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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Prestwich

  

Prestwich Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Prestwich

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Prestwich history

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Toponymy

Prestwich is possibly of Old English origin, derived from preost and wic. The township was variously recorded as Prestwich in 1194, Prestwic in 1202 and Prestewic in 1203. Wic was a place-name element derived from the Latin vicus, place.

Prestwich manor emerged in the Middle Ages and in 1212 was assessed as four oxgang of land held by Adam de Prestwich whose father, Robert held it in 1193. Prestwich Hospital was built as an asylum in 1851 and by 1900 it had grown into the largest asylum in Europe in Europe.

Prestwich landmarks

Arts and Crafts, grade II listed building on Hilton Lane, built c1880. Beech Tree Bank, Rectory Lane and Poppythorn Cottage were built 1881.

Prestwich geography / climate

Prestwich lies to the east of the River Irwell and is bounded on the north by Whitefield and Heaton Park. The two main north–south roads passing from central Manchester to Bury, Bury New Road (A56) and Bury Old Road, traverse the district.

You can visit Prestwich places with Walkfo Prestwich to hear history at Prestwich’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Prestwich has 84 places to visit in our interactive Prestwich map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Prestwich, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Prestwich places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Prestwich & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 84 audio facts unique to Prestwich places in an interactive Prestwich map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Prestwich Places Map
84 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Prestwich historic spots	Prestwich tourist destinations	Prestwich plaques	Prestwich geographic features
Walkfo Prestwich tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Prestwich

  

Best Prestwich places to visit

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Prestwich has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Prestwich’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Prestwich’s information audio spots:

Blackley Cemetery Blackley Cemetery is a large, municipal cemetery situated within the northern suburbs of Manchester . It is owned, operated and maintained by Manchester City Council . It was opened in 1953 on land that was previously a golf course .

Rhodes, Greater Manchester Rhodes is a suburb of Middleton, in the Rochdale district of Greater Manchester. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 2917.

Wet Earth Colliery Wet Earth Colliery was a coal mine located on the Manchester Coalfield, in Clifton, Greater Manchester. The colliery has a unique place in British coal mining history; apart from being one of the earliest pits in the country, it is the place where engineer James Brindley made water run uphill.

Pendlebury (ward) Pendlebury is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP Rebecca Long Bailey. A profile of the ward conducted in 2014 recorded a population of 13,434.

Greater Manchester Built-up Area The Greater Manchester Built-up Area has a population of 2,553,379 according to the United Kingdom Census 2011. It is the second most populous conurbation in the UK after the Greater London built-up area. The area is not conterminous with Greater Manchester, for it excludes settlements such as Wigan and Marple from Greater Manchester.

HM Prison Forest Bank HM Prison Forest Bank is a Category B men’s private prison. It is located in the Agecroft area of Pendlebury in Salford near Manchester. The prison is operated by Sodexo Justice Services.

Irlams o’ th’ Height Irlams o’ th’ Height is a suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the centre of the city’s population.

Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury Swinton and Pendlebury was a local government district of Lancashire. It was created in 1894 as an urban district and enlarged in 1934 as a municipal borough. The urban district was governed from Pendleburgh Town Hall on Bolton Road at the junction with Carrington Street.

St Augustine’s Church, Pendlebury St. Augustine’s Church is an active Anglican church in Pendlebury, Greater Manchester. The church was granted Grade II* listed status in 1966 but has since been upgraded to Grade I. Called the “Miners’ Cathedral”, due to its almost cathedralesque stature, it was also sometimes locally called “Gussie’s”

Kersal Moor Kersal Moor consists of eight hectares of moorland in Kersal, Greater Manchester. It was the site of the first Manchester Racecourse and the second golf course to be built outside Scotland. It has been extensively used for other sporting pursuits, military manoeuvres and public gatherings such as the Great Chartist Meeting of 1838.

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