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 miles39.1 km
- Chester 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Chester Castle 12.9 miles20.7 km
- Shrewsbury 20.2 miles32.4 km
- Crewe 17.1 miles27.6 km
- Wrexham 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Buckley 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Runcorn 23.3 miles37.6 km
- Northwich 22.2 miles35.8 km
- Winsford 18.2 miles29.2 km
- Flint 21 miles33.8 km
- Hawarden 15.4 miles24.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Threapwood Built-up area 0.1 miles0.2 km
- Tallarn Green Built-up area 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Willington Worthenbury Parish 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Cuddington Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Chorlton Parish 1.8 miles3 km
- Shocklach Oviatt and District Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Bangor Is-y-coed Parish 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Malpas Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Hanmer Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Bangor-on-Dee Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Wigland Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Bronington and Hanmer Ward 3.4 miles5.4 km
Example postcodes in Threapwood
SY14 7PB, SY14 7PD, SY14 7EG, SY14 7PE, SY14 7AX, SY14 7AT, SY14 7AS, SY14 7BB, SY14 7AP … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Manchester Airport 33.4 miles53.8 km
- Whitchurch Railway Station 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Wrexham Central Railway Station 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Wrexham Bus Station 7.5 miles12 km
Hotels near Threapwood Ad
- The Lion at Malpas 4 3 miles4.8 km
- Carden Park Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa 4 5 miles8 km
- Pepper Street Rooms 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Hotel Wrexham 3 5.6 miles9.1 km
- Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa 4 9.2 miles14.9 km
- The Lemon Tree 3 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Ellesmere Hotel 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Rossett Hall Hotel 4 8.7 miles14 km
- Ramada Plaza by Wyndhamwrexham 4 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Wrexham Llyndir Hall Hotel 9 miles14.5 km
Local points of interest
- Bangor Racecourse Recreation 4 miles6.5 km
- Cholmondeley Castle Estate 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Aldersey Hall Estate 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Erddig Country house 7.4 miles12 km
- Racecourse Ground Stadium 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Poulton Abbey Historic site 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Combermere Abbey Archaeological site 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Whattal Castle Historic site 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Eaton Hall Estate 9.2 miles14.8 km
- NEWI Cefn Druids Stadium 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Park Hall Stadium 12 miles19.3 km
- Chester Racecourse Recreation 12.9 miles20.8 km