page_title: Hankelow
section_title: Governance
hierarchical_section_title: Hankelow / Governance
caption_attribution_description: English: River Weaver running alongside South Cheshire Way
context_page_description: Hankelow is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies on the A529, around 1.25 miles north east of Audlem and 4.5 miles south of Nantwich. The civil parish has an area 369 hectares and also includes the small settlement of The Dell and part of Corbrook, with a total population of just over 260 in 2011. Nearby villages include Aston, Broomhall Green, Sound, Hatherton and Buerton in Cheshire and Woore in Shropshire.
  Hankelow is first documented in the 13th century, and the village historically had a school, two chapels, two public houses, a water mill, post office, shop and other facilities. Only a Methodist chapel – also used as a community centre – remained open in 2020. Two buildings are listed at grade II*: the 16th-century Ball Farmhouse and the 18th-century Hankelow Hall. Outside the village, the civil parish is predominantly rural and agricultural. The River Weaver runs in the west of the parish, and there is a small area of probable ancient woodland in the north east.
context_section_description: Historically, Hankelow was a township within the ancient parish of Audlem; it has been a civil parish since 1866. It is administered by Hankelow Parish Council. From 1974 Hankelow was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East. Hankelow was formerly part of the Crewe and Nantwich parliamentary constituency; following a parliamentary boundary review in 2008, the civil parish transferred to the Eddisbury parliamentary constituency on the dissolution of parliament. Eddisbury has been represented by Edward Timpson since 2019, after being represented by Antoinette Sandbach (2015–19).
caption: River Weaver from the South Cheshire Way
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