For Tom’s Tap and Brewhouse (a small independent brewery, bar and venue on Thomas Street in Crewe), the opportunity to brew a beer to commemorate the first locomotive built by Crewe Works was an intriguing project - the idea of creating a beer that might have been brewed around the 1840s was too good to […]
5 local organisations have been awarded a total of over £10,000 by Crewe Town Council for local projects which will benefit Crewe’s residents! At the latest Community Plan Committee meeting, Councillors approved awards which will help to fund: Support for carers A safety hub for women Athletics equipment and training Amateur musical performances within the […]
The Deputy Mayor of Crewe – Councillor Dawn Clark – has officially opened new business Radiance Personified, which is located at 63 Earle Street. Radiance Personified has been providing aesthetic and beauty services since June 2021 from a garden room at their home in Crewe. They had been looking for a shop in the right […]
The Crewe Town Council seasonal summer programme is brought to an end with our FREE Heritage Open Days event, which runs between 8 and 17 September 2023. Heritage Open Days is a national festival celebrating local grass roots heritage, making it accessible to local communities. Crewe Town Council has led on facilitating this event to […]
A Defibrillator Directory listing every 24/7 access defibrillator (defib) in Crewe has gone live. The Directory is hosted on the Crewe Town Council website and contains details of locations of each defib (including the What3words reference) and availability of bleed kits. Crewe Town Council has purchased seven of the seventeen defibs, which have been sited […]
Crewe Town Council objects in the strongest terms to the threats to the train station ticket office At the most recent meeting of Crewe Town Council’s Planning Committee, councillors expressed their clear objections to the current proposals of Avanti West Coast as they consult on proposals to close the ticket office Crewe Station. […]
Crewe Town Council is leading a three year partnership with Everybody Health and Leisure to develop and deliver a series of health and wellbeing activities within Crewe parks as part of a “Pop Up in the Parks” project. The latest schedule of activities has now been announced to include: Wellbeing Walks (Crewe Lifestyle Centre) Family […]
Continuing its commitment to male mental health, Crewe Town Council is pleased to announce that it is partnering with wilderness therapy organisation the Wilderness Tribe to deliver innovative nature-based mental health support within the town. Male mental health was recognised as an area of need in the “Vision for Crewe – Crewe’s Community Plan” report […]
This August, visitors to the “Forging History: 180 years of the Crewe Works” exhibition at Crewe Heritage Centre will be able to view the last fully operational LNWR locomotive built in Crewe! The 135 year-old Engine No 1054 Coal Tank will be on loan from the Bahamas Locomotive Society. From a Crewe design originating from […]
The Crewe Works 180 exhibition was formally launched yesterday (on Crewe Day!) by the Mayor of Crewe (Councillor Dennis Straine-Francis) and the Chairman of the Crewe Heritage Trust (Gordon Heddon). The proceedings began with The Rhymeologist (Gareth Williams) reading his poem about the Works, "More than a Workplace". Gordon Heddon spoke about the […]
