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| lieutenancy_england = [[Cheshire]]
| region = North West England
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| post_town = FRODSHAM
| postcode_district = WA6
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==Education==
There are four primary schools in Frodsham
[[File:St Laurence Frodsham exterior.jpg|thumb|St Laurence's Church, Frodsham]]
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== Media ==
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC North West]] and [[ITV Granada]]. Television signals are received from the [[Winter Hill transmitting station|Winter Hill]] TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Winter_Hill |title=Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter|date=May 2004 |publisher=UK Free TV |access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>
Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Merseyside]] on 95.8 FM, [[Capital North West & Wales]] on 97.1 FM, [[Heart North West]] on 105.4 FM, [[Smooth Radio North West]] on 100.4 FM, and [[Dee Radio]] on 106.3 FM.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/news-and-views/incidents/weather-disruptions/radio-stations|title=Radio Stations|website=Cheshire West and Chester Council|access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref>
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==Notable people==
[[File:Alice coote.jpg|thumb|
[[File:Gary Barlow performing in Glasgow, 2017.jpg|thumb|
* [[Ebenezer Latham]] (c.1688–1745), Presbyterian minister, medical doctor and educationalist, was born in Mickledale.<ref name="Burden Biographical Dictionary of Tutors">{{cite book |last1=Burden |first1=Mark |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Tutors at the Dissenters' Private Academies, 1660–1729 |date=2013 |publisher=Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies |location=Londonn |url=https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/religionandliterature/media/centre-for-religion-and-literature-in-english/bd.pdf}}</ref>
* [[Bridge Frodsham]] (1734–1768), actor, was born in Frodsham.<ref>
* [[William Charles Cotton]] (1813–79), who introduced [[beekeeping]] to [[New Zealand]], was vicar of Frodsham 1859–1879.<ref>{{citation | last =Smith | first =Arthur R. | title =William Charles Cotton MA: Priest, Missionary and Bee Master | publisher =Countyvise | year =2006 | location =Birkenhead | isbn =1-901231-81-X }}</ref>
* [[Holbrook Gaskell II]] (1846–1919), chemical industrialist, died at his house Erindale in Frodsham.
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* [[Alice Coote]] (b. 1968), mezzo-soprano, was born in Frodsham.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Barnett| first = Laura | publication-date = 16 August 2010| title = Portrait of the artist: Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano| work = [[The Guardian]]| date = 16 August 2010 | publisher = Guardian News and Media | url = https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/aug/16/alice-coote-mezzo-soprano| access-date =24 March 2015}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Craig]] (b. 1968), actor, lived in Frodsham from 1972 to his early teens, at the Ring o' Bells pub where his father was landlord.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185819/bio Daniel Craig (I) – Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Gary Barlow]] (b. 1971), singer, pianist, songwriter and producer, was born and brought up in Frodsham.<ref name="Barlow">{{citation |url=http://www.garybarlow.com|title=Gary Barlow: Official website|publisher=www.garybarlow.com|access-date= 2 October 2008 }} (One needs to choose the biography section after the animated introduction finishes.)</ref>
* [[Emma Cunniffe]] (b. 1973), film, stage and television actress, was brought up in Frodsham and went to school there.<ref name="Cunniffe">{{cite news|url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/frodsham-born-emma-cunniffe-performing-5197246|title=Frodsham born Emma Cunniffe will be performing in Ibsen's ground-breaking play A Doll's House|newspaper=Chester Chronicle|access-date= 17 February 2011 | location=Chester | first=Rachel | last=Flint | date=17 February 2011}}</ref>
* [[Djibril Cissé]] (b. 1981), ex-[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] and [[France national football team|France]] footballer, lived in the town as Lord of the Manor of Frodsham.<ref name="Cisse">{{citation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/footballs-lord-of-the-manor-bans-hunting-on-his-nine-acres-491233.html|title=The Independent: Football's lord of the manor bans hunting on his nine acres|publisher=Independent News and Media Limited|access-date= 6 October 2008 | location=London | first=Ian | last=Herbert | date=19 May 2005}}</ref>
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