Kingsmead, Cheshire

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Kingsmead is a residential development and civil parish in the Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, located on the eastern bank of the River Weaver. South of Northwich and west of Leftwich, the development is a greenfield site and was constructed by Redrow to hold a population of 5,000 people as a suburb of Northwich. [1] The parish was created on 1 April 2011 from parts of Davenham and Northwich. It has a post code starting with CW9. [2] [3]

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References

  1. www.redrow.com, A&P. "Kingsmead, Northwich – Redrow PLC". Redrow. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. "The Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2011" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. "Kingsmead". GENUKI . Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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