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 John the Baptist's Church is in Market Place, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, and diocese of Manchester. Together with St George's and St Philip's …
St George's Church is in the village of Carrington, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, but is now redundant and in the care of the Churches Conse…
St Cross Church is in the town of Knutsford, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, in the deanery of Knutsford, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Che…
St Catherine's Church, Over Alderley, also known as St Catherine's Church, Birtles, stands in an isolated position in Birtles Lane, near to Birtles Hall, in the civil parish of Over Alderley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritag…
Skelton Junction is a complex of railway junctions to the south of Manchester in Timperley, near Altrincham. Both the Cheshire Lines Committee's Liverpool to Manchester line and the LNWR's Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway fed into the junc…
Shawclough & Healey railway station served the townships of Shawclough and Healey in Rochdale, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England, from 1870 until closure in 1947.
Shawclough is a mainly residential area to the north of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Its boundaries are roughly Whitworth Road, Shawclough Road and Healey Corner. Housing is mixed but predominantly owned semi-detached and detached 3/4 bedr…
Saxon Mill, Droylsden was a cotton spinning mill in Droylsden, Tameside, Greater Manchester.
Royd Mill, Oldham is a cotton spinning mill in Hollinwood, Oldham, Greater Manchester.
Royd House is a Grade I listed building in Hale, Greater Manchester. It was designed by architect Edgar Wood as his own home and was built between 1914 and 1916. The building is regarded as one of the most advanced examples of early twentieth centur…
The Rochdale Branch Canal was a branch of the Rochdale Canal in north-west England which led close to Rochdale Town Centre. It was in use from 1794, and was bordered by the landscaped gardens of Lark Mill House on the western bank until the 1850s. A…
The River Ogden is a river in Lancashire, England, formed by Musbury Brook, Alden Brook and Swinnel Brook.
Redvales is a residential district to the south of Bury town centre in Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom.
Red Rose Forest is a community forest in western and central Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in 1991 and is expected to take 40 years to develop and mature, with the aim of involving communities in safeguarding and creating a woodland fl…
Quay Bar was a building situated next to the Bridgewater Canal basin in Castlefield, Manchester.
Parrs Wood Sixth Form Centre (also referred to as 6th Form) is a sixth-form college which is part of the Parrs Wood High School school campus and is located in (East) Didsbury, Manchester. Parrs Wood Sixth Form opened in 2000 after the rebuilding of…
Park Bridge Railway Station was on the line from Oldham to Ashton-under-Lyne, from 1861 until closure of the passenger service in May 1959. The station was located adjacent to the south side of the viaduct at Park Bridge. The line remained in use fo…
Outwood Viaduct is a Grade II listed railway viaduct crossing the River Irwell in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester.