Community website of Odd Rode

The New

Community Grant Initiative

APPLIES to organisations in RODE HEATH,

THURLWOOD, SCHOLAR GREEN, MOUNT

PLEASANT, MOW COP, THE BANK, KENT

GREEN, AND HALL GREEN

Does YOUR group or organisation need new or
enhanced facilities or equipment?

you may qualify for a

Community Grant of up to

£20,000

If you think this may assist your

organisation to develop,
the closing date for applications is

31 October 2010

Click here for more information

Click here for Application Form

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Odd Rode is a semi-rural parish with a population of just over 5,500 situated on the South-East Cheshire/North Staffordshire border, just to the north of the industrial city of Stoke-on­Trent and halfway between the towns of Congleton and Newcastle under Lyme.

The parish has no real centre but comprises four villages and many farms, all surrounded by green-belt designated countryside.

Rode Heath and Thurlwood is a compact settlement on the west of the parish, developed mainly since the 1960s along the Trent and Mersey canal and the A533 road to Sandbach. It does have some older properties dating from the period when the local salt industry and, in particular, the canal were active.

Scholar Green is a sprawling linear settlement lying along the A34 Stafford to Manchester road, the Macclesfield canal and the main west coast railway line. Scholar Green as an area also includes the older settlements of Kent Green and Hall Green. Just to the north of the village, along the A34, stands Little Moreton Hall, internationally renowned Elizabethan mansion owned by N.T.

Mow Cop village is a settlement of mainly old workers’ cottages, many built of the local gritstone and grouped around the summit of Mow Cop and the famous "castle" folly. Only part of the village lies in Cheshire and Odd Rode, whereas the rest of the village is on the Staffordshire side of the hill. The views from Mow Cop of the surrounding countryside are spectacular.

Mount Pleasant comprises old workers’ cottages and some more recent housing estates clustered around a picturesque village centre on the slopes of Mow Cop.

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The ecclesiastical parish of Odd Rode was created in 1864 when the Wilbraham Family of Rode Hall completed All Saints Church in Scholar Green. The parish became a civil administrative area shortly after but before this the area formed part of the ancient and large parish of Astbury.  

The parish is now home to a little over 5.500 residents who live in  2,500 dwellings.

It has three excellent junior schools - one in each of the main villages, three Village halls, three C of E Churches, several Methodist Chapels reflecting Mow Cop’s part in the early history of Primitive Methodism, and a couple of Evangelistic churches.

Scattered throughout the villages there are three sub-Post Offices/general stores, a couple of takeaways, seven pubs and a Workingmen’s Club together with a handful of garages and hairdressers. Apart from the limited opportunities for employment provided by local traders, most people commute to nearby towns and cities for their work.

Several sports and recreational clubs and organisations are active in the parish including bowls, cricket, football, silver (brass) band, youth, historical society, community speedwatch, keepfit and toddlers to name but a few.

The parish has 33 Grade II listed buildings, some reflecting its farming and industrial heritage, as well as a number of properties within the canal conservation corridor valued and protected for their aesthetic contribution to the area.

The Elizabethan mansion - Little Moreton Hall, is the parish’s gem and is a grade 1 listed building cared for by the National Trust. It is open to the public.

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