Crewe

Crewe
Town
Clockwise, from top: Crewe Municipal Buildings, Crewe railway station, Market Hall, Crewe Arms Hotel and Crewe Town Clock (demolished).
Crewe
Location within Cheshire
Population55,318 (Parish, 2021)
74,120 (Built up area, 2021)
OS grid referenceSJ705557
• London147 miles (237 km) SE
Civil parish
  • Crewe
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCREWE
Postcode districtCW1, CW2
Dialling code01270
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
WebsiteCrewe Town Council

Crewe (/kruː/ ⓘ) 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 a population of 74,120.

Crewe is perhaps 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 158 miles (254 km) north-west of London, 28 miles (45 km) south of Manchester city centre and 31 miles (50 km) south-east of Liverpool city centre.

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