A NATIONAL survey has found that people Cheshire and Warrington are more active than they were in 2016.

The survey, conducted by Sport England, has found that 64.1 per cent of people in the Cheshire and Warrington region are meeting the recommended levels of physical activity.

That means 484,400 people are doing 150 minutes of moderate level physical activity a week, that’s 171,000 more than in 2016.

Anne Boyd, CEO of Active Cheshire, said: “It is wonderful to see that since 2016, there has been an increase in the number of people reaching recommended guidelines.

"Thank you to the great work from local partners who contributed to this change. This marks an exciting start to the regions whole system approach to tackling inactivity.”

In Cheshire and Warrington that means 23.5 per cent of people who are classed as inactive, that’s 177,600 adults doing less than 30 minutes of physical activity a week.

Warrington’s local plan looks to embed physical activity into all aspects of everyday life by 2040.