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Crewe

Crewe toun centre leukin towards the Mercat Haw (mainly red brick biggin).
Crewe is located in Cheshire
Crewe
Crewe
Location within Cheshire
Population83,650   (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ705557
• Lunnon174 mi (280 km)
Unitar authority
Ceremonial coonty
Region
KintraIngland
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Post tounCREWE
Postcode destrictCW1, CW2, CW3, CW4, CW98
Diallin code01270
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth Wast
EU PairlamentNorth Wast Ingland
UK Pairlament
Leet o places
UK
Ingland
Cheshire
53°05′56″N 2°26′24″W / 53.099°N 2.44°W / 53.099; -2.44Coordinates: 53°05′56″N 2°26′24″W / 53.099°N 2.44°W / 53.099; -2.44

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.

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