Population 9,359 (2011) Region North West Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Tuesday 12:56 PM Civil parish Hoole Village UK parliament constituency City of Chester | OS grid reference SJ425671 Country England Post town CHESTER Dialling code 01244 Ceremonial county Cheshire | |
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A tour of the faulkner bar kitchen hoole chester
Hoole is a suburb in the east of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Contents
- A tour of the faulkner bar kitchen hoole chester
- Map of Hoole Chester UK
- History
- Description
- Places of worship
- Events
- Doubletree by Hilton Chester formerly Hoole Hall Hotel
- Sticky Walnut restaurant
- Famous residents
- References
Map of Hoole, Chester, UK
The population of this Chester Ward taken at the 2011 census was 9,359.
History
The settlement was first mentioned in the Register of the Abbey of Saint Werburgh in 1119. The name is believed to mean "at the hollows" (or hole), possibly referring to the "hollow way" formed by a Roman roadway.
Hoole was a separate urban district in Cheshire until 1954 when it was made part of the County Borough of Chester.
Description
Hoole is a residential area, contiguous with Newton to the north, and consisting of mainly Victorian terraced houses and 1930s semi-detached houses. Due to the proximity of the area to Chester city centre, Chester railway station and the M53 motorway, the area is home to many hotels, guest houses and bed and breakfast establishments.
The main shopping streets are Faulkner Street and Charles Street, With one of Chesters best Co-op Food stores located just around the corner on Walker Street. Hoole has branches of two high street banks with cash machine facilities. Open spaces in Hoole include Alexandra Park which provides tennis courts, bowling greens and a children's play area and the Coronation Playing Fields. A large area of allotments is accessible from both Canadian Avenue and Hoole Lane. There is also a private tennis club, Hoole Lawn Tennis Club.
On 17 July 2009 sixteen flats on Hoole Lane were destroyed following an explosion on the first floor. More than thirty firefighters tackled the resulting fire at the two-storey building in Wharton Court.
Places of worship
There are four churches in Hoole: Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed. These churches work together to host Hoole's largest free annual event 'Funday on a Sunday', which attracted more than 6,000 people in July 2006. This event was held in previous years in Alexandra Park, but in 2006 moved to the nearby, larger, Coronation Playing Fields. The Funday event was held on the Coronation Playing Fields again in 2007 and 2008, by which time it had become part of the Chester-wide Chesterfest organised by churches in Chester.
Events
The annual Hoole Christmas Lights switch attracts crowds of thousands to Faulkner Street to watch the Christmas lights being switched on by a local celebrity.
Doubletree by Hilton Chester (formerly Hoole Hall Hotel)
Hoole is home to the Doubletree by Hilton Chester hotel and country club. Formerly known as Hoole Hall Hotel it was taken over and by Hilton Hotels and features a Marco Pierre White restaurant.
Sticky Walnut restaurant
The critically acclaimed Sticky Walnut restaurant is located on Charles Street. In 2014 it was named UK Restaurant of the Year at the AA Hospitality Awards.
Famous residents
RAF pilot and charity founder Leonard Cheshire was born (on 7 September 1917) at 65 Hoole Road, which is now a guest house.
Russ Abbot (born Russell Allan Roberts on 18 September 1947), is the lead singer of the Black Abbots and later become a solo comedian.