| Basford | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Locomotives at Basford Hall Yard | |
  Basford Location within Cheshire | |
| Population | 256 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ715522 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CREWE |
| Postcode district | CW2 |
| Dialling code | 01270 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Basford is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston and Crewe Green,[1] in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, lying immediately south of Crewe. Nearby villages include Shavington, Weston, Hough and Chorlton.[2][3] The population was 256 in 2011. Basford was first recorded in the Domesday survey and had a moated manor. The modern parish is bisected by the A500 and the Crewe-to-Stafford railway line, and includes Basford Hall Sorting Sidings.
- ^ "Weston and Crewe Green". Mapit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Crewe & Nantwich: Whitchurch & Tattenhall (OS Explorer series 257), Ordnance Survey, 2000, ISBN 0-319-21893-7
- ^ Search at Cheshire East Council Public Map Viewer (accessed 4–5 March 2020)