Crewe

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 owes its existence to Crewe railway station, which opened in 1837 on the Grand Junction Railway, and it became a large railway junction and the home of Crewe Works, for many years a major facility for manufacturing and overhauling locomotives. The population grew quickly and reached 40,000 by 1871. The town has a large park, Queen's Park, laid out by the engineer Francis Webb on land donated by the London and North Western Railway. Local government is shared between Crewe Town Council and Cheshire East Council, and like most of the United Kingdom the town has an oceanic climate.