Crewe station is a gateway to Cheshire and is an important interchange station with regular connections throughout England and Wales.
Crewe has a newly developed Market Hall with a range of independent businesses and food stalls. It is also home to the Grade II listed Edwardian Lyceum theatre with its ornate auditorium.
Monthly Makers Markets are held on the third Sunday of every month
Crewe Alexandra FC is a 5-minute walk away, whilst the Crewe Heritage Centre, which is open on weekends from Easter to October, celebrates the towns rail heritage and is an easy 20-minute walk from the station. Rail passengers get a two-for-the-price-of-one offer to the Heritage Centre with valid rail tickets.
One stop away from Crewe on the line to Shrewsbury is Nantwich, a pleasant market town, which regularly hosts farmers’ markets, food and drink events and music festivals.
Crewe is also home to a number of employers including the Crewe Business Park, Caudwell Logistics, Bentley Motors and Manchester Metropolitan University.
Crewe station has received a number of Cheshire Best Kept Stations Awards.
In 2019 Crewe won the TravelWatch NorthWest Award. It also won this award in 2014.
Other awards include:
- highly commended for the 2020 Special Award
- was highly commended for the World War 1 Centenary Award in 2018
- the Marketing Cheshire Award in 2013
- the Best Staffed Station Award in 2012 and 2010
- the Principal Stations Award in 2011
- the Customer Care Award in 2009
- the Cheshire’s Year of Garden Award in 2008