Crewe

Crewe
Town
Clockwise, from top: Crewe Municipal Buildings; Crewe railway station; Market Hall; Crewe Arms Hotel and; Crewe Town Clock
Crewe Location within Cheshire
Population	76,437 (built-up area, 2021)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ705557
• London	147 miles (237 km)[2] SE
Civil parish	Crewe
Unitary authority	Cheshire East
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CREWE
Postcode district	CW1-CW3
Dialling code	01270
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Crewe and Nantwich
Website	Crewe Town Council
List of places UK England Cheshire 53°05′56″N 2°26′24″W / 53.099°N 2.44°W / 53.099; -2.44

Crewe (/kruː/ ^ⓘ) is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The civil parish of Crewe had a population of 55,318 in the 2021 census.^[3] The larger Crewe built-up area, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston, Shavington cum Gresty and Wistaston, had a total population of 76,437 in 2021.^[1]

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 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) northwest of London, 28 miles (45 km) south of Manchester city centre, and 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Liverpool city centre.