Trafford Park is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Located opposite Salford Quays, on the southern side of the Manchester Ship Canal, it is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) west-southwest of Manchester city centre, and 1.3 miles (2.1 km) north of Stretford. Until the late 19th century it was the ancestral home of the Trafford family, who sold it to financier Ernest Terah Hooley in 1896. Occupying an area of 4.7 square miles (12 km2), it was the first planned industrial estate in the world, and remains the largest in Europe.
Population: 3,060
Latitude: 53° 28' 7.64" N
Longitude: -2° 18' 42.98" W
St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover is in an isolated position approached by a lane in the civil parish of Peover Superior. The only other buildings nearby are Peover Hall and a farm. It lies some 3 miles (5 km) south of the town of Knutsford. The chu…
St Gabriel's Hall (commonly known as "Gabs") is a small and friendly all-female hall of residence belonging to The University of Manchester. It has a caring atmosphere and is situated within easy walking distance of The University.
Shadowmoss is a station on the Airport Line of the Manchester Metrolink which opened on 3 November 2014.
The School of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering (or "MACE") at the University of Manchester was formed from three departments in the 2004 merger between the Victoria University of Manchester(VUM) and UMIST. The merged departments were the De…
Sale Water Park Metrolink station is a station for Phase 3b of the Manchester Metrolink.
Saint Peter's is a Roman Catholic High School on Kirkmanshulme Lane in Belle Vue, Manchester, England.
Ryder Brow railway station serves the Gorton and Ryder Brow areas of Manchester, England.
Rosso is a bus operator providing services in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
Rochdale was an ecclesiastical parish of early-medieval origin in northern England, administered from the Church of St Chad, Rochdale. At its zenith, it occupied 58,620 acres (237 km2) of land amongst the South Pennines, and straddled the historic c…
Prestwich Heys A.F.C. is an amateur football club based in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England.
Plant Hill Arts College (formally Plant Hill High School) was an 11-16 community school, serving boys and girls predominately from the Blackley area of North Manchester. The school had approximately 820 pupils on roll before it was replaced by the C…
Philips Park is an area of parkland situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury on the boundary of Whitefield and Prestwich, in Greater Manchester. The park consists of rich woodland and grassland habitat and is home to an assortment of wildlif…
Oulder Hill Community School High School is a mixed gender comprehensive community secondary school for 11–16 year olds, located in Rochdale in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.
Ordsall Lane railway station is a closed railway station on the Liverpool to Manchester line.
Oldham bus station is a bus station located in the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester. The bus station is found on Cheapside at the junction of West Street. The bus station opened in January 2001 and replaced the previous bus station at Town Squar…
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is a theatre in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
Oldham Central Metrolink Station is a station in Oldham town centre on Union Street.
Newton Heath Railway Station served the district of Newton Heath in east Manchester. It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) on 1 December 1853 and was closed by British Railways on 3 January 1966. The station buildings were situ…