Rudheath

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Rudheath
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Rudheath
Location within Cheshire
Population3,807 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ677726
Civil parish
  • Rudheath
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
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UK
England
Cheshire
53°15′00″N2°28′59″W / 53.25°N 2.483°W / 53.25; -2.483 Coordinates: 53°15′00″N2°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]

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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.

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References

  1. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. https://www.rudheathprimaryacademy.co.uk/
  3. http://www.frank-roberts.co.uk/

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