Where to start?! Ive lived in Crewe my whole life, and as a result ill need therapy for the rest of my life! well, maybe thats an exaggeration (marginally).
I live 5 minutes from Crewe town centre, and have the 'pleasure' shall we say, of using these facilities. Any visitors to Crewe will be well aware of the fact that this is no major city, by far. Crewe is just backwards place, known mainly for its railway station, and possibly the worlds worst football team - Crewe Alexandra.
Crewe town centre consists mainly of sports shops, and small cafes. I guess you could throw in some jewellery stores with that too. The town square, which is really nothing to look twice at, is usually occupied by unemployed middle-aged people using the seating, or crowds of chavs and such like, looking for some unsuspecting victim. (if the chavs arent here youre probably safe, but dont go into macdonalds, theyll be there instead)
Thankfully, the council
has approved building plans for a new shopping centre with a debenhams (woot!!!) so hopefully, itll all be looking relatively modern soon, instead of the currentthrow back to the 20's style concrete buildings.
The bus station currently dominates the town centre, and I guess you could say that the public transport in and around town is good. Possibly one of the few good things I have to say about Crewe, is that Ive never had a problem with public transport (not even with the chavs on them) However, commuters etc using the trains may have a problem since it is over a mile away from the town centre. Although there is a bus service from the train station to the bus station.
Crewe is not the typical town, with a relatively small town centre, but with a small retail park less than a mile away, and a major-road high stree, close to the train station. Where you are most likely to find more jewellery shops, clothes stores, pubs and restaurants.
Crewe is not known for its night-life although it has its share of pubs, and a handful of clubs which support crewes budding musicians. For a small town, the night-life is nothing to complain about. With several big clubs in the neighbouring towns such as Nantwich.
Are you ready for this?....This could possibly be Crewe's finest achievement! Its South Cheshire College - rated the top college in the country. Currently an A-level student here, I can truely say that this is a God send to Crewe. With a modern floor-to-roof glass sides, the main building sparkles its way into my favourite places to be in Crewe. And once again, their are more development plans. The college is going to be totally reconstructed in a new ultra-modern design.
Unless you have plans for a tour of the college, or maybe the railway, and the 'rail-age' miniature museum, then there is definitely a lack of things to do, for both residents and tourists. although we dont generally get many of those round here, considering were about an hours drive from the nearest beach, and 30 mins drive from the nearest city (Chester)
Unfortunately, a large percentage of Crewe's residents are chavs. Dont get me wrong, I dont Hate chavs.....no, wait - YES I DO!!! Crewe was named the U.K's chav captial. now do you understand my deep loathing of this place? Chavs only really seemed to start appearing roughly 5 years ago, but since then, they've taken off in a major way. Hence, in the less wealthier areas of Crewe (most of it) - where the chavs seem to rule the world (or at least their backyard) there are vast amounts of vandalism, fights, litter and graffiti. Crewe was also named one of the top 5 most dangerous places to live in cheshire.
However, Crewe does have the UK famous, if not world famous, Rolls Royce factory. At least Crewe has something to cheer about.This does however support my theory that there are high levels of pollution in Crewe. I take any chance I get to escape to the clean air and space of Wales. You really can tell the difference between the pollution levels, and its a wonderful feeling to escape the claustrophobic cloud of putridity (if thats a word?!)
Crewe has many smaller villages and towns on the out-skirts including Willaston, and Wistaston. These have a better reputation than Crewe, although to be fair, thats not hard! However, there is once again a down side, as House prices in Crewe and its surrounding area is extortionate, compared to other areas of the same quality.
If my review hasnt made you think twice about coming to Crewe (and I start to worry about your mental health at this point) Then there are several large hotels, although they are expensive to say the least. Unfortunately I dont have enough info on these to write anything of substance, hence my review isnt on the hotels specifically!
I really could ramble on about Crewe all day, but Im sure I would bore you, so if you require any more information, then leave a comment, and Ill edit review asap.
So, to summarise, If you dont want to be beaten up by chavs, and other fools (who really need to go back to school to learn english) and you dont want to study in SC college, and youre not after a bentley or Rolls Royce, then there is nothing here for you.
Failing that, all I have to say is.....I warned you!
I spent 2 hours at Crewe train station once on route from carlisle to London - I would have ventured outside except it was raining, and I was busy getting angry at the amount of trainspotters, and thinking that I'm here waiting with no choice, and there's these weird men at Crewe station out of choice!
L0BSTER_QUADRILLE 10.12.2006 19:56
Sounds like a mini-version of Sheffield!
dingagirl 23.11.2006 15:48
=D that has to be one of the funniest reviews EVER!!
but tis so true....we do live in a town full of chavs. . . . .and i bet they broke the window of the chippy on my corner. . . . .
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