Editing Audlem (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Shropshire Union Canal, Audlem - geograph.org.uk - 5346242.jpg|thumb|right|The Shropshire Union Canal in Audlem]]

===Roads===
Audlem lies at the junction of the [[A525 road|A525]] and [[A529 road|A529]] roads in south Cheshire. The A525 road runs from Newcastle under Lyme and Woore from the east and Whitchurch from the west. The A529 runs from Nantwich in the north and from Market Drayton in the south. 

Audlem is approximately {{Convert | 10 | mi}} west of the [[M6 motorway]]. The closest junctions are junction 16 from the North and junctions 15 and 14 from the South.<ref>{{cite web |title=Audlem Online: How to find us |url=https://www.audlem.org/tourism/how-to-find-us.html |website=Audlem Online |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref>

===Canal===
Audlem is on the [[Shropshire Union Canal]], which has a flight of 15 locks, to raise the canal {{convert|93|ft|m}} from the [[Cheshire Plain]] to the Shropshire Plain. The [[River Weaver]] passes west of the village. 

===Railway===
[[Audlem railway station]] closed along with the local railway line in 1963. The station was on the former [[Great Western Railway]] between [[Market Drayton]] and [[Nantwich railway station|Nantwich]], opened in 1863.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.audlem.org/content.php?ContID=132&SubCat=13 |title=Audlem Village History website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213072012/http://www.audlem.org/content.php?ContID=132&SubCat=13 |archive-date=2008-02-13 }}</ref> The station was immortalised in the song "[[Slow Train (Flanders and Swann song)|Slow Train]]" by [[Flanders and Swann]].

The closest railway stations are Nantwich and [[Whitchurch railway station (Shropshire)|Whitchurch]] on the [[Welsh Marches line]]. Both stations are {{Convert | 7 | mi}} from Audlem. [[Crewe railway station|Crewe]], on the [[West Coast Main Line]], is {{Convert | 10 | mi}} away.
===Buses===
Audlem is served by the go-too bus.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.go-too.co.uk/home.aspx | title = Go-too | year = 2024 | website = Go-too | access-date = 2024-09-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240922131227/https://www.go-too.co.uk/home.aspx | archive-date = 2024-09-22}}</ref> Other bus services were discontinued on 1 September 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/public_transport/bus_service_changes.aspx | title = Bus Service Changes | year = 2024 | website = [[Cheshire East Council]] | access-date = 2024-09-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240826115612/https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/public_transport/bus_service_changes.aspx | archive-date = 2024-08-26 | quote = Councillor Mark Goldsmith, chair of Cheshire East Council's highways and transport committee, said: 'The operator of our Nantwich rural bus routes (70, 71, 72 and 73) has given the council notice that they intend to pull out of providing these services.'}}</ref>