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Preston Brook

Not to be confused with Preston Brooks.

Preston Brook
Homes on the canal in Preston Brook
Preston Brook is located in Cheshire
Preston Brook
Preston Brook
Location within Cheshire
Population7,148 
OS grid referenceSJ5881
Civil parish
  • Preston Brook
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRUNCORN
Postcode districtWA7
Dialling code01928
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°19′05″N 2°39′14″W / 53.318°N 2.654°W / 53.318; -2.654

Preston Brook is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is situated in the borough of Halton and is bordered by the M56 motorway to the north, Dutton to the east, and Runcorn to the south and west.

Overview

The village was formerly bordered to the east by the village of Preston on the Hill, which is now part of Preston Brook. The Bridgewater Canal runs from Manchester through Preston Brook, where it divides into two branches; one branch leads to Runcorn, where it used to join the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey before that, while the second branch joins the Trent and Mersey Canal at the Preston Brook canal tunnel. Due to the Bridgewater Canal's dominance, many residents live on or own boathouses.

Many locals work at the Abbots Park industrial estate in Preston Brook, which was formerly used by ScottishPower and is now used by Capita, FirstGroup, Mammoet, Marks & Spencer, O2, Tesco Mobile, Wincanton Logistics. The community has a website and a bi-monthly newsletter.[1] It is home to E-scape, the UK's first dedicated off-roading track for electric vehicles.

Preston Brook is in the constituency of Runcorn and Helsby, which has been represented since the July 2024 election by Mike Amesbury, who was elected as a member of the Labour Party but became an independent following his February 2025 conviction for assaulting a man in October 2024.[2][3] He successfully appealed to have his sentence reduced on 27 February but failed to get it reduced to a non-custodial sentence, which would have avoided triggering a recall petition under the Recall of MPs Act 2015.[4][5]

Demographics

The population was 7,148 at the 2021 Census,[6] up from 809 in 2011.[7] 96.2% of the population was recorded as White and the remaining percentage was split between mixed or multiple ethnic groups (1.9%); Asian, Asian British, or Asian Welsh (1%); other (0.6%); and Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean, or African (0.2%).[6] 52.9% of the population was recorded as Christian and 41.3% declared no religion whilst 4.5% declined to answer, with the remaining percentage split between 0.7% Muslim, 0.3% other, 0.2% Hindu, and 0.1% Buddhist, in addition to two Sikhs and one Jew.[6]

Approximately 2,860 people were employed in the area as of 2021, with the most prevalent careers being in retail and motor repair (17.3%), human health and social work (16.7%), manufacturing (10.2%), transport and storage (7.9%), and administrative work (6.4%).[6] 51.1% of the population drove to work whilst 24.2% worked mainly from home, with 7.6% walking to work and 7.1% taking public transport.[6] Of the population aged 16 years and over, 25.2% had no qualifications and 19% had Level 4 qualifications[a] or above whilst 18% had Level 3 qualifications[b] or above.[6] 15.1% of the population was recorded as being considered disabled under the Equality Act 2010.[6]

  • Barker's Hollow Road
    Barker's Hollow Road
  • Homes and houseboats on the canal
    Homes and houseboats on the canal
  • Further up the canal
    Further up the canal
  • Homes on the canal
    Homes on the canal
  • A free bookshare in Preston Brook
    A free bookshare in Preston Brook
  • Abbots Park industrial estate
    Abbots Park industrial estate
  • Children riding e-motorbikes at E-scape
    Children riding e-motorbikes at E-scape
  • The Tunnel Top pub
    The Tunnel Top pub

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Corresponding to the first year of a bachelor's degree.
  2. ^ Corresponding to A-Levels.

References

  1. ^ "Preston Brook Village Newsletter". Preston Brook Parish Council. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Jailed MP Mike Amesbury faces strip searches and two visits per month inside prison". The Independent. 25 February 2025.
  3. ^ "MP Mike Amesbury jailed for 10 weeks for punching constituent in street". BBC News.
  4. ^ "Jailed ex-Labour MP receives £91,000 taxpayer-funded salary behind bars". The Independent. 25 February 2025.
  5. ^ Gibbons, Amy; Bolton, Will (24 February 2025). "Labour MP jailed for punching man in street will receive full pay while in prison". The Telegraph.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021/report
  7. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Preston Brook Parish (E04000316)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brook