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Also known as Crewe, Cheshire, Monks Coppenhall

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 nor

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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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Population
55315
Image
Municipal Buildings, Crewe.jpg
Dialing code
01270
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Commons category
Crewe
OS grid reference
SJ705557
postal code
CW1
P12749
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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.

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