Puddington, Cheshire


Puddington is a village and civil parish on the Wirral Peninsula, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, located close to the border with Wales. In 2001 the village of Puddington had 325 inhabitants, increasing to 381 at the 2011 census.
Formerly a township in Burton parish of the Wirral Hundred, it includes the hamlets of Badger's Rake, Benty Heys, Croxton Wood, Two Mills, Shotwick and Woodbank. The population was 139 in 1801, 176 in 1851, 126 in 1901 and 410 in 1951.
At local government level, Puddington is part of Cheshire West's Saughall and Mollington Ward as of.
Puddington has as its centrepiece a village green which hosts the annual Christmas carol service and summer barbecue.