Cheshire East

Cheshire East
Cheshire East
Unitary authority area and borough
	Crewe, a historic railway town and the largest town in Cheshire East
	Coat of arms
	Motto: Working together for excellence
	Cheshire East shown within Cheshire
	Coordinates: 53°08′46″N 2°22′01″W / 53.146°N 2.367°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Incorporated	1 April 2009
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Cheshire East Council
• Executive	Committee system
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Nick Mannion
• Mayor	Rod Fletcher
• MPs	6 MPs Aphra Brandreth (C) ; Andrew Cooper (L) ; Esther McVey (C) ; Connor Naismith (L) ; Tim Roca (L) ; Sarah Russell (L) ;
Area
• Total	450 sq mi (1,166 km2)
• Rank	19th
Population (2022)
• Total	406,527
• Rank	16th
• Density	900/sq mi (349/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 94.4% White ; 2.4% Asian ; 1.8% Mixed ; 0.6% Black ; 0.8% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 54.3% Christianity ; 37.7% no religion ; 1.0% Islam ; 0.5% Hinduism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.2% Judaism ; 0.1% Sikhism ; 0.4% other ; 5.5% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	CW1–5; CW10–12; SK9–12; SK23; ST7; SY14; WA13–16;
Dialling codes	01260; 01270; 01477; 01565; 01606; 01625; 01829; 01948;
ISO 3166 code	GB-CHE
GSS code	E06000049
Website	cheshireeast.gov.uk

Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council, which is based in the town of Sandbach. Other towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Wilmslow, Nantwich, Poynton, Knutsford, Alsager, Bollington and Handforth.