Abbey Hey

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Abbey Hey
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Tower blocks near Abbey Hey
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Abbey Hey
Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference SJ875965
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MANCHESTER
Postcode district M18
Dialling code 0161
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°28′05″N2°09′36″W / 53.4680°N 2.16°W / 53.4680; -2.16

Abbey Hey is an area of Gorton, in the city of Manchester, England. It is known mainly for Debdale Park and Wright Robinson College.

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Borders

The neighbourhood is bordered on the east by the former Stockport Branch Canal (now Yellow Brick Road, a cycle path [1] ), on the north by the Hope Valley line/Glossop line, on the south and west side by the former Fallowfield Loop railway line (now Fallowfield Loop). The police district is slightly bigger, incorporating the area between the Canal and Chapman Street and the area north of the Gorton Reservoirs in Debdale Park. [2]

Sports

Although it is located just outside the boundaries, the local football club is Abbey Hey F.C.

Transport

Fallowfield Loop. See the spur between Hyde Road Station and Gorton Fallowfield loop line map.png
Fallowfield Loop. See the spur between Hyde Road Station and Gorton

Its location causes easy transport to Manchester city centre to be provided by rail at the Gorton railway station and by a variety of Bee Network bus routes.

The Fallowfield Loop railway line had a loop back to Manchester along Vine Street. This spur is now filled in and partly park and partly housing. [3] [4] [5] Passenger services on the line and spur ended in 1958 when the regular local passenger connection were withdrawn. Through passenger trains still used the Loop until 1969 after the closure of Manchester Central railway station when lines got rerouted to other stations in Manchester. The line was still used by freight trains, until British Rail in 1988 decided not to upgrade the line and closed it down instead. The tracks were lifted in 1991. [6]

Governance

The area is in the Gorton and Denton constituency), which has been represented in Westminster by Andrew Gwynne since 2024 United Kingdom general election. Mr. Gwynne stood for the Labour Party until he was suspended from that party. [7]

Following a boundary review in 2017, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England announced that Abbey Hey would form part of a new electoral ward named Gorton and Abbey Hey for the local elections 2018. Abbey Hey had previously been part of Gorton North electoral ward. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Scheme Manchester Cycleway - Yellow Brick Road
  2. ↑ Greater Manchester Police - Abbey Hey
  3. ↑ The Opposite Spur - through Abbey Hey - back towards Manchester
  4. ↑ Vine Street Community Park
  5. ↑ Planning application Vine Street 2014
  6. ↑ Chard, Andy (2021). The Railways of Manchester; The evolution and development of the city's railways. Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing. ISBN   978 1 909431 84 3. p. 133
  7. ↑ "Andrew Gwynne sacked as health minister over comments posted on a WhatsApp group". Sky News. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  8. ↑ LGBCE (April 2017). Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2018.
  9. ↑ http://www.ssmcamra.co.uk/LostPubsArea.htm [ bare URL ]
  10. ↑ Joy for residents as hotel is demolished
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