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Moston, Manchester Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Moston, Manchester

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Moston, Manchester history

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The name Moston may derive from the Old English words moss and ton, where moss usually referred to a place that was mossy, marshy or peat bog, and ton signified a town or settlement. The area of White Moss still retains these characteristics.

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Broadhurst Park and Field stage summer funfairs and summer sports activities. The majority of the site is open grassland, and includes a landscaped area. The north of the park is home to recreation and community events, while the south contains woodland.

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Moston is located above the midpoint of the Greater Manchester Urban Area, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) north-east of Manchester city centre. It is bordered by Harpurhey, to the east by Failsworth and by Newton Heath and Monsall.

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Best Moston, Manchester places to visit

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

B of the Bang B of the Bang was a sculpture by Thomas Heatherwick next to the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England . It was one of the tallest structures in Manchester and the tallest sculpture in the UK until the completion of Aspire in 2008 . The sculpture took its name from a quotation of British sprinter Linford Christie, in which he said that he started his races not merely at the “bang” of the starting pistol, but at “the B of The Bang”

Sportcity Sportcity in Manchester was used to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games . It is now home to Manchester City F.C. and is one of the largest football stadiums in England . The Manchester Velodrome is the base for British Cycling and the National Indoor BMX Arena was completed in 2011 .

Tonge Hall Tonge Hall is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Tonge, Middleton, Greater Manchester. It was built in the 17th century and is now in the Middleton area of Middleton.

North Manchester Rugby Club North Manchester Rugby Club (aka North Manchester RUFC) is an amateur sports club situated 5 miles north of the centre of Manchester. Established originally in 1921 in Prestwich as Prestwich Rugby Union Football Club, the club moved to Rhodes Cricket Club in 1951 and changed its name to Prestwich & Middleton Rugby Union football club in 1985. In 1991 the club merged with struggling Oldham college Rugby Union Club, maintaining the name of North Manchester.

Municipal Borough of Middleton The Municipal Borough of Middleton was, from 1886 to 1974, coterminous with Middleton. It was a municipal borough in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.

Royd Mill, Oldham Royd Mill, Oldham was built in 1907 and extended in 1912 and 1924. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. The mill was demolished in 2015 to make way for a housing scheme.

Clayton Hall Clayton Hall is a 15th-century manor house on Ashton New Road, in Clayton, Manchester. It is a Grade II* listed building, the mound on which it is built is a scheduled ancient monument, and a rare example of a medieval moated site. Alterations were made to the hall in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Clayton Vale Clayton Vale is an area of green space in Clayton, Manchester. Redeveloped in 1986, the land has a rich industrial and social history. Today the area is a natural habitat for wildlife and it has been designated a Local Nature Reserve.

Droylsden West (ward) Droylsden West is an electoral ward of Tameside, England. It is represented in Westminster by Angela Rayner Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne.

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