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Hollins Green
Geography
Status:Village, Parish
Region:North West England
Ceremonial county:Cheshire
Historic county:Lancashire
Grid reference:SJ696908
Politics
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Arms of Warrington Borough Council

Warrington Borough Council
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Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:No Overall Control
MPs:Helen Jones, Helen Southworth


Map sources for Hollins Green at grid reference SJ696908


Hollins Green is a small village located on the eastern edge of Warrington, England close to the border of Salford, as designated by the River Glaze. Its proximity to Salford is highlighted by Hollins Green residents having Warrington addresses and Manchester dialling codes (0161). The village contains under a thousand residential properties and the most recent significant increase in this number was the construction of Marsh Brook Close off School Lane. The village contains 2 pubs, the Red Lion and the Black Swan, as well as a Post Office and a village shop. The local Community Hall is a well used facility by the village and the surrounding locality. The local Pre-School is run from the Community Hall.

Some people refer to Hollins Green as "Rixton," which is the official name of the locality and is taken from the full parish name of "Rixton with Glazebrook".

Educational Institutions

The village houses St Helens CofE Primary school as well as the Pre-School. Children of Hollins Green generally attend Culcheth High school upon leaving St Helens, as it is one of the feeder schools.

Transport

Hollins Green is served by the number 100 bus, provided by First Manchester, travelling between Manchester Shudehill Interchange and Warrington Bus Station. The service runs a daily service, running every hour towards The Trafford Centre and Manchester and a daily daytime service, running every hour, towards Warrington.

Glazebrook train station is within close reach of the village and can be used to commute to Manchester, Warrington and Liverpool. The station is served by Northern Rail

Other Features

Rixton Claypits is located at the West of the village and is an old clay extraction site; it is now a nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The Manchester Ship Canal runs across the Southern border of the village, utilising a partial stretch of the river Mersey.

The village also contains a Brick Works, a gas pumping station, the moated site of Rixton Old Hall, Rixton New Hall, Ramswood Garden Centre, St Helens Church (C of E) and Churchyard (on an ancient circular site bordered by a footpath called 'The Weint'), a cross commemorating those killed in both World Wars, a Methodist Chapel, a Blacksmith and a Cemetery.

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North West England is one of the nine official regions of England. It has a population of 6,853,200[1]
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Lancashire

Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region North West England
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
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Affiliation Members
Labour Party
Conservative Party
Liberal Democrats
Democratic Unionist Party
Scottish National Party
Sinn Féin
Plaid Cymru
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Health Concern
RESPECT The Unity Coalition
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Helen Mary Jones (born 24 December, 1954, Chester, England) is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Warrington North.

Jones was first elected at the 1997 General Election and was re-elected in 2001 and 2005.
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Helen Mary Southworth (born 13 November, 1956, Preston) is a politician in the United Kingdom.

She is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Warrington South, and was first elected at the 1997 General Election.
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Warrington

Shown within England
Geography
Status Borough, Unitary Authority (1998)[1]
Ceremonial county Cheshire
Historic county Lancashire
(some parts from Cheshire)
Region North West England
Constituent country England
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Salford

Salford ()

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Salford

Salford ()

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Warrington

Shown within England
Geography
Status Borough, Unitary Authority (1998)[1]
Ceremonial county Cheshire
Historic county Lancashire
(some parts from Cheshire)
Region North West England
Constituent country England
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City of Manchester
Manchester City Centre

Coat of Arms of the City Council
Nickname: "Capital of the North", "Cottonopolis", "Madchester", "Second city"
Motto: "Concilio Et Labore"
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post office is a facility authorized by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sortation, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.[1] Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies.
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Culcheth

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First Manchester

Public part of First Group
Founded 1996, formerly GM Buses North
Headquarters Wallshaw Street, Oldham

Area served Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, Wigan, Salford, Tameside, Stockport, Kirklees, Warrington, St Helens
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Shudehill

Location
Place Manchester City Centre
Local authority Manchester
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone D (City)
History
Opened April 2003
Metrolink
2006-01-29 Bus station
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Trafford Centre

Mall facts and statistics

Location Trafford, Greater Manchester, England
Opening date September 1998
Developer Peel Group
Management Mike Butterworth, Managing Director
Owner Peel Group
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City of Manchester
Manchester City Centre

Coat of Arms of the City Council
Nickname: "Capital of the North", "Cottonopolis", "Madchester", "Second city"
Motto: "Concilio Et Labore"
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Warrington

Shown within England
Geography
Status Borough, Unitary Authority (1998)[1]
Ceremonial county Cheshire
Historic county Lancashire
(some parts from Cheshire)
Region North West England
Constituent country England
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City of Liverpool
Liverpool skyline, as seen from across the River Mersey

Coat of Arms
Location within England
Coordinates:
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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Franchise(s): Northern
12. December 2004 – September 2013
Main Region(s): North West, North East,
Yorkshire and the Humber
Other Region(s): None
Fleet size: 281
Stations: 519 (471 operated)
Parent company:
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Rixton Claypits was once a clay extraction site located to the east of Warrington, England, and is now a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Local Nature reserve.
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Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic 'building block' of nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations are based upon
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