Eccles, Greater Manchester

Eccles
Eccles Cross
Eccles is located in Greater Manchester
Eccles
Eccles
Location within Greater Manchester
Population38,756 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ778986
• London165 mi (266 km) SE
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMANCHESTER
Postcode districtM30
Dialling code0161
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°28′57″N 2°20′20″W / 53.4824°N 2.3390°W / 53.4824; -2.3390
Eccles Town Hall

Eccles (/ˈɛkəlz/) is a market town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England,[1] 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Salford and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Manchester, split by the M602 motorway and bordered by the Manchester Ship Canal to the south. The town is famous for the Eccles cake.

Eccles grew around the 13th-century Parish Church of St Mary. Evidence of pre-historic human settlement has been discovered locally, but the area was predominantly agricultural until the Industrial Revolution, when a textile industry was established in the town. The arrival of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway led to the town's expansion along the route of the track linking those two cities.

  1. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – D to F. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2008.