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| Rudheath | |
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 The Old Broken Cross public house, Rudheath | |
  Rudheath Location within Cheshire | |
| Population | 3,807 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ677726 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORTHWICH |
| Postcode district | CW9 |
| Dialling code | 01606 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
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 civil parish also includes the area of Broken Cross. [1] The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 3,807. [2] Rudheath has a parish council, the lowest level of local government. [1]
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Rudheath is the location of Rudheath Primary Academy, [3] 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. [4] 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.
Broken Cross was named for a wayside cross which formerly stood at the junction of King Street and Penny's Lane, and was probably broken by the 17th century. A farm and the Old Broken Cross public house were named for the former cross. [5]
