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
Population	55,318 (Parish, 2021)[1] 74,120 (Built up area, 2021)[2]
OS grid reference	SJ705557
• London	147 miles (237 km)[3] 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, CW2
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. 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.