Threapwood
Parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England
| Coordinates: | 53.004, -2.832 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 44 45 |
| Population: | 351 |
Threapwood is a small, rural civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester on the county border with Shropshire, a few miles from the village of Malpas in north‑west England. The landscape is typical border countryside: scattered farms, hedgerows, narrow lanes and a low population density, giving it a quiet, agricultural character.
The place has an interesting past as an extra‑parochial or disputed area - its name derives from an old word for a contested boundary - and historically acquired a reputation as a kind of no‑man’s‑land where ordinary parish controls were weak. Today it remains dominated by farming with a small, close‑knit community, few amenities of its own and strong local interest in walking, historic boundary stones and the parish’s unusual story.
Postcode districts covering Threapwood
Most populated places nearby
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 24.3 miles
- Chester 13.4 miles
- Chester Castle 12.9 miles
- Shrewsbury 20.2 miles
- Crewe 17.1 miles
- Wrexham 7.3 miles
- Buckley 15.5 miles
- Runcorn 23.3 miles
- Northwich 22.2 miles
- Winsford 18.2 miles
- Flint 21 miles
- Hawarden 15.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Threapwood Built-up area 0.1 miles
- Tallarn Green Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Willington Worthenbury Parish 0.9 miles
- Cuddington Parish 1.3 miles
- Chorlton Parish 1.8 miles
- Shocklach Oviatt and District Parish 2.8 miles
- Bangor Is-y-coed Parish 2.9 miles
- Malpas Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Hanmer Parish 3.1 miles
- Bangor-on-Dee Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Wigland Parish 3.2 miles
- Bronington and Hanmer Ward 3.4 miles
Example postcodes in Threapwood
SY14 7PD, SY14 7AR, SY14 7BD, SY14 7AL, SY14 7BY, SY14 7BB, SY14 7AX, SY14 7AP, SY14 7EG … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 22.8 miles
- Manchester Airport 33.4 miles
- Whitchurch Railway Station 7.1 miles
- Wrexham Central Railway Station 7.5 miles
- Wrexham Bus Station 7.5 miles
Hotels near Threapwood Ad
- The Lion at Malpas 4 3 miles
- The Hanmer Arms 3.6 miles
- The Carden Arms 3.5 miles
- The Pheasant Inn 8.5 miles
- The Sun Inn 3 6.5 miles
- Grosvenor Pulford & Spa Hotel 4 9.2 miles
- Hotel Wrexham 3 5.6 miles
- Cock O' Barton 5.4 miles
- The Lemon Tree 3 7.5 miles
- Macdonald Hill Valley Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort 4 6.4 miles
Local points of interest
- Bangor Racecourse Recreation 4 miles
- Cholmondeley Castle Estate 6.7 miles
- Aldersey Hall Estate 6.8 miles
- Erddig Country house 7.4 miles
- Racecourse Ground Stadium 7.9 miles
- Poulton Abbey Historic site 8.4 miles
- Combermere Abbey Archaeological site 9.1 miles
- Whattal Castle Historic site 9.2 miles
- Eaton Hall Estate 9.2 miles
- NEWI Cefn Druids Stadium 10.1 miles
- Park Hall Stadium 12 miles
- Chester Racecourse Recreation 12.9 miles