The Gorse

The Gorse is a forest in Appleton, Warrington, England. The Gorse is situated nearby to the neighborhood Wright’s green, as well as near the quarter Grappenhall Heys.

Places of Interest

Highlights include HM Prison Thorn Cross and St Cross Church, Appleton Thorn.

HM Prison Thorn Cross

Prison

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HM Prison Thorn Cross is a Category D Adult Male Institution for males; it previously was for young men aged 18–25. The prison is located in the village of Appleton Thorn, near Warrington in Cheshire, England.

St Cross Church, Appleton Thorn

Church

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St Cross Church is in the village of Appleton Thorn, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden

Garden

Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a historic walled garden in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England. The garden was built by Thomas Parr around 1830 as both a pleasure garden for relaxing strolls and as a kitchen garden to produce fruit, vegetables, and herbs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lymm and Grappenhall.

Lymm

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Lymm is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, North West England, now in the Borough of Warrington. It incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rush Green and Statham.

Grappenhall

Suburb

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Grappenhall is a village within the civil parish of Grappenhall and Thelwall in the Borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England. The parish had a population of 9,651 at the 2021 census.