Crewe is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England.
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18 Facts About Crewe
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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.
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Crewe is 158 miles north of London, 28 miles south of Manchester city centre, and 31 miles south of Liverpool city centre.
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Crewe was thus named after the railway station, rather than the other way round.
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New town of Crewe was founded next to the railway station in the township of Monks Coppenhall which, with the township of Church Coppenhall, formed the ancient parish of Coppenhall.
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Crewe provided a doctor's surgery with a scheme of health insurance.
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Crewe was described by author Alan Garner in his novel Red Shift as "the ultimate reality".
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Crewe is within the United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich.
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Crewe applied for City status as part of the Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours in 2022, however this application was denied and Crewe remains a town.
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Crewe Business Park is a 67-acre site with offices, research and IT manufacturing.
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Cheshire East Council developed a new regeneration master plan for Crewe, which included the opening of a new Lifestyle Centre, with a new swimming pool, gym and library.
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Crewe has been proposed as the site of a transport hub for the new High Speed 2 line, with development planned for completion in 2027.
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Crewe is on the A500, A530 and A534 roads, and is less than 5 miles from the M6 motorway.
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Crewe has six Anglican churches, three Methodist, one Roman Catholic and two Baptist.
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Jacobean mansion Crewe Hall is located to the east of the town near Crewe Green.
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Crewe News is a hyperlocal blog publishing local news, business, events and sports news.
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Crewe Railroaders are the town's American football team, currently competing in the BAFA Central League Division 2 and the subject of the film Gridiron UK, which premiered at the Lyceum Theatre on 29 September 2016.
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Crewe has its own roller derby team, Railtown Loco Rollers, founded in September 2013.
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