Cheadle Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Staffordshire, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the north of the county centred on the small town of Cheadle.

In 1872 sanitary districts were established, giving public health and local government responsibilities for rural areas to the existing boards of guardians of poor law unions.

[5] The district's civil parishes were:[5] In the early years the council met at the board room of the workhouse, reflecting its origins in the poor law union.

[6] The council later built itself a new headquarters at 40 Leek Road (then also known as Greenhill), which was formally opened on 5 March 1937.

[8] The former Cheadle Rural District Council offices at 40 Leek Road subsequently served as an area office for the new district council until being sold and converted into flats around 2015, with the old council chamber being retained in municipal use for meetings of Cheadle Town Council.