BEWSEY and Whitecross has been named as the fast food capital of Cheshire, after it was revealed that the ward has more takeaways than anywhere else in the county.

Government figures have shown that the Bewsey and Whitecross ward has a total of 64 takeaways.

This is almost double the number found in the ward in Cheshire with the next highest number of fast food outlets - Macclesfield Central, which has 37.

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Bewsey and Whitecross - which also encompasses the town centre, Dallam, Sankey Bridges and Centre Park - has three Subways, two McDonald’s, two KFCs, a Burger King, a Pizza Hut, a Domino’s and a Papa John’s.

Bridge Street alone has a total of 14 takeaways.

In total, Warrington has 208 fast food outlets - 99.5 per 100,000 residents, which is also the highest rate in Cheshire.

After Bewsey and Whitecross, the ward with the next highest number of takeaways was Fairfield and Howley with 18.

Both Orford and Latchford West had 15 fast food outlets each, while Lymm South and Penketh and Cuerdley had 10 apiece.

Nine eateries were located in Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft and Poplars and Hulme, with eight located in Birchwood.

Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall was home to seven takeaways and six were located in Latchford West and Lymm North and Thelwall.

Figures showed that five fast food restaurants were located in Burtonwood and Winwick, Great Sankey South, Poulton South and Rixton and Woolston.

Lymm South had four, Westbrook housed three and Poulton North was home to two.

Appleton, Grappenhall and Chapelford and Old Hall had no takeaways.

Dr Muna Abdel Aziz, Warrington Borough Council’s director of public health, said that the authority would reject planning permission for takeaways where they were inappropriate - pointing to its recent refusal for a Pizza Hut to open up at Birchwood Shopping Centre due to its proximity to Birchwood High School.

She said: “We are committed to encouraging healthier lifestyles and healthier options on the high street.

“The number of fast food outlets in Bewsey and Whitecross is to some extent a reflection of the town centre being within this ward.

“Health considerations are part of Warrington’s growth and development for a healthy town encouraging healthy lifestyles and healthy workplaces.

“This work is supported by our supplementary planning document, which ensures that health is embedded within planning arrangements.

“For example, the council very recently refused a planning application for an additional fast food outlet close to a local high school.”