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href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsager_(lungsod)" title="Alsager (lungsod) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Alsager (lungsod)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsager" title="Alsager – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Alsager" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsager" title="Alsager – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alsager" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsager" title="Alsager – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Alsager" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%B1" title="السیجر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="السیجر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsager" title="Alsager – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Alsager" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsager" title="Alsager – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" 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style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.096; -2.305</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Town and civil parish in Cheshire, England</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Alsagers_Bank" 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.ib-uk-place th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}</style><table class="infobox ib-uk-place vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org nowrap">Alsager</th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bank_Corner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_275371.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bank_Corner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_275371.jpg/240px-Bank_Corner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_275371.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bank_Corner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_275371.jpg/360px-Bank_Corner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_275371.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bank_Corner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_275371.jpg/480px-Bank_Corner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_275371.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a></span><div>Town centre</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Alsager,_England.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Coat_of_arms_of_Alsager%2C_England.svg/80px-Coat_of_arms_of_Alsager%2C_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Coat_of_arms_of_Alsager%2C_England.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Alsager%2C_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Coat_of_arms_of_Alsager%2C_England.svg/160px-Coat_of_arms_of_Alsager%2C_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span><div>Arms of Alsager</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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.locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alsager is located in Cheshire"><img alt="Alsager is located in Cheshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1098" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:72.143%;left:70.417%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Alsager"><img alt="Alsager" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Alsager</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">13,389 (2021 Census)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=53.095411~-2.306092&lvl=13&sp=Point.53.095411_-2.306092_Alsager&sty=s&style=s">SJ796554</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></th><td class="infobox-data">144 mi (231 km) <a href="/wiki/Boxing_the_compass" class="mw-redirect" title="Boxing the compass">SE</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Alsager<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Unitary authority</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East" title="Cheshire East">Cheshire East</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">STOKE-ON-TRENT</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ST_postcode_area" title="ST postcode area">ST7</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01270</td></tr><tr 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.geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Alsager&params=53.096_N_2.305_W_region:GB_type:city(13389)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°05′46″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°18′18″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.096°N 2.305°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.096; -2.305</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Alsager </b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'">ɔː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">AWL</span>-say-jər</i></a>) is a town and <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">civil parish</a> in the unitary authority of <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East" title="Cheshire East">Cheshire East</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, England. It is located to the north-west of <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a> and east of <a href="/wiki/Crewe" title="Crewe">Crewe</a>. The town's population was 13,389 at the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_2021_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom 2021 Census">2021 census</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The civil parish is bordered by the parishes of <a href="/wiki/Betchton" title="Betchton">Betchton</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Church_Lawton" title="Church Lawton">Church Lawton</a> to the north-east and east, <a href="/wiki/Kidsgrove" title="Kidsgrove">Kidsgrove</a> to the south-east, <a href="/wiki/Audley_Rural" title="Audley Rural">Audley Rural</a> to the south, <a href="/wiki/Barthomley" title="Barthomley">Barthomley</a> to the south-west, <a href="/wiki/Haslington" title="Haslington">Haslington</a> to the west, and <a href="/wiki/Hassall" title="Hassall">Hassall</a> to the north-west. </p><p>Alsager has hosted an annual summer carnival since 1998; it was located in Milton Park until June 2009 and moved temporarily to the <a href="/wiki/Alsager_School" title="Alsager School">Alsager School</a> playing fields to increase capacity, before returning in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Alsager was awarded <a href="/wiki/Fairtrade_Town" title="Fairtrade Town">Fairtrade Town</a> status by the <a href="/wiki/Fairtrade_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairtrade Foundation">Fairtrade Foundation</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christ_Church_Alsager,_Sep_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Christ_Church_Alsager%2C_Sep_2023.jpg/220px-Christ_Church_Alsager%2C_Sep_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Christ_Church_Alsager%2C_Sep_2023.jpg/330px-Christ_Church_Alsager%2C_Sep_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Christ_Church_Alsager%2C_Sep_2023.jpg/440px-Christ_Church_Alsager%2C_Sep_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5552" data-file-height="3701" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Alsager" title="Christ Church, Alsager">Christ Church, Alsager</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the village of <a href="/wiki/Church_Lawton" title="Church Lawton">Church Lawton</a> are the Church Lawton Barrows, which form part of a significant <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> site near the town.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town's name means 'the arable land of a person named Ælle (<a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a>: <i>Ælles æċer</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alsager was recorded as 'Eleacier' in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086, and was a small farming village until the 19th century when, due to its rail connections and rural character, it became a home of choice for <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pottery</a> works managers from the nearby Federation of Six Towns which later became the city of <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, a large <a href="/wiki/Munitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Munitions">armaments</a> factory was built outside Alsager at <a href="/wiki/ROF_Radway_Green" title="ROF Radway Green">Radway Green</a>, and the town expanded dramatically to house the influx of factory workers. Also during the war a camp was constructed for the training of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>. This bore the name of HMS <i>Excalibur</i> and was situated at the top of Fields Road by the side of the Stoke to Crewe railway line. In 1948 it became a <a href="/wiki/Displaced_persons_camps_in_post-World_War_II_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Displaced persons camps in post-World War II Europe">displaced persons camp</a> for refugees from <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> and the former <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Polish</a> <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, countries which had been forcibly incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Many men from these countries had fought on the side of the Germans to try to regain independence, and they were afraid to return to their countries of origin, as many who had returned were executed by the Russians. A school was set up for the education of their children whose only common language when they arrived was German. The school continued to exist for many years in the same set of wooden huts under the name "Excalibur School". The first Roman Catholic church in Alsager was one of the wooden huts and was attended mainly by the Lithuanians, most of whom were Roman Catholic. The Anglican churches are <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Alsager" title="Christ Church, Alsager">Christ Church</a> (1789),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_Magdalene%27s_Church,_Alsager" title="St Mary Magdalene's Church, Alsager">St Mary Magdalene</a> (1898).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alsager previously had three Methodist churches at Hassall Road (Wesleyan), Wesley Place (Wesleyan) and Crewe Road (Primitive Methodist). By December 2009 two Methodist churches remained, but today there is just one.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The Roman Catholic community is served from St Gabriel's Church. The parish is located in the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Shrewsbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Diocese of Shrewsbury">Diocese of Shrewsbury</a> (Central Cheshire Region – Local Pastoral Area 9).</p><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_refurbished_Alsager_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4230604.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/The_refurbished_Alsager_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4230604.jpg/220px-The_refurbished_Alsager_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4230604.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/The_refurbished_Alsager_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4230604.jpg/330px-The_refurbished_Alsager_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4230604.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/The_refurbished_Alsager_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4230604.jpg/440px-The_refurbished_Alsager_Civic_Centre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4230604.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="935" /></a><figcaption>Alsager Civic Centre</figcaption></figure> <p>The town is home to Alsager Community Theatre (ACT),<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an amateur drama group founded in 1973. ACT puts on its productions at Alsager Civic Centre and at nearby <a href="/wiki/Little_Moreton_Hall" title="Little Moreton Hall">Little Moreton Hall</a>. </p><p>Alsager Arts Centre, formerly housed on <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metropolitan_University" title="Manchester Metropolitan University">Manchester Metropolitan University</a>'s Alsager campus, had a public programme of touring new performances and visual art work presented in two seasons (September–November and January–March). The centre moved to the university's <a href="/wiki/Crewe" title="Crewe">Crewe</a> campus when the Alsager campus closed<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under the title of the Axis Arts Centre but it was closed in spring 2019 because of the planned withdrawal of the university from Crewe.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Arts Centre hosted performance companies such as <a href="/wiki/Forced_Entertainment" title="Forced Entertainment">Forced Entertainment</a> and artists such as <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Baker_(artist)" title="Bobby Baker (artist)">Bobby Baker</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Alsager hosts the annual Alsager Music Festival which takes place in Milton Gardens.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2010, Alsager hosted the first annual Alsager Arts Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Schools">Schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Public education, at primary and secondary school level, is managed by <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East" title="Cheshire East">Cheshire East Council</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager_Community_Trust&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alsager Community Trust (page does not exist)">Alsager Community Trust</a>. The Alsager Community Trust is a co-operative trust, in which all the schools in the town are members. Secondary education is provided by <a href="/wiki/Alsager_School" title="Alsager School">Alsager School</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Academy_(English_school)" title="Academy (English school)">Academy school</a>, that is situated opposite the former Manchester Metropolitan University campus. It is attended by over 1,300 pupils<sup id="cite_ref-Alsager_School_website_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alsager_School_website-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between the ages of 11 and 18. Alsager School is a <a href="/wiki/Business_and_Enterprise_College" title="Business and Enterprise College">Business and Enterprise College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Alsager_School_website_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alsager_School_website-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Six primary schools feed into Alsager School: Alsager Highfields, Cranberry Academy, Excalibur Primary School, Pikemere School, Rode Heath School and St Gabriel's R.C. Primary School. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_Manchester_Metropolitan_University">Former Manchester Metropolitan University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Former Manchester Metropolitan University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MMU_Cheshire_Alsager.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/MMU_Cheshire_Alsager.JPG/220px-MMU_Cheshire_Alsager.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/MMU_Cheshire_Alsager.JPG/330px-MMU_Cheshire_Alsager.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/MMU_Cheshire_Alsager.JPG/440px-MMU_Cheshire_Alsager.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1232" /></a><figcaption>The former Alsager campus of Manchester Metropolitan University, long since closed and demolished</figcaption></figure> <p>During the Second World War a hostel built of wooden army huts was constructed on the site of the MMU to house workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Radway Green, and was called "Heathside". In 1945 it became "Alsager Training College" for the training of teachers which were in short supply at that time. The wooden huts were still in use for housing of students until the early 1960s. The MMU Alsager was home to the Contemporary Arts and Sports Science Departments of the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metropolitan_University" title="Manchester Metropolitan University">Manchester Metropolitan University</a>. The University absorbed the former Crewe & Alsager College of Higher Education, forming the Crewe and Alsager Faculty, subsequently renamed MMU Cheshire. The Alsager Arts Centre was also on campus, and promoted touring contemporary dance, music, theatre, live art, performance writing and visual art events to the public as well as members of the University community. </p><p>In 2006 the university started transferring staff and departments from Alsager to the Crewe campus, as part of plans for closure of the Alsager site.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Arts Centre also moved to the MMU campus in Crewe, and was renamed the Axis Arts Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2012 the entire Alsager campus had long since closed and fallen into disrepair. </p><p>In 2015 the former campus on Hassall Road was earmarked for a total of 408 new houses.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By early 2018 all of the campus buildings had been demolished and the site cleared. Soon afterwards, construction of a new housing estate named "Scholar's Place" commenced on the site of the former Alsager campus.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Along_platform_1,_Alsager_railway_station_(geograph_4524963).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Along_platform_1%2C_Alsager_railway_station_%28geograph_4524963%29.jpg/220px-Along_platform_1%2C_Alsager_railway_station_%28geograph_4524963%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Along_platform_1%2C_Alsager_railway_station_%28geograph_4524963%29.jpg/330px-Along_platform_1%2C_Alsager_railway_station_%28geograph_4524963%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Along_platform_1%2C_Alsager_railway_station_%28geograph_4524963%29.jpg/440px-Along_platform_1%2C_Alsager_railway_station_%28geograph_4524963%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Alsager station</figcaption></figure> <p>Alsager is close to junction 16 of the <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6 motorway</a>. </p><p>The town is served by <a href="/wiki/Alsager_railway_station" title="Alsager railway station">Alsager railway station</a>, with <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands Railway</a> services on the <a href="/wiki/Crewe_to_Derby_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Crewe to Derby line">Crewe to Derby line</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains" title="West Midlands Trains">West Midlands Trains</a> services from <a href="/wiki/Crewe_railway_station" title="Crewe railway station">Crewe</a> to <a href="/wiki/Stafford_railway_station" title="Stafford railway station">Stafford</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> both operate hourly during weekday off-peak times. </p><p>Local bus services are provided by <a href="/wiki/First_Potteries" title="First Potteries">First Potteries</a> and <a href="/wiki/D%26G_Bus" title="D&G Bus">D&G Bus</a>. Key routes include:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>103 to <a href="/wiki/Crewe" title="Crewe">Crewe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hanley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanley, Staffordshire">Hanley</a> every 30 minutes.</li> <li>317 to <a href="/wiki/Rode_Heath" title="Rode Heath">Rode Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandbach" title="Sandbach">Sandbach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leighton_Hospital" title="Leighton Hospital">Leighton Hospital</a> hourly</li> <li>318 to Rode Heath and <a href="/wiki/Congleton" title="Congleton">Congleton</a> once every two hours.</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Trent_and_Mersey_Canal" title="Trent and Mersey Canal">Trent and Mersey Canal</a> runs just to the north-east to the town, forming part of the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Ring" title="Cheshire Ring">Cheshire Ring</a> canal walk and the <a href="/wiki/South_Cheshire_Way" title="South Cheshire Way">South Cheshire Way</a> footpath. The canal's towpath and the nearby <i>Salt Line</i> are also routes of the <a href="/wiki/National_Cycle_Network" title="National Cycle Network">National Cycle Network</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local news and television programmes are provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_North_West" title="BBC North West">BBC North West</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">ITV Granada</a>. Television signals are received from the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Winter Hill transmitting station">Winter Hill</a> TV transmitter.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local radio stations are <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Stoke" title="BBC Radio Stoke">BBC Radio Stoke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" title="Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Hitmix" title="The Hitmix">HitMix Radio</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Silk_106.9" class="mw-redirect" title="Silk 106.9">Silk 106.9</a>. The town's local newspapers are the <i><a href="/wiki/Congleton_Chronicle" title="Congleton Chronicle">Alsager Chronicle</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sentinel_(Staffordshire)" title="The Sentinel (Staffordshire)">The Sentinel</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alsager_Asda_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4491575.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Alsager_Asda_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4491575.jpg/220px-Alsager_Asda_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4491575.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Alsager_Asda_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4491575.jpg/330px-Alsager_Asda_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4491575.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Alsager_Asda_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4491575.jpg/440px-Alsager_Asda_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4491575.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Asda supermarket in Alsager</figcaption></figure> <p>Alsager town centre is characterised by independent and charity shops. The only <a href="/wiki/List_of_supermarket_chains_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of supermarket chains in the United Kingdom">national chain supermarkets</a> in the town are a medium-sized <a href="/wiki/Asda" title="Asda">Asda</a> supermarket and <a href="/wiki/Sainsbury%27s_Local" title="Sainsbury's Local">Sainsbury's Local</a>. </p><p>There is a <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Global_Combat_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="BAE Systems Global Combat Systems">BAE Systems Global Combat Systems</a> <a href="/wiki/ROF_Radway_Green" title="ROF Radway Green">factory</a> in the nearby village of Radway Green, producing <a href="/wiki/Small_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Small arms">small arms</a> ammunition for the British armed forces. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Developments">Developments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 2012 and 2021 Alsager town centre has been redeveloped somewhat:<a href="/wiki/The_Co-operative_Food" class="mw-redirect" title="The Co-operative Food">The Co-operative Food</a> store was rebuilt and enlarged in 2012, but it was sold off and converted to an Asda supermarket in 2015. A Town Square has been created, Fairview park has been rebuilt and capacity at Fairview Car park has been increased. In April 2014 <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East_Council" title="Cheshire East Council">Cheshire East Council</a> gave planning permission for the development of a new <a href="/wiki/Sainsbury%27s" title="Sainsbury's">Sainsbury's</a> store on the former <a href="/wiki/Twyfords" class="mw-redirect" title="Twyfords">Twyfords</a> site off Lawton Road.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sainsbury's are currently reviewing their plans for a large store in the town due to changing patterns in the way people shop, which is currently away from large stores to online shopping and top up shopping at smaller stores. The company along with its rivals have scrapped many major new store schemes throughout the UK. </p><p>There were proposals to build 1267 new build houses, a new supermarket and petrol station in Alsager.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alsager is home to <a href="/wiki/Alsager_Town_F.C." title="Alsager Town F.C.">Alsager Town F.C.</a> The club competes in the <a href="/wiki/North_West_Counties_Football_League" title="North West Counties Football League">North West Counties Football League</a> and plays its home matches at Wood Park.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AFC Alsager is a more recent addition to the town's sporting teams. Established in 2012, the club has over 26 different teams, including a first team at Step 7 in the FA Pyramid System.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Alsager Football Group is a community sports group. Its purpose is to provide local residents with the opportunity to play casual football matches. Alsager is also home to Alsager Old Boys FC and Linley Tavern FC.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alsager also has Alsager Cricket Club, the Alsager Golf and Country Club, the Alsager Institute Bowling Club, the Alsager Company of Archers, Triton Hockey Club, Alsager Lawn Tennis Club, The Wood Park Wulruds, a pool league and a swimming club.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a leisure centre in Alsager, managed by <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_East_Council" title="Cheshire East Council">Cheshire East Council</a>. On 25 October 2019, the new Alsager Sports Hub opened on the former MMU campus on Dunnocksfold Road. The hub contains a pavilion, five grass football pitches, a 3G football pitch and a 2G hockey pitch.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is home to Triton Hockey Club and AFC Alsager. </p><p>Alsager hosts the UK's biggest 5-mile road race, each year in February. The event attracts many of the UK's top endurance athletes.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks">Parks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alsager has several parks. The town's main park is Milton Garden, which has an ornamental sunken garden, a skatepark, a small children's football pitch and a play area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pastimes_and_leisure_pursuits">Pastimes and leisure pursuits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pastimes and leisure pursuits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a strong tradition of <a href="/wiki/Allotment_(gardening)" title="Allotment (gardening)">allotment</a> holding in the town, administered by the Alsager Gardens Association.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lockett" title="Arthur Lockett">Arthur Lockett</a> (1877–1957) was an English footballer who played for <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa" class="mw-redirect" title="Aston Villa">Aston Villa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End" class="mw-redirect" title="Preston North End">Preston North End</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lloyd_(artist)" title="James Lloyd (artist)">James Lloyd</a> (1905–1974) was an artist, who grew up on a farm in the civil parish.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Branch" title="Bill Branch">William John Branch</a> (1911–1985) was an English professional golfer from Alsager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Bell" title="Lee Bell">Lee Bell</a> (born 1983 in Alsager) is an English football manager and former player<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who last played as a midfielder for <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Macclesfield Town">Macclesfield Town</a>, on loan from <a href="/wiki/Burton_Albion" class="mw-redirect" title="Burton Albion">Burton Albion</a>, and is currently the manager of <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Miller" title="Shaun Miller">Shaun Miller</a> (born 1987 in Alsager) is an English professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who played for League Two club <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Saxton" title="Lloyd Saxton">Lloyd Saxton</a> (born 1990 in Alsager) is an English footballer<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who played for the Swedish football club <a href="/wiki/GIF_Sundsvall" title="GIF Sundsvall">GIF Sundsvall</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowan_Cheshire" title="Rowan Cheshire">Rowan Cheshire</a> (born 1995 in Alsager) is a British freestyle skier who represented Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympic games.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nature">Nature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Nature"><span>edit</span></a><span 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have gardens adjoining the waters.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alsager is home to Borrow Pit Meadows, a local beauty spot situated in the north of the town, which leads on to the Salt Line. </p><p>The town has woodlands leading to Church Lawton. </p><p>Near to the railway station, there is another walkway called Merelake Way; this runs mostly alongside Alsager Golf Course. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alsager&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.alsagertowncouncil.org.uk/">"Alsager Town Council"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100924/https://www.alsagertowncouncil.org.uk/">Archived</a> from the original on 1 January 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Alsager.com&rft.atitle=Alsager+Carnival&rft.date=2012-05-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alsager.com%2Ftour%2Fcarnival.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlsager" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5522">Church Lawton Barrows.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041115085655/http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5522">Archived</a> 15 November 2004 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieval Date: 10 August 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Cheshire/Alsager">"Key to English Place-names"</a>. <i>kepn.nottingham.ac.uk</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210714063426/https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js">Archived</a> from the original on 14 July 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk&rft.atitle=Key+to+English+Place-names&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkepn.nottingham.ac.uk%2Fmap%2Fplace%2FCheshire%2FAlsager&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlsager" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Scholes, R. (2000) <i>Towns and villages of Britain: Cheshire.</i> Sigma Press: Wilmslow, Cheshire. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85058-637-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-85058-637-3">1-85058-637-3</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.christchurch-alsager.org.uk/">Christ Church.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051218094457/http://www.christchurch-alsager.org.uk/">Archived</a> 18 December 2005 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieval Date: 10 August 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.achurchnearyou.com/alsager-st-mary-magdalene/">St Mary Magdalene – A Church Near You – website.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100823231356/http://www.achurchnearyou.com/alsager-st-mary-magdalene/">Archived</a> 23 August 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieval Date: 19 January 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wesley-place.org.uk/">Wesley Place Methodist Church Alsager website.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070627045150/http://www.wesley-place.org.uk/">Archived</a> 27 June 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieval Date: 10 August 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alsagercommunitytheatre.org.uk/">Alsager Community Theatre.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110406044254/http://www.alsagercommunitytheatre.org.uk/">Archived</a> 6 April 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieval Date: 20 April 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alsagerartscentre.org.uk/">Alsager Arts Centre website.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081121061828/http://www.alsagerartscentre.org.uk/">Archived</a> 21 November 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieval Date: 10 August 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNeil_Mackenzie2019" class="citation web cs1">Neil Mackenzie (Spring 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190509180544/http://www.axisartscentre.org.uk/">"Spring Season 2019 – Welcome and goodbye!"</a>. Axis Arts Centre. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.axisartscentre.org.uk/">the original</a> on 9 May 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Spring+Season+2019+%E2%80%93+Welcome+and+goodbye%21&rft.pub=Axis+Arts+Centre&rft.date=2019&rft.au=Neil+Mackenzie&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.axisartscentre.org.uk%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlsager" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alsagermusicfestival.co.uk/">Alsager Music Festival website.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130716190221/http://alsagermusicfestival.co.uk/">Archived</a> 16 July 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieval Date: 10 May 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Town's annual music festival". <i><a href="/wiki/Congleton_Chronicle" title="Congleton Chronicle">Congleton Chronicle</a></i>. 19 July 2024. p. 17.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Congleton+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Town%27s+annual+music+festival&rft.pages=17&rft.date=2024-07-19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlsager" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alsagerfestival.com/">Alsager Festival website.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100824055245/http://www.alsagerfestival.com/">Archived</a> 24 August 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieval Date: 3 June 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Alsager_School_website-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Alsager_School_website_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Alsager_School_website_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alsagerschool.co.uk/">Alsager School website.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080509173005/http://www.alsagerschool.co.uk/">Archived</a> 9 May 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieval Date: 10 August 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://beta.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Fight-save-campus-jobs/article-1522322-detail/article.html">"Job cuts planned at MMU Cheshire"</a>. <i>The Sentinel</i>. 17 November 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=East+Midlands+Railway&rft.atitle=Timetables&rft.date=2024-06-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk%2Ftimetables&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlsager" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables">"Train Timetables and Schedules"</a>. <i>West Midlands Railway</i>. 2 June 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 November</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=British+Papers&rft.atitle=Alsager+Chronicle&rft.date=2013-10-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishpapers.co.uk%2Fengland-nw%2Falsager-chronicle%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlsager" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-wmids/stoke-sentinel/">"The Sentinel"</a>. <i>British Papers</i>. 22 September 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 November</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=British+Papers&rft.atitle=The+Sentinel&rft.date=2013-09-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishpapers.co.uk%2Fengland-wmids%2Fstoke-sentinel%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlsager" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Alsager-businesses-lose-fight-stop-Sainsbury-8217/story-20907030-detail/story.html">The Sentinel.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924110804/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Alsager-businesses-lose-fight-stop-Sainsbury-8217/story-20907030-detail/story.html">Archived</a> 24 September 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieval Date: 4 April 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alsageraction.org.uk/public-meeting-12112012/summary-of-house-building-for-alsager/">Alsager Residents Action Group website.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130707072300/http://alsageraction.org.uk/public-meeting-12112012/summary-of-house-building-for-alsager/">Archived</a> 7 July 2013 at <a href="/wiki/Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a> Retrieval Date: 10 May 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.alsagertownfc.co.uk/">"Home page"</a>. 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