Crewe
Sign in to saveCrewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had 76,437. The town is best known as a large railway junction and home to Crewe Works; for many years, it was a major railway engineering facility for manufacturing and overhauling locomotives, but is now much reduced in size. From 1946 until 2002, it was also the home of Rolls-Royce motor car production. The Pyms Lane factory on the west of the town now exclusively produces Bentley motor cars. Crewe is nor
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Crewe
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.static_image_width
- 280
- UK place.population_ref
- 55,318 (Parish, 2021);
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ705557
- UK place.london_direction
- SE
- UK place.civil_parish
- Crewe
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cheshire East
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cheshire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- CREWE
- UK place.postcode_district
- CW1, CW2
- UK place.postcode_area
- CW
- UK place.dial_code
- 01270
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Crewe and Nantwich
- UK place.website
- Crewe Town Council
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- Media
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Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had 76,437. The town is best known as a large railway junction and home to Crewe Works; for many years, it was a major railway engineering facility for manufacturing and overhauling locomotives, but is now much reduced in size. From 1946 until 2002, it was also the home of Rolls-Royce motor car production. The Pyms Lane factory on the west of the town now exclusively produces Bentley motor cars. Crewe is north-west of London, south of Manchester city centre and south-east of Liverpool city centre.
==History==