Council Office

The office is situated next to Grappenhall Community Centre on Bellhouse Lane, adjacent to the garden and seating area. The office is open 2 - 4.30 p.m. Monday to Thursday.

Find out how to contact us.

Clerk to the Council

Janet Richards became Clerk to the Council in January 2008. She is employed 25 hours per week and works Monday to Thursday.  

Assistant Clerk

Susan Brooks has been with the Parish Council since October 2006. She is employed 20 hours per week and works Tuesday to Thursday.

Parish Warden

Dennis Hughes works 16 hours per week, Monday to Friday, travelling around the Parish tidying, litter picking and reporting any problem areas to the Clerk.

The Parish Council also employs two caretakers for the local play areas on Euclid Avenue and Barley Road and a Gardener /Manager and Visitor Warden for Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden.

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The Parish Council owns and manages this Victorian Walled Garden in Grappenhall as a tranquil oasis and community resource. Regular events are now held there, click the link below for more details.

Find out more about the Walled Garden.

The Thelwall Ferry across the Manchester Ship Canal runs every day (except Sunday morning) at the following times:

7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The cost is 12p per trip or 25p per day for unlimited usage and access is via Ferry Lane, Thelwall.

Warrington Borough Council have produced a document containing a ward map and statistical information relating to the local population, economic wellbeing, education and lifelong learning, health and social wellbeing, community safety, housing and households. Click here to view (this is an 11 page document).

Dear Residents,

Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council exists as the local voice of the community, to provide services for the community and to protect and enhance the environment in which we live.

There are sixteen Parish Councillors, all unpaid, who devote their energies to the wellbeing of the local people and the local environment.  They, and I, are always pleased to hear from you and to use the knowledge and experience of local people.

The Parish Council provides Playing Fields with Children’s play equipment at Barley Road and Euclid Avenue, and also the Walled Garden and Village Green at Grappenhall Heys. It also supports youth and community centres.

The Parish Council spends just over £200,000 each year, of which £128,500, or £32 a year for each Band D household comes from Council Tax . The Council  employs 8 part-time staff. 

On these pages you will find information about your Parish Councillors, about community facilities, Police Community Support Officers, and grants to local organisations, to mention just some of the things we do. We also keep a close watch on planning issues and comment on every planning application that affects the people of the two villages.

I hope you find this site interesting.  Do tell us if you do, and also if you don’t.

With good wishes,

Mike Biggin

Chairman of the Council

During 2009/10 the Parish Council plan to implement the following:

• Improvements to Barley Road and Euclid Avenue Playing Fields to include repainting and repairing existing play equipment and purchasing some new items of play equipment.

• Security improvements to the entrance of Euclid Avenue Playing Field.

• Planting of bulbs within the parish during Autumn 2009.

• Installation of a bus shelter security system within the parish.

• Improving road safety near schools in Grappenhall.

• Security improvements at Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden.

• The introduction of a new summer play scheme at the Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden for two weeks during August 2009.

• A fresh application to the Heritage Lottery Fund to enable the regeneration of the glasshouses at Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden.

The full Council and the Planning Committee meet approximately once a month.  Other Committees meet periodically.  The public are welcome at all meetings.  See the calendar of meetings.

To see the latest Parish Council minutes please click here.

Our 16 Councillors are there to help and work with our residents.

Find out how to contact your local Councillor.

Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council

Council Office, Bellhouse Farm, Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington WA4 2SD

Janet Richards, Clerk to the Council

Tel/Fax 01925 264918 (Monday to Thursday 2-4:30pm)

E-mail:  clerk@grappenhallandthelwallpc.org.uk

Website: www.grappenhallandthelwallpc.org.uk