Community
The local primary school in Vicars Cross is Oldfield Primary which is situated in Green Lane. Most of the local children go on to attend Christleton High School.
In Vicars Cross there is a United Reformed Church, an authority controlled library in Green Lane, a County Youth Centre and a Scout hut (both in Thackeray Drive) and The Centurion pub. There are also many community groups including the Women's Guild and Women's Institute, a parent and toddler group, scouts; brownies; a football club (Vicars Cross Dynamos) and Chester Rugby Union Football Club, part of which is located in Piper's Ash and Guilden Sutton. In the late 1990s Vicars Cross gave birth to the punk / nu metal band Casino and in turn the VXHC movement. Casino became the most celebrated/controversial act in Chester and beloved in Vicars Cross as 'VX's favourite sons'. The band was in talks with record labels before disbanding in 2002 due to musical differences. Today the VXHC scene survives with a small number of local bands performing around the northwest.
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