Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire is an English rugby union division, the seventh tier of the domestic competition, and the top level for local rugby union in parts of Lancashire and Cheshire. West Park St Helens are the current champions.
Format The champions are promoted to Regional 2 North West. The number of teams relegated depends on feedback following promotion and relegation in the leagues above, but is usually to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
The season runs from September to April and comprises twenty-two rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals, home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows: 4 points are awarded for a win 2 points are awarded for a draw 0 points are awarded for a loss, however 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.
2026–27
Departing were Wilmslow and Warrington promoted to Regional 2 North West while Aspull (11th) and Trafford MV RFCC (12th) were relegated to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 3rd Altrincham Kersal Stelfox Avenue Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester Relegated from Regional 2 North West (12th) Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (2nd) Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester 7th Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 5th Eccles Gorton Street Eccles, Greater Manchester 4th Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane 4,370 (370 seats) St. Helens, Lancashire 10th New Brighton Hartsfield 2,000 Moreton, Merseyside 6th Southport Recreation Ground 3,500 Southport, Merseyside Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 8th Warrington Grappenhall Village Sports Club Walton, Warrington, Cheshire West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire Relegated from Regional 2 North West (11th) Wigan Douglas Valley Wigan, Greater Manchester 9th
2025–26
Departing were West Park St Helens promoted to Regional 2 North West while Heaton Moor (11th) and Glossop (12th) were relegated.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 5th Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 10th Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester 6th Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 3rd Eccles Gorton Street Eccles, Greater Manchester Relegated from Regional 2 North West (12th) Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane 4,370 (370 seats) St. Helens, Lancashire 7th New Brighton Hartsfield 2,000 Moreton, Merseyside 8th Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 2nd Trafford MV RFCC MacPherson Park Trafford, Greater Manchester 9th Warrington Grappenhall Village Sports Club Walton, Warrington, Cheshire Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (2nd) Wigan Douglas Valley Wigan, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow, Cheshire 4th
2024–25 Participating teams and location Departing were the champions Widnes, and runner-up Eccles, both promoted to Regional 2 North West. Warrington (11th) and Bolton (12th) were relegated to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. Joining were Liverpool St Helens (12th), relegated from Regional 2 North West and Glossop (12th), relegated from Regional 2 North East. Also coming in were Trafford MV and New Brighton, both promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 3rd Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 9th Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester 6th Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 8th Glossop Hargate Hill Lane Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire Relegated from Regional 2 North East (12th) Heaton Moor Green Lane Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester 10th Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane 4,370 (370 seats) St. Helens, Lancashire Relegated from Regional 2 North West (12th) New Brighton Hartsfield 2,000 Moreton, Merseyside Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (2nd) Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 7th Trafford MV RFCC MacPherson Park Trafford, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire 5th Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow, Cheshire 4th
League table 2024–25 Counties 1 adm Lancashire & CheshirePlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPts adj 1 West Park St Helens (P) 22 19 0 3 708 417 291 16 2 94 0 2 Tarleton 22 18 0 4 681 416 265 12 3 87 0 3 Didsbury Toc H 22 18 0 4 635 366 269 11 3 86 0 4 Wilmslow 22 15 0 7 631 410 221 14 4 78 0 5 Aldwinians 22 12 0 10 589 440 149 10 7 65 0 6 Broughton Park 22 9 1 12 505 486 19 6 5 49 0 7 Liverpool St Helens 22 9 0 13 483 604 −121 10 2 48 0 8 New Brighton 22 8 0 14 488 673 −185 9 4 45 0 9 Trafford MV 3 22 7 0 15 568 878 −310 13 4 45 0 10 Aspull 22 8 0 14 548 629 −81 9 3 44 0 11 Heaton Moor (R) 22 6 1 15 534 692 −158 13 3 42 0 12 Glossop (R) 22 2 0 20 365 724 −359 2 4 −1 −15If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places.Updated: 9 November 2025
2023–24 Participating teams and location Departing were Liverpool St Helens promoted to Regional 2 North West. Southport, Sefton and Leigh were relegated to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. Joining were Broughton Park and Wilmslow, relegated from Regional 2 North West. Eccles were promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire along with Heaton Moor.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 7th Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 8th Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester 9th Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester Relegated from Regional 2 North West (11th) Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 2nd Eccles Gorton Street Eccles, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Heaton Moor Green Lane Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (2nd) Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 3rd Warrington The Fortress Walton, Warrington, Cheshire 5th West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire 6th Widnes Heath Road Widnes, Cheshire 4th Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow, Cheshire Relegated from Regional 2 North West (12th)
League table 2023–24 Counties 1 adm Lancashire & CheshirePlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPts adj 1 Widnes (P) 22 20 0 2 767 360 407 15 0 95 0 2 Eccles (P) 22 18 1 3 729 376 353 16 2 93 −1 3 Aldwinians 22 16 0 6 595 391 204 13 3 81 −1 4 Wilmslow 22 14 2 6 527 366 161 9 0 70 −1 5 West Park St Helens 22 12 1 9 467 408 59 10 6 64 −2 6 Broughton Park 22 10 1 11 563 500 63 8 4 54 0 7 Tarleton 22 10 1 11 478 436 42 7 5 54 0 8 Didsbury Toc H 22 9 1 12 585 531 54 7 6 51 0 9 Aspull 22 8 3 11 433 488 −55 6 4 46 −2 10 Heaton Moor 22 4 0 18 450 800 −350 11 6 33 0 11 Warrington (R) 22 4 0 8 387 827 −440 4 5 25 0 12 Bolton (R) 22 2 0 20 310 847 −537 5 3 16 0If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background are the promotion places. Pink background are the relegation places.Updated: 8 November 2025
2022–23 Participating teams and location This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league had some similarities to North 2 West with five teams returning; of the remainder, four were promoted – three to Regional 2 North West (Anselmians, Rochdale and Winnington Park ) and one (Keswick) to Regional 2 North – whilst two were level transferred to Counties 1 Cumbria (Cockermouth and St. Benedict's), and one dropped to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (Orrell).
The remaining places were taken by five teams returning from the ADM Premier Division and two from the ADM Championship – two of the Lancashire RFU breakaway leagues formed in 2018–19.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 5th ADM Premier Division Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester 1st ADM Championship Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester 10th North 2 West Didsbury Toc H Ford Lane Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester 1st ADM Premier Division Leigh Round Ash Park Leigh, Greater Manchester 8th North 2 West Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane 4,370 (370 seats) St. Helens, Lancashire 4th ADM Premier Division Sefton Thornhead Lane Liverpool, Merseyside 2nd ADM Championship Southport Recreation Ground 3,500 Southport, Merseyside 9th North 2 West Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire 6th North 2 West Warrington The Fortress Walton, Warrington, Cheshire 5th North 2 West West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire 3rd ADM Premier Division Widnes Heath Road Widnes, Cheshire 2nd ADM Premier Division
League table 2022–23 Counties 1 adm Lancashire & CheshirePlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPts adj 1 Liverpool St Helens (P) 22 17 1 4 657 402 255 10 3 83 0 2 Didsbury Toc H 22 16 1 5 643 374 269 12 1 79 0 3 Tarleton 22 15 0 7 554 373 181 11 7 79 +1 4 Widnes 22 14 0 8 644 442 202 13 3 72 0 5 Warrington 22 12 0 10 549 577 −28 12 3 63 0 6 West Park St Helens 22 11 1 10 435 390 45 7 3 56 0 7 Aldwinians 22 11 0 11 454 440 14 7 3 55 +1 8 Aspull 22 10 1 11 538 586 −48 9 4 55 0 9 Bolton 22 8 1 13 478 508 −30 4 5 38 −5 10 Southport (R) 22 7 0 15 421 670 −249 7 1 36 0 11 Sefton (R) 22 4 1 17 442 712 −270 7 4 29 0 12 Leigh (R) 22 4 0 18 357 698 −341 3 4 23 0If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background is the promotion place Pink background are the relegation placesUpdated: 8 November 2025
Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire honours List of Counties 1 adm Lancashire & Cheshire honoursSeasonNo of teamsChampionsRunner-upRelegated team(s)Ref 2022–23 12 Liverpool St Helens Didsbury Toc H Southport (10th), Sefton (11th) and Leigh (12th) 2023–24 12 Widnes Eccles Warrington (11th) and Bolton (12th) 2024–25 12 West Park St Helens Tarleton Heaton Moor (11th) and Glossop (12th) Green background is the promotion place(s).
Number of league titles Liverpool St Helens (1) Widnes (1) West Park St Helens (1)
See also Cheshire RFU Lancashire RFU English rugby union system Rugby union in England
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