Rudheath 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 Northwich. The civil parish also includes the area of Broken Cross. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 3,807. Rudheath has a parish council, the lowest level of local government.