Burtonwood - Facilities

Facilities

Burtonwood has five public houses, the Elm Tree, the Bridge Inn, the Chapel House, the Pear Tree and the Fiddle i' th' Bag Inn, three social clubs and three churches, St. Michael's, St. Paul's and the Methodist church. There are two recreational parks and two primary schools, Burtonwood Community Primary School and St Paul of the Cross Primary School. The village does not have a secondary school or college and the nearest high school is Great Sankey High School, which has a sixth form attached to it. Also St Aelred's Catholic Technology College in nearby Newton-le-Willows which also has a sixth form attached,Hope Academy, also with a sixth form, and Priestley Sixth Form College in Warrington town centre is the nearest specialised sixth form college. Burtonwood village also has two doctors' surgeries, known as Burtonwood Surgery on Clay Lane, and Kinnock Park Surgery. There is also a small Co-operative store (Mercer Street), as you walk in to the village there is a fish and chip shop, an independent betting shop, a Lloyd's chemist and a post office, all located on Clay Lane. In the former youth club, which prior to that was an old grammar school, there is a relatively new Asian restaurant (2007). This is located opposite the Bridge pub on Phipp's Lane. Burtonwood also has three nature reserves. Wheatacre Woods (access via Clay Lane / Gorsey Lane), the Old Colliery Moss (access via Bold Lane / Back Lane) and an area known as the Picnik Area which is accessed primarily from the footpath adjacent to the bowling green.