Rudheath

Unitary authorityCeremonial countyRegionCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORTHWICHPostcode districtCW9Dialling code01606PoliceCheshireFireCheshireAmbulanceNorth West UK Parliament 53°15′00″N 2°28′59″W / 53.25°N 2.483°W / 53.25; -2.483

Rudheath is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, approximately 2 miles east of Northwich. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 3,807.^[1]

Rudheath is the location of Rudheath Primary Academy,^[2] and the Rudheath Senior Academy. Both schools provide education to school-age children from the village and the surrounding area.

Contemporary major local employers include Frank Roberts & Sons, a bakery that has been associated with the area since 1887. Two of Frank Roberts & Sons's three main business divisions, Roberts Bakery and The Little Treats Co, are based on the A556 in Rudheath and Aldred's The Bakers, is located in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.^[3] Morrisons supermarket has a large distribution centre on the A530, while Orange, Barclays Bank and The Hut Group all have business centres at Gadbrook Park, off the A556.

See also

• Listed buildings in Rudheath

References

External links

Media related to Rudheath at Wikimedia Commons