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Appleton is a civil parish and suburb of Warrington, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

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Appleton
Appleton is located in Cheshire
Appleton
Appleton
Location within Cheshire
Population10,265 
OS grid referenceSJ620843
Civil parish
  • Appleton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWARRINGTON
Postcode districtWA4
Dialling code01925
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53.3508°N 2.5441°W / 53.3508; -2.5441
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Geography and landmarks

The A49 road runs from neighbouring Stockton Heath up the hill into Appleton and links Warrington town centre with the M56 motorway.

At the top of Appleton is Warrington Golf Club. There is also a large cemetery situated nearby which is named Fox Covert Cemetery. The cemetery is locally called Hillcliffe.

There are four schools in Appleton: Bridgewater High School, Broomfields Junior School, St Monica's Catholic Primary School and Cobbs Infant and Nursery School.

Notable people

Beatle George Harrison bought his parents, Harry and Louise Harrison, a bungalow, Sevenoaks, on Old Pewterspear Lane in 1965 to enable them to escape the pressures of fans who visited their Liverpool home. Harrison wrote While My Guitar Gently Weeps at the bungalow.[1][2]

Screenwriter Richard Curtis lived at Merricourt on Windmill Lane during the 1970s. His university friend Rowan Atkinson was an occasional visitor to the house.[3][4]

Journalist and first female editor of the Sun Rebekah Brooks (nee Wade) attended Appleton Hall High School, now Bridgewater High School.[5]

Playwright and screenwriter Tim Firth, famous for Calendar Girls, attended Appleton Hall High School.[6]

Actress Ruby O'Donnell famous for playing as Peri Lomax in Hollyoaks was raised and brought up in Appleton.

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