Utkinton


Utkinton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parishes of Utkinton and Cotebrook and Tarporley, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is approximately 8 miles west of Winsford and north of Tarporley and 9 miles east of Chester. Utkinton is at the heart of the local farming community. The upper part of Utkinton is known as 'Quarry Bank'. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Utkinton and Cotebrook, part also went to Tarporley.
It had a population of 706 at the 2011 census.
There is a shop, with a cafe and garden centre, a small Church of England school, a church and a Methodist Chapel that has fallen into disuse.
Utkinton is on the Sandstone Trail.