North 1 West
Team Ground City/Area Previous season
Altrincham Kersal Stelfox Avenue Timperley , Altrincham , Greater Manchester Promoted from Lancs/Cheshire 1 ( champions )
Birkenhead Park Upper Park Birkenhead , Wirral 3rd
Bowdon Clay Lane Timperley , Altrincham , Greater Manchester Promoted from Lancs/Cheshire 1 ( playoff )
Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy , Manchester 5th
Burnage Varley Park Stockport , Greater Manchester 11th
Douglas Port-E-Chee Douglas , Isle of Man 6th
Keswick Davidson Park Keswick , Cumbria Promoted from Cumbria 1 ( champions )
Firwood Waterloo St Anthony 's Road Blundellsands , Merseyside 8th
Northwich Moss Farm Northwich , Cheshire 4th
Penrith Winters Park Penrith , Cumbria 10th
Stockport The Memorial Ground Stockport , Greater Manchester 7th
Vale of Lune Powder House Lane Lancaster , Lancashire Relegated from North Premier ( 13th )
Warrington The Fortress Walton , Warrington , Cheshire 9th
Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow , Cheshire Relegated from North Premier ( 14th )
North 1 West is a rugby union league at the sixth level within the English league system. The league is made up of teams from the north-west of England and the Isle of Man; principally consisting of the English counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. Promotion and relegation determine the makeup of the league each season, with the top team automatically moving into North Premier and the second-placed team entering into a play-off match with the second-placed team in North 1 East. Occasionally, depending on promotion and relegation, teams from either North 1 East and North 1 West may be required to compete in the opposite league to ensure that the number of teams in the east and west leagues remains at 14 teams each. Teams dropping from the league go into either Lancs/Cheshire 1 or Cumbria 1 depending on location.