Alsager

Alsager
Town centre
Arms of Alsager
Alsager is located in Cheshire
Alsager
Alsager
Location within Cheshire
Population13,389 (Parish, 2021)[1]
15,505 (Built up area, 2021)[2]
OS grid referenceSJ796554
• London144 mi (231 km) SE
Civil parish
  • Alsager
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode districtST7
Dialling code01270
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°05′46″N 2°18′18″W / 53.096°N 2.305°W / 53.096; -2.305

Alsager (/ˈɔːlsər/ AWL-say-jər) is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located to the north-west of Stoke-on-Trent and east of Crewe. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 13,389 and the built up area population was 15,505.

The civil parish is bordered by the parishes of Betchton to the north, Church Lawton to the north-east and east, Kidsgrove to the south-east, Audley Rural to the south, Barthomley to the south-west, Haslington to the west, and Hassall to the north-west.

Alsager has hosted an annual summer carnival since 1998; it was located in Milton Park until June 2009 and moved temporarily to the Alsager School playing fields to increase capacity, before returning in 2017.[3] In 2008, Alsager was awarded Fairtrade Town status by the Fairtrade Foundation.

  1. ^ "Alsager parish". City Population. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Alsager Carnival". Alsager.com. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

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