Croft

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Croft

Total population

2,920

Coordinates53.44°, -2.55°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Croft is a village and civil parish in Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England, about four miles north of Warrington town centre. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,920. It is a semi-rural, residential district.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Pete Postlethwaite

English character actor (1946–2011)

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Rebekah Brooks

English journalist

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Polly Walker

British actress

Kerry Katona

English media personality and singer (born 1980)

Liam Byrne

British politician (born 1970)

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Barbara Wood

British writer

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Gareth Jones

English record producer

Abigail

English singer

Jack Robinson

English association football player (born 1993)

Ian Brown

English musician; singer of The Stone Roses

Brigham Henry Roberts

American Mormon; denied a seat as a member of United States Congress because of religion (1857-1933)

James Chester

association football player

Thomas Percival

British physician (1740-1804)

Alex MacDonald

Footballer (born 1990)

Arthur Aikin

British chemist, mineralogist, author (1771/73 - 1854)

George Sampson

street dancer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Newton-le-Willows
  3.2 mi away
• Walkden
  8.8 mi away
• Eccles
  9.5 mi away
• Sale
  9.7 mi away
• Whiston
  9.9 mi away
• Prescot
  10.4 mi away
• Frodsham
  11.7 mi away
• Kirkby
  14.2 mi away
• Chorley
  15.3 mi away
• Burscough
  16.3 mi away
• Ormskirk
  16.4 mi away
• Wheelton
  17.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Croft

Decorative painting in England, 1537-1837

Edward Croft-Murray · 1962

The cask

Freeman Wills Crofts · 1920

Areopagitica

John Milton · 1644

John Croft Back in England

Lee B. Croft · 2023

History of the Croft family

Martin L. Skubinna · 1985

Case for Three Detectives

Leo Bruce · 1937

St. George for England

Rupert Croft-Cooke · 1966

A literary history of England

Albert Croll Baugh · 1948

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-09-16

blusher

Amanita rubescens

Seen 2026-09-16

Angle Shades

Phlogophora meticulosa

Seen 2026-09-16

wrinkled fieldcap

Agrocybe rivulosa

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Blue Damselfly

Enallagma cyathigerum

Seen 2026-09-15

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Seen 2026-09-15

Hart's-tongue fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

Seen 2026-09-15

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers