Stoak

Stoak is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester; and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

Stoak
Bridge 139 (Meadow Lane Bridge), Shropshire Union Canal, near Stoak
Stoak Location within Cheshire
Population	171 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ421731
Civil parish	Stoak
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTER
Postcode district	CH2
Dialling code	01244
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Runcorn and Helsby
List of places UK England Cheshire 53.253°N 2.867°W / 53.253; -2.867

Within the parish, to the west of the village is the intersection of the M53 and M56 Motorways, and to its east the Shropshire Union Canal.

The population of the parish as taken at the 2011 census was 171.^[1] The name of the parish was changed from the previous Stoke on 1 April 2015^[2] after a review of town and parish councils in the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority.^[3][4] The parish should not be confused with a different Cheshire parish called Stoke, in Cheshire East.

The parish church in the village, St Lawrence's Church, is a Grade II* listed building.^[5]

See also

• Cheshire portal

• Listed buildings in Stoak