| Alkrington Garden Village | |
|---|---|
 Alkrington Hall | |
  Alkrington Garden Village Location within Greater Manchester | |
| OS grid reference | SD875045 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M24 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Alkrington Garden Village is a suburban area of Middleton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.[1][2]
Historically a part of Lancashire, in the Middle Ages Alkrington was a township[3] in the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham in the hundred of Salford.[2][4] Once rolling farmland, in 1886 Alkrington was added to the Municipal Borough of Middleton,[2] and developed into a residential area.[1]
Alkrington lies on the northern edge of the city of Manchester with the suburb of Blackley directly to the south. The Local Government Act 1972 added Alkrington to the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale; though Alkrington is separated from the town of Rochdale by the rest of Middleton and rural land.
The "Woodside" district of Alkrington is home to a number of affluent properties with Woodfield Road, Middleton's most expensive street, being located here.
- ^ a b "Alkrington". Middleton Guardian. 23 May 2005. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
- ^ a b c "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – A. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
- ^ Alkrington Township Boundariesl, GenUKI, retrieved 28 August 2012
- ^ Farrer, William; Brownbill, J, eds. (1911), "Alkrington", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5, British History Online, pp. 82–85, retrieved 1 June 2012