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Woolston, Warrington — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Woolston is a settlement and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, on the north bank of the River Mersey next to Martinscroft.
About Woolston
Where to stay in Woolston
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Rixton, Longbarn and Birchwood ring the parish, but the beds sit in Warrington. Woolston lies west of Martinscroft on the Mersey's north bank, a residential parish of housing and church halls where a room is the exception rather than the offer, so a stay here means the borough town a short drive off. The Church of the Ascension anchors it.
Bruche and Padgate stand on the town side, and Paddington fills the south-west corner of the parish.
About Woolston
What are the main landmarks in Woolston?
Five entries, no crowds. The Church of the Ascension and The Church of St Peter carry the parish, standing among the housing that filled the ground between Woolston and Martinscroft in what the record calls the township of Woolston with Martinscroft. Clayton Cottage and Moss Edge Cottage keep the older village scale.
A Milestone is listed on its own, and 3, Martincroft Green rounds out a register weighted towards modest domestic buildings rather than monuments.
What is the history of Woolston?
Woolston with Martinscroft was one township. It answered to the parish of Warrington and lay inside the historic county of Lancashire before the modern line placed it in Cheshire, and it still reads as two main settlements, Woolston to the west and Martinscroft to the east. Two cottage names survive on the register.
The Church of St Peter and the Church of the Ascension serve the built-up parish, while a Milestone and 3, Martincroft Green record the road and the green as they once stood.
Where is Woolston?
Woolston occupies the north bank of the River Mersey, bounded by Bruche and Padgate to the west, Longbarn and Birchwood to the north and Rixton to the east.
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Updated September 2026