Crewe
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![]() Crewe toun centre leukin towards the Mercat Haw (mainly red brick biggin). | |
Location within Cheshire | |
Population | 83,650 + (2011 Census) |
OS grid reference | SJ705557 |
• Lunnon | 174 mi (280 km) |
Unitar authority |
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Ceremonial coonty | |
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Kintra | Ingland |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Post toun | CREWE |
Postcode destrict | CW1, CW2, CW3, CW4, CW98 |
Diallin code | 01270 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North Wast |
EU Pairlament | North Wast Ingland |
UK Pairlament |
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Crewe is a railwey toun athin the unitar authority aurie o Cheshire East an the ceremonial coonty o Cheshire, Ingland. Accordin tae the 2001 census the urban aurie haed a population o 67,683. Crewe is aiblins best kent as a lairge railwey junction an hame tae Crewe Works, for mony years a major railwey ingineerin facility for manufacturin an owerhaulin locomotives, but nou hintle reducit in size. Frae 1946 till 2002 it wis the hame o Rolls-Royce motor caur production an aw. The Pyms Lane factory on the wast o the toun nou produces Bentley motor caurs exclusively.