West Didsbury
District of Didsbury
England - United Kingdom

Withington

Withington is a suburban area of Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies 4 miles south of Manchester city centre, about 0.4 miles south of Fallowfield, 0.5 miles north-east of Didsbury and 1 mile east of Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Withington has a population of just over 14,000 people.

Located at 53.433, -2.229 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Areas of Manchester, History of Manchester, Manchester City Council Wards, Withington

Wilmslow Road

Wilmslow Road is a major thoroughfare in Manchester, England, running from Parrs Wood northwards to Rusholme. There it becomes Oxford Road and the name changes again to Oxford Street when it crosses the River Medlock and reaches the city centre. The road runs through the centres of Didsbury, Withington and Fallowfield, including the major student residential campus of Owens Park, to Rusholme.

Located at 53.429, -2.227 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Manchester

Didsbury

Didsbury is a suburban area and dormitory community of the City of Manchester, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Mersey, 4.5 miles south of Manchester city centre, in the southern half of the Greater Manchester Urban Area. Historically a part of Lancashire, there are records of Didsbury existing as a small hamlet as early as the 13th century.

Located at 53.4164, -2.23083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Articles with inconsistent citation formats, Areas of Manchester, Didsbury

Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Withington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by John Leech of the Liberal Democrats.

Located at 53.433, -2.234 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester, United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918, Withington, Didsbury

Nazarene Theological College (England)

The Nazarene Theological College, one of several institutions of higher education affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene, is a seminary in Didsbury, a leafy suburb in the south of Manchester, England. The seminary supports degree courses in Theology in association with the near-by University of Manchester. It also provides pastoral teaching.

Located at 53.4161, -2.24 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Bible colleges, seminaries and theological colleges in England, Universities and colleges affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene, Further education colleges in Greater Manchester, Christianity in Manchester, Grade II listed buildings in Manchester, Didsbury, Grade II listed educational buildings

Old Moat

Old Moat is an electoral district or ward in the south of the City of Manchester, England. Voters from this ward elect three councillors to Manchester City Council. Currently all three councillors, Andrew Fender, Suzannah Reeves and Jeff Smith are members of the Labour Party. The Labour Party has held all the seats in the ward since 1986.

Located at 53.4379, -2.2373 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Manchester City Council Wards

Christie Hospital

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is located in Withington, Manchester, and is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe. The Christie became a NHS Foundation Trust in April 2007 and is also an international leader in cancer research and development, and home to the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research.

Located at 53.4297, -2.22861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hospitals established in 1892, Hospitals in Manchester, Specialist hospitals in England, Withington

Withington Community Hospital

Withington Community Hospital (officially known as the Withington Community Hospital and Diagnostic and Treatment Centre) is a hospital in south Manchester, England. Despite being named as the Withington Community Hospital, due to local border modifications the hospital is now situated in West Didsbury. A new hospital building to the south-east of the old site is now a primary care base, it now provides specialist care to those who are awaiting diagnostic treatment and day surgery appointments.

Located at 53.4253, -2.24583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1880s architecture, NHS hospitals, Hospitals in Manchester, Hospitals established in 2005, Grade II listed buildings in Manchester, Didsbury, Withington, Teaching hospitals

A5103 road

The A5103 is a major road in England. It runs from Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre to junction 3 of the M56 motorway and is one of Manchester's principal radial routes.

Located at 53.4352, -2.2459 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roads in England, Roads in Greater Manchester, Transport in Manchester, Streets in Manchester

Withington Girls' School

Withington Girls' School is an independent day school in Fallowfield, Manchester, United Kingdom, providing education for girls between the ages of seven and eighteen. Withington is a member of the Girls' Schools Association.

Located at 53.439, -2.226 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Girls' schools in Greater Manchester, Independent schools in Manchester, Schools damaged by arson, Withington, People educated at Withington Girls' School, Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association, School buildings in the United Kingdom destroyed by arson, Educational institutions established in 1890, 1890 establishments in England

The Barlow RC High School

The Barlow RC High School & Specialist Science College is a comprehensive school in Didsbury in south Manchester, England. Dedicated to Saint Ambrose Barlow, the local, Catholic martyr and saint, the school was established in 1985 by the merger of Hollies RC High School for Girls and St Mark's RC High School for Boys. The Barlow is an inclusive Roman Catholic Secondary School in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford maintained by the Manchester Education Authority.

Located at 53.415, -2.22 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Science Colleges in Greater Manchester, Comprehensive schools in Manchester, Didsbury, Roman Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Salford, Educational institutions established in 1985, 1985 establishments in England

Alexandra Park Aerodrome (Manchester)

Alexandra Park Aerodrome was the second purpose-built aerodrome in the Manchester area. The site was chosen by the War Department in 1917 because of its open agricultural nature, and lay between the neighbouring districts of Fallowfield, Chorlton, Withington and West Didsbury, at the junction of Princess Road and Mauldeth Road West, three miles south of Manchester's city centre: the land was owned by the Egerton Estate.

Located at 53.4364, -2.2502 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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History of Manchester, 1918 establishments in England, 1924 disestablishments, Defunct airports in England, Withington

Cine City, Withington

Cine City was a cinema in Withington, Manchester, England located at 494 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 3BG. It opened in 1912 as The Scala, and was the third cinema to open in Britain. During the 1930s, cinemas became increasingly popular; The Scala was one of 109 cinemas in Manchester at its peak. The road outside was hit by a small bomb during the Second World War, but the cinema (which was showing several films at the time) survived with only minor damage.

Located at 53.4336, -2.22917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Theatres completed in 1912, Former cinemas in England, Buildings and structures in Manchester, Grade II listed buildings in Greater Manchester, History of Manchester, Withington

Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden

Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden (known locally as Fletcher Moss) is situated in Didsbury, Manchester, England, between the River Mersey and Stenner Woods which many people lived near by. The park is named after local Alderman Fletcher Moss, who donated the park to the city of Manchester in 1919. It is part botanical garden and part wildlife habitat, but also offers recreational facilities such as tennis courts, rugby and football pitches and a cafe.

Located at 53.4094, -2.23028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre

The University of Manchester Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre (WMIC) is a purpose built facility designed to exploit the potential for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in oncology, neuroscience and psychiatry research. Based on the site of the Christie Hospital in Manchester, the Centre aims to pioneer clinical research and development in experimental medicine.

Located at 53.4308, -2.23111 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Didsbury Mosque

The Didsbury Mosque and Islamic Centre is located on Burton Road, West Didsbury in Manchester, England. The building was originally the “Albert Park Methodist Chapel”, which opened for worship in 1883, but in 1962 the church closed and was later converted to a Mosque. It has an attendance of around 1,000 people. Mustafa Graf is currently Imam at the Mosque. and the khatib is Salim al-Shaikhi.

Located at 53.4228, -2.24694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Mosques in England, Places of worship in Manchester

The Towers (Manchester)

The Towers (later known as the Shirley Institute, and then the BTTG) is a research establishment for new technologies in cotton production. The Shirley Institute was established in 1920 at a cost of £10,000 to accommodate the newly formed British Cotton Industry Research Association. It is a Grade II* listed building in the suburb of Didsbury, located 6 miles miles south of Manchester, England.

Located at 53.4081, -2.2261 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Towers in Greater Manchester, Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester, Houses completed in 1872, 1920 establishments in England, Didsbury

Shirley Institute

The Shirley Institute was established in 1920 as the British Cotton Industry Research Association at The Towers in Didsbury, Manchester as a research centre dedicated to cotton production technologies. It was at the Institute that Ventile was invented. It was funded by the Cotton Board through a statutory levy. The BCRA merged with the British Rayon Research Association to form the Cotton, Silk, and Man-Made Fibres Research Association in 1961.

Located at 53.4081, -2.2262 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Textile industry of the United Kingdom, Didsbury, Research institutes in the United Kingdom, British research associations, Cotton industry, History of the textile industry

Didsbury railway station

Didsbury railway station is a former station in Didsbury, in the southern suburbs of Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The station was located on Wilmslow Road, just north of the junction with Barlow Moor Road and opposite Didsbury Library. Nothing now remains of the old station buildings, which have been demolished, but the surviving white Portland stone clock tower is a local landmark.

Located at 53.4186, -2.2313 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Didsbury, Proposed Manchester Metrolink stations, Disused railway stations in Manchester, Former Midland Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1880, Railway stations closed in 1967, Manchester South District Line, Beeching closures in England

Wilmslow Road bus corridor

The Wilmslow Road bus corridor is a 5.5-mile-long section of road in Manchester that carries a large number of bus services. The corridor runs from Parrs Wood to Manchester city centre along Wilmslow Road and Oxford Road, serving Didsbury, Withington, Fallowfield and Rusholme.

Located at 53.429, -2.227 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bus routes in England, Streets in Manchester, Transport in Greater Manchester

Withington Metrolink station

Withington Metrolink Station is a future station proposed in Phase 3B of the Manchester Metrolink Big Bang extension plans, which is located on the west side of Princess Road on the fringe of Withington, the stop will be in a cutting. The station is scheduled to open in the summer of 2013. Withington station will be a new station on a re-opened railway line, the Cheshire Lines Committee line into Manchester Central, which closed to passenger service in 1967.

Located at 53.433, -2.25 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Proposed Manchester Metrolink stations, Manchester South District Line

Burton Road Metrolink station

Burton Road Metrolink Station is a future station which is to be constructed on one of the new lines on the Manchester Metrolink light rail public transport system in Manchester, England, UK. The station is part of Phase 3B of the "Big Bang" extension project which will increase the Metrolink network size by 47 miles . Among other proposals, this project plans to re-open a disused railway through the suburbs of south Manchester to operate a light rail service into Manchester City Centre.

Located at 53.4286, -2.24 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Proposed Manchester Metrolink stations

Church of St James, Didsbury

The Church of St James, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, Manchester, is an ancient Anglican church of medieval origins with significant subsequent alterations in the 17th and mid-19th centuries. The church was designated a Grade II* listed building on 25 February 1952. The original chapel is believed to have been a 13th-century oratory. Rebuilding took place in the early seventeenth century, including the "dumpy" tower.

Located at 53.41, -2.2318 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Churches in Manchester, Church of England churches in Greater Manchester, Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester, Grade II* listed churches

Didsbury School of Education

The Didsbury College of Education, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester, England, is a campus of Manchester Metropolitan University. Originally a "handsome house of circa 1785", the building was massively expanded for use as a Wesleyan training college in the 19th century and then became a school of education. The college was designated a Grade II* listed building on 25 February 1952. The original brick house can still be seen from the courtyard at the back of the college.

Located at 53.412, -2.2302 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, Grade II* listed educational buildings

Northern Lawn Tennis Club

The Northern Lawn Tennis Club was established in 1879 and is a members-owned rackets and fitness club located in the Didsbury suburb of Manchester. It is a member of the British Lawn Tennis Association. It has large tennis facilities offering 22 tennis courts: 3 indoor courts, 9 grass courts, 3 clay courts, 6 all weather courts, and 1 junior court. It also has large squash facilities and is an affiliated member of England Squash & Racketball.

Located at 53.4235, -2.2372 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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