Sproston
Sproston
Sproston Location within Cheshire
Population	218 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ732670
Civil parish	Sproston
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CREWE
Postcode district	CW4
Dialling code	01477 01606
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Tatton
Website	www.sprostonparishcouncil.org.uk
List of places UK England Cheshire 53°11′53″N 2°24′11″W / 53.198°N 2.403°W / 53.198; -2.403

Sproston is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north-west of England, approximately 2 miles east of Middlewich. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 218.^[1]

Sproston is on the A54 road between Middlewich and Junction 18 of the M6 Motorway.

Governance

Sproston is in the parliamentary constituency of Tatton. The current MP is Esther McVey for the Conservative Party, elected in the 2017 General Election. Previously, George Osborne, also a member of the Conservative Party, had been the MP from 7 June 2001 to 3 May 2017. The village also has a parish council.

Transport

The village is served by the 42 bus route operated by D&G Bus:

• 42: Crewe to Congleton (Monday to Saturday)

The closest railway station is Holmes Chapel railway station sited on the Crewe-Manchester Line, which is a spur of the West Coast Main Line. Northern operates hourly stopping services between Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe.

Junction 18 of the M6 motorway serves both Sproston and nearby Middlewich.

Sproston is 20 miles (32 km) from Manchester Airport, the busiest airport in the UK outside London, and 32 miles (51 km) from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.