Basford, Cheshire

Basford
Locomotives at Basford Hall railway yard
Basford
Basford shown within Cheshire
Population	256 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ715522
Civil parish	Basford
Unitary authority	Cheshire East
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CREWE
Postcode district	CW2
Dialling code	01270
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Crewe and Nantwich
List of places UK England Cheshire 53°03′58″N 2°25′30″W / 53.066°N 2.425°W / 53.066; -2.425Coordinates: 53°03′58″N 2°25′30″W / 53.066°N 2.425°W / 53.066; -2.425

Basford is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, just south of Crewe. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 266, reducing slightly to 256 at the 2011 Census.

The civil parish is administered jointly with the adjacent parish of Weston. The Weston and Basford Parish Council meets monthly and discusses a wide range of community issues. From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East. Basford falls in the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, which has been represented by Edward Timpson since a by-election in 2008.

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