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Alsager occurs as town inside Cheshire, England, to the north-west of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and east of the railway town of Crewe. the town has a people of 12,578 (2001 census), and is administered by Congleton Borough Council.

Alsager is placed at (53.Chiliad, -Two.2833)1.

In the centre of Alsager occurs as flow of any stream known as [http://www.rmcybernetics.com/research/alsager_mere/alsager_mere.htm Alsager Mere]. This isolated pool is accesable by local residents whom use gardens ajoining by owning the waters, & by a little public viewing vicinity. Transport

Alsager is remove junction Xvi of the M6, and is too served per local Crewe to Bowler railway service.

A Trent and Mersey Canal runs just in a north-east to the town, forming a portion of the Cheshire Ring Canal Hike & the South Cheshire Way footpath. A canal's towing path & a nearby 'Salt Line' come too national routes of the National Cycle Network. Regional Route 70 lives to the west of the town.

Education

Alsager is at home to the Art & Design Dept. of the Manchester Metropolitan University, and occurs as campus town. A University absorbed a previous Crewe & Alsager College of Higher Education. There exists an Alsager Arts Centre, showing contemporary act.

Sport

Alsager is personal to Alsager Town F.C. and Alsager Cricket Club

History

A [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5522 Church Lawton Barrows] form the portion of a important Bronze Age site near a town. Alsager ('Eleacier' in the Domesday Book) was a little agrarian village until a 19th century when due to its rail connections & rural character, it became the house of selection for pottery works managers from a nearby city of Stoke-in-Trent. In the period of The Second World War a large armaments factory was built outside the town at Radway Green, and it was expanded dramatically to home a inflow of mill-hand.

A churches come [http://www.christchurch-alsager.org.uk/ Christ Church] (1789), and St. Mary Magdalene (1898).

Nearby is the historic Rode Hall and gardens.

Alsager Bridgestone Amateur Swimming Club
Has introduction and joining instructions, club news, calendar, results, fixtures list and training schedule. [Requires JavaScript]

Alsager Tour Guide
Web portal featuring collection of guided walks, list of local events and guestbook.

Invitations for Weddings
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