Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe
Suburb
The centre
Wythenshawe is located in Greater Manchester
Wythenshawe
Wythenshawe
Location within Greater Manchester
Population110,000 
OS grid referenceSJ824884
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMANCHESTER
Postcode districtM22
Dialling code0161
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°23′31″N 2°15′50″W / 53.392°N 2.264°W / 53.392; -2.264
Wythenshawe Forum

Wythenshawe (/ˈwɪðənʃɔː/) is a suburb of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. Historically it was part of Cheshire,[1] in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a large new housing estate there in the 1920s. With an area of approximately 11 square miles (28 km2), Wythenshawe became the largest council estate in Europe.[2][3][4]

Wythenshawe includes the areas of Baguley, Benchill, Peel Hall, Newall Green, Woodhouse Park, Moss Nook, Northern Moor, Northenden and Sharston.[5]

St Luke the Physician Church, Benchill, Wythenshawe
  1. ^ "Wythenshawe". Vision of Britain Through Time. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. ^ "All About Wythenshawe". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ^ Deakin, Derick. "History of the Estate". Wythit. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2006.
  4. ^ Halle-Richards, Sophie (30 December 2019). "One hundred years ago a man had a dream - and that dream was Wythenshawe". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Manchester City Council - Wythenshawe Strategic Regeneration Framework". Manchester.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2014.