Village in Spring, St Wilfrids church, Church Lane, Grappenhall Village, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Grappenhall is a suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, in the civil parish of Grappenhall and Thelwall, which had a population of 9, 377 at the 2001 census. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 9, 651. Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 with the name Gropenhale and with a valuation of five shillings. Sandstone carving of a 'Cheshire Cat', St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This may have been Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family. Along with the church, the centre of the village contains two pubs, the Parr Arms and the Ram's Head, and Grappenhall Hall Residential School (closed down) and St Wilfrid's Primary School. Bradshaw Community Primary School is located north of the village centre.