Chelford is a village and

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, England; it includes the hamlet of Astle. It lies six miles (10 km) west of

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and six miles south-east of

Knutsford Knutsford () is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire East district, in Cheshire, England; it is located south-west of Manchester, north-west of Macclesfield and south-east of Warrington. The population of the parish at the 2021 Uni ...

. The village forms part of the Tatton parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 census, Chelford had a population of 1,174.

History

In the 15th century, the village had a watermill, the ''Bate Mill''. In the late 1780s, Chelford was one of the larger villages in Cheshire and had several shops. In 1894, 14 people died in the Chelford rail accident. A large

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was held at Chelford every Monday for over a century, but it was closed on 30 March 2017. Business has been transferred to the market at Beeston and the former site is to be used for housing. In November 2019, a

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view showed only the foundations, as the Chelford Market buildings had been demolished.

Geography

Chelford is sited near to the Capesthorne Estate and is surrounded by farmland. Almost all inhabitants of the village live on one estate, where the only way in or out is via the

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Amenities

Local amenities include a post office, the ''Egerton Arms'' pub and an agricultural supplies business, Chelford Farm Supplies. St John's Church is the burial place of former world champion racing

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and the venue for an annual cyclists'

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service.

Transport

The village lies near to the junction of the A537 and

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s. Chelford railway station is a stop on the Crewe-Manchester line.

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operates generally hourly services between , and .

D&G Bus D&G Bus is a bus operator based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It operates local and interurban bus services in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. D&G Bus is the largest bus operator in Cheshire ...

operates the 87 bus route through the village, which links Macclesfield with Knutsford.

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