Children's Centres

Children's Centres can be described as 'one stop shops' for young children and their families offering childcare, health and family support services from one central base.

A Children's Centre is required to deliver the following:

Child and family health services
Family support and Outreach
Information and guidance to support parents/carers
Specialist support for children with additional needs
A range of activities that support parents/carers to access training and employment which include close working with JobCentre Plus

Please have a look at the Frequently Asked Questions for Childrens Centres document for further advice for parents, carers and childcare providers. For additional information please view the Sure Start document What is a Children's Centre (PDF, 1.6MB).

Children's Centres in Cheshire East

Cheshire East has been divided into 19 geographical areas, known as Children's Centre Footprints, these can be seen on the interactive map below, and also within the table at the bottom of the page. Please click on the area of Cheshire East you are interested in, this will help you identify which footprint you live in and which is your nearest Children's Centre;

Alternatively, you can also locate your nearest Children's Centre by visiting the Parent Know How website which is part of the Direct Gov website.

The table below shows all Children's Centres Footprints within Cheshire East and the name of the Children's Centre within each footprint, by clicking on the name of the centre you are interested in you can view the following information, where available;

Activities and services available at the Children's Centre
Newsletter
Contact details and opening hours for the Children's Centre
Photographs of the Children's Centre
A list of all Primary Schools within the Children's Centre Footprint

Please view the complete list of Cheshire East Children's Centre contact details here.

	Children's Centre Footprint Area	Children's Centre
1	Leighton (Crewe)	Mablins Lane Children's Centre
2	Nantwich	Nantwich Children's Centre
3	Nantwich Rural	Nantwich Rural Children's Centre
4	Willaston, Shavington & Weston (Crewe)	Shavington Children's Centre
5	St John's, Valley & Alexandra (Crewe)	Pebble Brook Children's Centre
6	West End (Crewe)	Underwood West Children's Centre
7	Maw Green & Haslington (Crewe)	Monks Coppenhall Children's Centre
8	Middlewich	Middlewich & Holmes Chapel Children's Centre
9	Sandbach	Sandbach Children's Centre
10	Alsager	Alsager Children's Centre
11	Congleton	Congleton Children's Centre
12	Knutsford	Knutsford Children's Centre
13	Wilmslow & Alderley Edge	Wilmslow & Aldreley Edge Children's Centre
14	Handforth (Macclesfield)	Oakenclough Children's Centre
15	Henbury, Prestbury & Upton (Macclesfield)	Henbury, Prestbury & Upton Children's Centre
16	Poynton (Macclesfield)	Poynton Children's Centre
17	Tytherington, Bollington & Hurdsfield (Macclesfield)	Hurdsfield Children's Centre
18	West & Central Macclesfield	Broken Cross Children's Centre
19	South & East Macclesfield	Ashgrove Children's Centre

Please contact Cheshire East Family Information Service for further information about services for you and your family.

Sure Start Children's Centre Logo

Contacts

Family Information Service
0800 408 2013
fis.east@cheshireeast.gov.uk