Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (formerly Lancs/Cheshire Division 1) is a regional English Rugby Union league for teams from Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire and Greater Manchester, ranked at tier 8 of the English league system.
The division was initially known as North-West West 1 when it was created in 1987, and had a number of different names with South Lancs/Cheshire 1 being the longest running. The division switched to its final name for the 2018–19 season due to the restructuring of the northern leagues by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as a result of 19 Lancashire clubs withdrawing from RFU competitions across the leagues to form their own competitions. This would see the North Lancashire/Cumbria division abolished, with Lancashire-based sides from that league being transferred into Lancs/Cheshire 1, while the Cumbria sides were transferred into Cumbria 1.
The introduction of North 2 West for the 2019–20 season at tier 7 of the north west leagues, meant that Lancs/Cheshire Division 1 dropped down to being a tier 8 league. Then after the cancellation of Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the league was disbanded with teams transferred into the Lancashire Merit Table competitions or ADM Lancashire leagues.
After a hiatus for season 2021-22 the league returned in its new guise following the restructuring of the English rugby union system ahead of the 2022–23 season, with the league renamed to Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
Promotion is to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire and relegation to Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
Participating clubs 2026-27
Departing were Southport and Bolton, promoted to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. There was no relegation as the league was restored to twelve clubs.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Aspull Wood Lane Aspull, Greater Manchester Relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (11th) Fleetwood Melbourne Avenue Fleetwood, Lancashire Promoted from Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Garstang Hudson Park Garstang, Lancashire 7th Glossop Hargate Hill Lane Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire 6th Heaton Moor Green Lane Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester 4th Leigh Round Ash Park Leigh, Greater Manchester 10th Littleborough Rakewood Road Littleborough, Greater Manchester 3rd Liverpool Collegiate Aigburth Cricket Ground Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside 8th Orrell St John Rigby College Orrell, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (3rd - play off winners) Sefton Thornhead Lane Liverpool, Merseyside 9th Trafford MV RFCC MacPherson Park Trafford, Greater Manchester Relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (12th) Tyldesley St Georges Park Tyldesley, Greater Manchester 5th
Participating clubs 2025-26
Departing were Wigan and Warrington, promoted to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire while Oldham and Hoylake were relegated to Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
Thornton-Cleveleys (8th in 2024-25) did not return for the new season.
De La Salle (Salford) withdrew in March 2026 as a consequence of a merger with the reborn Salford RLFC that established De La Salle as the professional team's official rugby union feeder side.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester 6th De La Salle (Salford) De La Salle Sports & Social Club Salford, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Garstang Hudson Park Garstang, Lancashire Promoted from Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Glossop Hargate Hill Lane Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire Relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Heaton Moor Green Lane Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester Relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Leigh Round Ash Park Leigh, Greater Manchester 9th Littleborough Rakewood Road Littleborough, Greater Manchester 3rd Liverpool Collegiate Aigburth Cricket Ground Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside 10th Sefton Thornhead Lane Liverpool, Merseyside 7th Southport Recreation Ground 3,500 Southport, Merseyside 4th Tyldesley St Georges Park Tyldesley, Greater Manchester 5th
Participating clubs 2024-25
Departing were Trafford MV RFCC and New Brighton, promoted to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire while Fleetwood and De LaSalle (Salford) were relegated to Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
Joining were Bolton and Warrington, relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. Wigan and Thornton-Cleveleys were promoted from Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester Relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Hoylake Carham Road Hoylake, Merseyside 8th Leigh Round Ash Park Leigh, Greater Manchester 7th Littleborough Rakewood Road Littleborough, Greater Manchester 6th Liverpool Collegiate Aigburth Cricket Ground Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside 9th Oldham Manor Park Oldham, Greater Manchester 10th Sefton Thornhead Lane Liverpool, Merseyside 5th Southport Recreation Ground 3,500 Southport, Merseyside 3rd Thornton-Cleveleys Thornton Sports Centre Thornton, Lancashire Promoted from Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Tyldesley St Georges Park Tyldesley, Greater Manchester 4th Warrington The Fortress Walton, Warrington, Cheshire Relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Wigan Douglas Valley Wigan, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire
Participating clubs 2023-24
Joining were Southport, Sefton and Leigh, all relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. New Brighton and Hoylake and were promoted from Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire
At the end of the season, New Brighton and Trafford MV RFCC were promoted to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. Fleetwood and De La Salle (Salford) were relegated to Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season De La Salle (Salford) De La Salle Sports & Social Club Salford, Greater Manchester 8th Fleetwood Melbourne Avenue Fleetwood, Lancashire 7th Hoylake Carham Road Hoylake, Merseyside Promoted from Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Leigh Round Ash Park Leigh, Greater Manchester Relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Littleborough Rakewood Road Littleborough, Greater Manchester 4th Liverpool Collegiate Aigburth Cricket Ground Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside 6th New Brighton Hartsfield Moreton, Merseyside Promoted from Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Oldham Manor Park Oldham, Greater Manchester 9th Sefton Thornhead Lane Liverpool, Merseyside Relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Southport Recreation Ground 3,500 Southport, Merseyside Relegated from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire Trafford MV RFCC MacPherson Park Trafford, Greater Manchester 3rd Tyldesley St Georges Park Tyldesley, Greater Manchester 5th
Participating clubs 2022–23
This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review with the league adopting its new name of Counties 2 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. At the end of the season, Eccles and Heaton Moor were promoted to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. Ormskirk (10th), Wigan (11th) and Orrell were relegated to Counties 3 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season De La Salle (Salford) De La Salle Sports & Social Club Salford, Greater Manchester Eccles Gorton Street Eccles, Greater Manchester Fleetwood Melbourne Avenue Fleetwood, Lancashire Heaton Moor Green Lane Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester Littleborough Rakewood Road Littleborough, Greater Manchester Liverpool Collegiate Aigburth Cricket Ground 3,000 Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside Oldham Manor Park Oldham, Greater Manchester Ormskirk Green Lane Ormskirk, Lancashire Orrell St John Rigby College Orrell, Greater Manchester Trafford MV RFCC MacPherson Park Trafford, Greater Manchester Tyldesley St Georges Park Tyldesley, Greater Manchester Wigan Douglas Valley Wigan, Greater Manchester
Season 2021-22
Not contested as many of the Lancashire RFU affiliated clubs had joined the Lancashire ADM splinter leagues.
Season 2020–21
On 30 October the RFU announced that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning the league was not contested.
Teams 2019–20
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Birchfield Birchfield Road Widnes, Cheshire 5th Congleton Congleton Park Congleton, Cheshire 4th Ellesmere Port Whitby Sports & Social Club Ellesmere Port, Cheshire Promoted from Lancs/Cheshire 3 (runners up) Garstang Hudson Park Garstang, Lancashire 8th Hoylake Carham Road Hoylake, Merseyside Relegated from Lancs/Cheshire 1 (12th) New Brighton Hartsfield 2,000 Moreton, Merseyside 7th Orrell St John Rigby College Orrell, Greater Manchester 3rd Ramsey Mooragh Park Ramsey, Isle of Man Promoted from Lancs/Cheshire 3 (champions)
Teams 2018–19
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Altrincham Kersal Stelfox Avenue Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester Relegated from North 1 West (12th) Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester Transferred from North Lancashire/Cumbria (3rd) Bowdon Clay Lane Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester 5th Fleetwood Melbourne Avenue Fleetwood, Lancashire Transferred from North Lancashire/Cumbria (10th) Glossop Hargate Hill Lane Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire 3rd Hoylake Carham Road Hoylake, Merseyside 11th Leigh Round Ash Park Leigh, Greater Manchester 7th Liverpool Collegiate Aigburth Cricket Ground 3,000 Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside Promoted from South Lancs/Cheshire 2 (runners up) Rochdale Moorgate Avenue Rochdale, Greater Manchester Relegated from North 1 West (13th) Sefton Thornhead Lane Liverpool, Merseyside 10th Southport Recreation Ground 3,500 Southport, Merseyside 9th Tarleton Carr Lane Tarleton, Lancashire Transferred from North Lancashire/Cumbria (7th) Winnington Park Burrows Hill 5,000 Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire Promoted from South Lancs/Cheshire 2 (champions)
Teams 2017–18
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Anselmians Malone Field Eastham, Merseyside 11th Bowdon Clay Lane Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester 5th Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester 3rd Glossop Hargate Hill Lane Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire 4th Hoylake Carham Road Hoylake, Merseyside Promoted from South Lancs/Cheshire 2 (runners up) Leigh Round Ash Park Leigh, Greater Manchester Relegated from North 1 West (13th) Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane 4,370 (370 seats) St. Helens, Lancashire 6th New Brighton Hartsfield 2,000 Moreton, Merseyside 10th Sefton Thornhead Lane Liverpool, Merseyside 8th Southport Recreation Ground 3,500 Southport, Merseyside 9th Tyldesley St Georges Park Tyldesley, Greater Manchester Promoted from South Lancs/Cheshire 2 (champions) West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire Relegated from North 1 West (12th) Widnes Heath Road Widnes, Cheshire 7th
Participating clubs 2016–17 Anselmians Bowdon Broughton Park Douglas (I.O.M.) Glossop Liverpool St Helens Manchester Manchester Medics (promoted from Cheshire (South)) New Brighton Oswestry (promoted from Cheshire (South)) Sefton Southport (promoted from Merseyside (West)) Widnes Wigan
Participating clubs 2015–16