh (R)	22	4	0	18	357	698	−341	3	4	23	0
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place Pink background are the relegation places Updated: 8 November 2025

Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire honours

List of Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire honours
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runner-up	Relegated team(s)	Ref
2022–23	12	Liverpool St Helens	Didsbury Toc H	Southport (10th), Sefton (11th) and Leigh (12th)	[15]
2023–24	12	Widnes	Eccles	Warrington (11th) and Bolton (12th)	[10]
2024–25	12	West Park St Helens	Tarleton	Heaton Moor (11th) and Glossop (12th)	[6]
Green background is the promotion place(s).

Number of league titles

• Liverpool St Helens (1)
• Widnes (1)
• West Park St Helens (1)

See also

• Cheshire RFU
• Lancashire RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

1. "Widnes RUFC to join Regional 2 North West division next season". In Your Area Community. 4 June 2024.
2. "Eccles secure back to back promotion". Eccles RUFC. 11 April 2024.
3. "All change at Moss Lane ahead of LSH's first game of year". St Helens Star. 3 September 2024.
4. "FIXTURES ANNOUNCED FOR 2024/25 SEASON FOR NEWLY PROMOTED TRAFFORD MV 1st XV". Trafford MVRFCC. 14 June 2024.
5. "Back To Back Promotions Are Rare - Hard Work But We Did It!!!! A Toast To The Club". New Brighton RUFC. 18 April 2024.
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7. "LSH promoted as champions after beating Widnes at Moss Lane". St Helens Star. 21 March 2023.
8. "The 2023/24 season". Southport RUFC. 12 June 2023.
9. "Glossop 16 Wilmslow 20". Glossop RUFC. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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11. "Rochdale Awarded Club of the Year". Rochdale RUFC. 31 May 2022.
12. "Park promoted to Regional 2 North West league – Level 6 rugby is back". Winnington Park RFC. 25 May 2022.
13. "Friends reunited for Widnes RUFC as league restructured". In Your Area Community. 21 June 2022.
14. "Lancashire Rugby Counties Leagues begin new era". Talking Rugby Union. 15 August 2018.
15. "Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire". EnglandRugby. Retrieved 8 November 2025.