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{{Short description|Village in Cheshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| coordinates              = {{Wikidatacoord|Q821720|display=inline,title}}
| official_name            = Winwick
| static_image_name        = St Oswald's Church, Winwick.jpg
| static_image_caption     = [[St Oswald's Church, Winwick]]
| map_type                 = Cheshire
| population               = 4,366
| population_ref           = ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]])<ref name=2001census />
| civil_parish             = Winwick
| unitary_england          = [[Borough of Warrington|Warrington]]
| lieutenancy_england      = [[Cheshire]]
| region                   = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Warrington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Warrington North]]
| post_town                = Warrington
| postcode_district        = WA2
| postcode_area            = WA
| dial_code                = 01925
| os_grid_reference        = SJ603928
}}

'''Winwick''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Borough of Warrington]], [[Cheshire]], England. Located within the [[Historic counties of England|historic boundaries]] of [[Lancashire]], it is situated about three miles north of [[Warrington]] town centre, nearby is junction 22 of the [[M6 motorway|M6]] and Junction 9 of the [[M62 motorway|M62]]. Winwick also borders [[Newton-le-Willows]] and [[Burtonwood]].

According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]], the civil parish had a population of 4,366.<ref name=2001census>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=790900&c=Winwick&d=16&e=15&g=388141&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=2001 Census: Winwick |work=Office for National Statistics |access-date=23 May 2007 }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Winwick - Oilseed Rape Field.jpg|thumb|left|An [[Rapeseed|Oilseed Rape]] field in Winwick]]
[[Oswald of Northumbria|King Oswald of Northumbria]] is believed to have been killed in the Winwick area and the [[St Oswald's Church, Winwick|parish church, dedicated to him]], was reputedly located with guidance from the "Winwick Pig", a carving of which can still be seen on the church wall. [[Richard Sherlock (clergyman)|Richard Sherlock]] was the incumbent at Winwick for some thirty years in the seventeenth century, and [[Thomas Wilson (bishop)|Thomas Wilson]], [[Bishop of Sodor and Man]], spent his early years in the care of Sherlock at Winwick.

At the time of the [[Domesday Survey]] (1086), the village itself was also known as St Oswalds. This was little more than four hundred years after the death of Oswald. In the church, the remains of a 7th-century stone cross with an engraving of the reputed demise of Oswald can be seen.{{cn|date=December 2022}}

Winwick was the site of the [[battle of Winwick]] in the second [[English Civil War]] on 19 August 1648, where [[Oliver Cromwell]] defeated a mainly [[Scotland|Scottish]] Royalist army.<ref>[http://www.newton-le-willows.com/?p=954 "The Battle of Winwick Pass"]</ref>

The Captain of the {{RMS|Titanic}}, [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Edward Smith]], married Sarah Eleanor Pennington on 13 January 1887 at [[St Oswald's Church, Winwick|St Oswald's Church]].

=== Rail crash ===
{{main|Winwick rail crash}}
In 1934, Winwick was the site of an accident in which 11 people were killed, and 19 people were injured. Another accident occurred in 1967, but there were no fatalities or serious injuries.

==Winwick today==
Although Winwick is next to two motorways, it remains a relatively compact village set in a rural location. The village also includes a [[council estate]] and Winwick Park, with houses ranging from £200,000 to £500,000{{when|date=June 2022}}. Winwick previously had a [[post office]] and currently has a community leisure centre, a pub (The Swan), a beauty salon and a hairdresser as well as other shops. 

It is also home to the, highly popular, annual Winwick Carnival which always takes place on the 3rd Saturday in July on the playing fields alongside the aforementioned community leisure centre.  It hosts, as part of the day’s activities, a funfair, a diverse range of food and craft stalls and other entertainment such as, a (family pet) dog show, games and/or arena acts for all age-groups.

A [[car boot sale]] site located on [[green belt]] land that also occasionally hosts a [[circus]] and touring [[fair]] also occurs.

[[Winwick Hospital]], a large [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[Psychiatric hospital|mental asylum]], closed down in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dmnw26769.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/winwick/history.htm |title=Winwick Hospital Remembered... History |access-date=4 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515053355/http://dmnw26769.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/winwick/history.htm |archive-date=15 May 2008 }}</ref> A smaller hospital called Hollins Park is currently situated on the site: Hollins Park Hospital is also the headquarters for [[North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwbh.nhs.uk/aboutus/Pages/Hollins-Park.aspx |title=Hollins Park Hospital |publisher=North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |access-date=11 April 2019 }}</ref>

Winwick has a major business park and industrial estate, Winwick Quay Business Park, located on Calver Road just off the main [[A49 road|A49]].

==Sport==
Winwick Athletic F.C. is a junior football club that has become a very well known and highly successful, initially as an FA Charter Standard Development Club from 2006 (in fact, winning the Lancashire County and North West Regional Awards in 2007, 2009 and 2011 as well as then also winning the prestigious FA Charter Standard National Club of the Year Award in 2009). In January 2013, Winwick Athletic F.C. became an FA Charter Standard Community Club, which is the highest level possible for an FA Grassroots Football Club, and now, as of 1 June 2014, has become a Nike Partner Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://winwickathletic.com |title=Winwick Athletic |access-date=11 April 2019 }}</ref>

[[File:Hornby JJ Vanity Fair 1901-01-31.jpg|thumb|120px|Caricature of "The Head" ([[James John Hornby|J.J.Hornby]]) in Vanity Fair, 1901]]
== Notable people ==
* [[Thomas Hazlehurst (businessman)|Thomas Hazlehurst]] (1779–1842), businessman, founded the soap and alkali company, [[Hazlehurst & Sons]] in Runcorn
* [[Phipps Hornby|Sir Phipps Hornby]] (1785–1867), Royal Navy Admiral.<ref>{{Cite NBD1849 |wstitle= Hornby, Phipps |volume= |last= O'Byrne|first= William Richard |author-link= William Richard O'Byrne| page= 542 |year=1849 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Legh Claughton]] (1808–1892), academic, poet, and clergyman.
* [[Henry Cadman Jones]] (1818–1902), an English law reporter.<ref>{{Cite DNB12 |wstitle= Jones, Henry Cadman |volume= 2 |first= C.E.A.|last= Bedwell |author-link= |pages= 380-381 |year=1912|short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Geoffrey Hornby|Sir Geoffrey Hornby]] (1825–1895), Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle= Hornby, Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps |volume= 13 |page= 708 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[James John Hornby]] (1826–1909), an English rower and headmaster of [[Eton College]] from 1868 to 1884.<ref>{{Cite DNB12 |wstitle= Hornby, James John |volume= 2 |first= Lionel |last= Cust |author-link= Lionel Cust |pages= 303-304 |year=1912|short= 1}}</ref>
* [[John Maines]] (born 1948),  musician, trombone player, brass band conductor, tutor, compere and concert presenter.

==See also==
{{Portal|Cheshire}}
* [[Listed buildings in Winwick, Cheshire]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Winwick, Cheshire}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091026215213/http://www.geocities.com/kera2000_uk/winwick.html "Winwick Pig"]
* [http://parksideactiongroup.org.uk/ Parkside Action Group]
* [http://www.winwickremembered.org.uk/ Winwick Hospital]
* [http://www.winwickquay.com Winwick Quay Business Park]
* [http://winwickathletic.com Winwick Athletic FC]

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[[Category:Warrington]]
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