Editing Congleton (section)

{{Short description|Town in Cheshire, England}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.162|-2.217|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Congleton
| static_image_name = CongletonTownHall.jpg
| static_image_caption = [[Congleton Town Hall]], completed 1866
| population_ref = 28,497 (Parish, 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Congleton parish |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/admin/cheshire_east/E04010931__congleton/ |website=City Population |access-date=30 January 2025}}</ref><br>{{nowrap|30,005 (Built up area, 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021 |website=Census 2021 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>}}
| civil_parish = Congleton
| unitary_england = [[Cheshire East]]
| lieutenancy_england = [[Cheshire]]
| region = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)|Congleton]]
| post_town = CONGLETON
| postcode_district = CW12
| postcode_area = CW
| dial_code = 01260
| os_grid_reference = SJ854628
| website = {{URL|www.congleton-tc.gov.uk}}
| static_image_2_name = 
| static_image_2_caption = Coat of arms of [[Congleton Town Council]]
}}

'''Congleton''' is a [[market town]] and [[civil parish]] in [[Cheshire East]], [[Cheshire]], England. It is on the [[River Dane]], {{convert|21|mi|km}} south of [[Manchester]] and {{convert|13|mi|km}} north of [[Stoke on Trent]]. At the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], the parish had a population of 28,497 and the built-up area had a population of 30,005.