Welcome to the Gawsworth Parish Council website providing you with information relating to the village of Gawsworth in Cheshire in addition to detailing the varied activities of its local governing body.

Parish councils are the lowest tier of local government and they represent civil parishes with populations in excess of 200 electors. They came into being in 1894 and they are the tier of government that is closest to the people. They are empowered to provide or maintain street lighting, bus shelters, village halls, clocks, war memorials, playing fields & play grounds to name but a few. They also have special duties relating to public footpaths and obstruction to rights of way. Parish Council elections are normally held every four years and a council is funded from the council tax by means of a precept. Gawsworth Parish Council's next tier of local government is the single Cheshire East Borough Council which replaced both Macclesfield Borough Council and Cheshire County Council on 1st April 2009.

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