Rope is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of

Cheshire East Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The local authority is Cheshire East Council. Towns within the area include Crewe, Macclesfield, Co ...

and the ceremonial county of

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, England. It lies immediately to the south of

Crewe Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The Crewe built-up area had a total population of 75,556 in 2011, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston ...

, with the centre of the parish being around 2¼ miles from the centre of Crewe. Nearby villages include Shavington, Willaston and Wistaston. The civil parish has a total population of just over 2150, reducing to 2,034 at the 2011 Census.

Governance

Rope is administered by Rope Parish Council. Disgraced and scandal ridden ex Cllr. Brian Silvester was rejected by the ward in 2015. Brian Silvester was spared jail but forced to pay a £70,000 fine after admitting that he put vulnerable lives at risk for rent money. 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

. Rope falls in the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, which has been represented by

Kieran Mullan Kieran Mullan (born 6 June 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe and Nantwich at the 2019 general election. Early life and career Mullan was born in 1984. He grew up in soci ...

since 2019, after being represented by Laura Smith (2017–19), Edward Timpson (2008–17) and Gwyneth Dunwoody (1983–2008).

Geography and transport

Much of the area is relatively flat, with an average elevation of around 50 metres. Urban development is largely limited to the Wells Green area in north east corner of the civil parish, adjacent to Wistaston and south

. Much of the remainder of the parish is rural, with the major land use being agricultural. Wellsgreen Brook and Swill Brook run through the east of the civil parish; the latter forms part of its eastern boundary. There are several other unnamed brooks within the parish, as well as several small meres and ponds.Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Rope
(accessed 29 January 2009)Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 257: Crewe & Nantwich The Crewe– Nantwich railway line runs east–west through the centre of the parish. The A500 trunk road runs around 500 metres south of the railway line, in the south of the parish. Rope Lane runs north–south through the parish, crossing the railway line at Ropegreen Bridge; it connects Crewe and Shavington. Gresty Lane/Eastern Road runs east–west through the parish immediately south of the railway, and connects Willaston with the B5071 north of Shavington.

Demography

According to the 2001 census, the civil parish had a population of 2155 in 778 households. The historical population figures were 79 (1801), 96 (1851), 62 (1901) and 177 (1951).

Education

Shavington Academy, located on Rope Lane at , provides secondary education for Rope and civil parishes to the south of

. Berkeley Primary School, at , provides primary education for the northern half of the civil parish, as well as parts of Wistaston and Shavington cum Gresty. The southern half of the parish falls within the catchment area of Shavington Primary School in Shavington.Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Primary School Catchment Areas
(accessed 29 January 2009)

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