The Conservatives took 28.7 per cent of the vote, the Liberal Democrats 16.9 per cent, the United Kingdom Independence Party 3.4 per cent, the Green Party 2.0 per cent, and the Christian Party 0.4 per cent. Manchester Metrolink's Trafford Park Line from Pomona to Intu Trafford Centre opened in March 2020.[96]. The family acquired the lands around Trafford in about 1200, when Richard de Trafford was given the lordship of Stretford by Hamon de Massey, 4th Baron of Dunham. The intention was to build "a flagship site" containing prestigious accommodation for offices, shops, and "hi-tech" industries, capitalising on the area's proximity to Manchester city centre and mirroring the earlier success of the redevelopment at nearby Salford Quays. The geology of South Trafford is Keuper marl with some Keuper waterstone and sandstone, whilst the geology of North Trafford is Bunter sandstone. But by the end of June 1897 less than one per cent of the park had been leased,[23] and so the park's existing assets were put to use until more tenants could be found. was founded in 1903 and plays in the Football Conference. Diviso in due parti dal lago artificiale Serpentine Lake , il parco è contiguo ai Kensington Gardens , che sono comunemente considerati come una parte di Hyde Park, anche se nella realtà le due aree verdi sono ufficialmente separate sin dal 1728 , quando la Regina Carolina ne impose la divisione. Report an issue online. [94], Manchester Metrolink runs north–south through Trafford, with its southern terminus in Altrincham. The residents of Trafford Metropolitan Borough are represented in the British Parliament by Members of Parliament (MPs) for three separate parliamentary constituencies. [44] The textile industry in Trafford could not compete with that in places such as Manchester, Oldham, and Ashton-under-Lyne, partly because of a reluctance to invest in industry on the part of the two main land owners in the area: the Stamfords and the de Traffords. It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. [31] In 1919, Westinghouse was sold to the Vickers Company and renamed Metropolitan-Vickers, often shortened to Metrovicks. There are 21 electoral wards in Trafford, each with 3 councillors, giving a total of 63 councillors with one-third elected three years out of four. [54] The park's decline was exacerbated by the decreasing use of the Manchester Ship Canal during the 1970s, which was unable to accommodate the newer, larger container ships then entering service. 's Old Trafford football ground to the east of the Bridgewater Canal. [85] A separate electric tramway was installed in 1903, and was taken over and operated by Manchester and Salford Corporations in 1905. The council spent £31.8 million on children and young people's services (21%); £60.1 million on community services and social care (40%); £34.4 million on "prosperity, planning, and development" (23%); and £33.8 million on customer and corporate services (22%).[24]. Like the rest of the park, it fell into decline during the 1960s, exacerbated by the increasing use of road transport, and it was closed in 1998. [44], Trafford Park was founded in 1897, and at its peak in 1945 employed 75,000 people. [14] The Manchester Ship Canal, opened in 1894, forms part of Trafford's northern and western boundaries with Salford. Further disputes over the standard of roads in the park followed until, in 1907, the Estates Company presented a petition to Lancashire County Council demanding that Trafford Park should be an urban district in its own right, independent of Stretford. [66], Sale Water Park is a 152-acre (62 ha) area of countryside and parkland including a 52-acre (21 ha) artificial lake created when the M60 motorway was built. Its main machine shop was 899 feet (274 m) long and 440 feet (134 m) wide; for almost 100 years Westinghouse's Trafford Park works was the most important engineering facility in Britain. [87], Under an 1898 agreement between the Estates Company and the Ship Canal Company, the latter committed to carry freight on their dock railway between the docks and the park and to the construction of a permanent connection between the two railway networks. Salix Living is the Private Sector Leasing and Sales arm of Salix Homes, a Salford-based social housing provider and provides a complete private letting and property management service across Salford, Trafford and Manchester. Brookheys Covert is a semi-natural wood consisting mainly of ash, birch, and rowan, with a wetland habitat covering 5.8 acres (2.3 ha) in Dunham Massey. They now play at the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford, although their former home ground at Heywood Road in Sale is still used for training. [52] Average house prices in Trafford are the highest out of all the metropolitan boroughs in Greater Manchester, 45% higher than the average for the county. Puppets, penguins and panto lined up at Waterside Arts Centre ... Plans for £100m development that will deliver 600 homes set to be approved. [47], In the December 1940 air raids, stray bombs aiming for Trafford Park landed on the nearby Old Trafford football stadium, home of Manchester United, but this air raid only resulted in minor damage and matches were soon being played at the stadium again. In October that year the company was one of six who formed the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), which started broadcasting from the Metrovicks studio under the call sign 2ZY on 15 November 1922. Media, advertising and public relations have been identified as growth industries in Greater Manchester and are concentrated in Manchester and Trafford. In January 1897 Stevens became the managing director of Trafford Park Estates. Stretford and Urmston is represented by Kate Green MP (Labour). Trafford Park was a major supplier of materiel in the First and Second World Wars, producing the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines used to power both the Spitfire and the Lancaster. The B&M Homestore in Trafford is located very close to the popular Trafford Centre, just off the M60. [15], Trafford is generally flat, with most of the land lying between 66 feet (20 m) and 98 feet (30 m) above sea level, apart from Bowdon Hill in South Trafford which rises 200 feet (60 m) above sea level. During the Second World War the site was used as a tip for foundry waste. [58] Of the four redevelopment schemes undertaken by the corporation one, Wharfside, included 200 acres (81 ha) of the eastern end of the park as well as part of the ship canal docks and the area around Manchester United F.C. [25], In 2007 the Audit Commission judged Trafford Council to be "improving strongly" in providing services for local people. The centre has over 30 million visitors annually,[48] and contains 235 stores, 55 restaurants, and the largest Odeon cinema in the UK. [68], Since 1997, Trafford Park has been in the constituency of Stretford and Urmston. The council is responsible for the maintenance of Trafford's public roads and pavements. [86] Trafford maintains a selective education system, with grammar schools, assessed by the 11-plus exam. [8] Although the Industrial Revolution affected Trafford, the area did not experience the same rate of growth as the rest of Greater Manchester. [59] Cotteril Clough is an area of woodland that is among the most diverse in Greater Manchester. [64] In 1969 Pevsner wrote: "That [neighbouring] Stretford and Salford are not administratively one with Manchester is one of the most curious anomalies of England. By that time the ship canal had been open for two years, but the predicted traffic had yet to materialise. [9] The decrease in Trafford's population between 1971 and 2001 mirrors the trend for Greater Manchester, although on a smaller scale; this has been accounted for by the decline of Greater Manchester's industries, particularly those in Manchester and Salford but including those in Trafford, and residents leaving to seek new jobs. The original plans were rejected by Trafford Council, but the Church stated its intention to revise the proposals and resubmit. Stretford lies to the south and east, and Urmston to the west. [78] Only St Antony's remains open; it contains the altar and a stained glass window from the chapel at Trafford Hall, donated by Lady Annette de Trafford. Southern & Co. (timber merchants), James Gresham (engineers), and W. T. Glovers & Co. (electric cable manufacturers). The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford has existed since 1974, but the area it covers has a long history. [83] Altrincham F.C. Trafford has a low rate of unemployment (2.7%) compared with Greater Manchester (3.6%) and England as a whole (3.3%). [53], At the 2001 UK census, Trafford had 151,445 residents aged 16 to 74. It belonged to Hamon de Massey, and was probably still standing in the early 14th century. [57] The target had been to create 7,000 new jobs over 10 years, but by 1986 only 2,557 had been created, not even enough to compensate for the ongoing job losses caused by closures within the park. There are some areas of peat bog in the west of the park, in the area formerly known as Trafford Moss. [61] As of 2008, there were 1,400 companies within the park employing an estimated 35,000 people. The River Mersey flows through the borough, separating North Trafford from South Trafford, and the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. Conditions in the small 30-by-16-foot (9.1 m × 4.9 m) studio were cramped, and the BBC moved the station to larger premises outside the park in 1923. This was collected from council tax (57%) and government grants (43%). Bosses at the Trafford Centre have announced it is now under new management from today.. It had 40 bedrooms, available to "Gentlemen only". [95], The other railway in Trafford is the Liverpool - Manchester via Warrington Central line, built by the Cheshire Lines Committee. [7] Their new home was a little to the east of where Tenax Circle is today, at the northwestern end of Trafford Park Road. One of TRAFIC's early initiatives was to encourage businesses in the park to address the general air of decay, by improving their own areas through landscaping and other environmental improvements. [80], The Imperial War Museum North, opened on 5 July 2002, is in Trafford Wharf, on the southern edge of the ship canal looking over towards Salford Quays. Glovers also built a power station in the park, on the banks of the Bridgewater Canal. The hall and grounds are open to the public and are a popular tourist attraction, with nearly 200,000 visitors in 2010. Sir Alex Ferguson Way, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 1WS Sat Nav Directions: M17 1WS What 3 Words: ///empty.paths.rocky Directions: Exit M60 at Junction 7, follow A56 Chester Road and signs for Manchester United Football Ground. [22] The council meets to decide policy and allocate budget. It has since increased slightly, up to 27% (26% nationwide). [88] In 1904 responsibility for all of the parks roads and railways passed to the Trafford Park Company, as a result of the Trafford Park Act of that year. The facility was designed in two separate sections to minimise the impact of bomb damage on production. View the latest updates and advice. [2], The eastern area of the park, where the first developments took place at the end of the 19th century, was then under the local government control of Stretford Urban District; the west was controlled by the urban district of Barton-upon-Irwell. It cost £11 million and has the capacity to deal with 100,000 containers a year.[96]. The Bridgewater Canal, opened in 1761 and completed in 1776, follows a course through Trafford roughly north to south and passes through Stretford, Sale, and Altrincham. [10] They have since declined, although Trafford Park still employs 40–50,000 people. This article is about the district of Greater Manchester, England. Today, it … Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 235,493 in 2017. However, the rate of robberies and burglaries were above the national average. [81], The 11-acre (4.5 ha) Trafford Ecology Park is what remains of Trafford Park's ornamental boating lake. 1972 c.70, Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway, List of Scheduled Monuments in Greater Manchester, Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester, British Construction Industry Building Award, North West Counties Football League Division One, "Trafford Metropolitan Borough resident population estimates by ethnic group (percentages) 2011 census data", "Estimates of the Population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Mid-2017", "Trafford Metropolitan Borough population density", "Trafford Metropolitan Borough physical environment", "Altrincham and Sale West constituency election results", "Stretford and Urmston constituency election results", "Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election: Labour wins", "Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) scorecard 2007", "What is a town, parish or community council? [54], In 2001, of 99,146 residents of Trafford in employment, the industry of employment was 17.1% property and business services, 16.5% retail and wholesale, 12.3% manufacturing, 11.9% health and social work, 8.2% education, 8.0% transport and communications, 5.9% construction, 5.5% finance, 4.5% public administration and defence, 4.0% hotels and restaurants, 0.8% energy and water supply, 0.6% agriculture, and 4.6% other. [6] Some time between 1672 and 1720, the de Traffords moved from the home they had occupied since 1017, in what is now known as Old Trafford, to what was then called Whittleswick Hall, which they renamed Trafford Hall. [21] He remained with the company, latterly as its joint chairman and managing director, until 1930.[22]. [14] During the following century, the park was built over with factories and some housing for workers. The hall is early Georgian in style. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}53°26′N 2°18′W / 53.433°N 2.300°W / 53.433; -2.300. At the end of the 19th century there were no public transport routes in, and few running close to, Trafford Park. One of the UK’s largest retail parks, Stockport Retail Park benefits from a strategic location on the M60 Manchester orbital motorway making it one of the city’s most accessible parks. The motte and surrounding ditch still survives, although it had fallen out of use by the 13th century.[70]. In 1924 the Estates Company bought a half share in Dumplington Estates Ltd., a company set up to administer 38 acres (15 ha) of land bought from the de Trafford Trustees on which it was intended to build a garden village. [27] In 2001, 8,484 people (4.0% of the borough's population) lived in Trafford's four civil parishes:[28] Carrington, Dunham Massey, Partington, and Warburton. Hooley's plan was to develop the Ship Canal frontage, but the canal was slow to generate the predicted volume of traffic, so in the early days the park was largely used for leisure activities such as golf, polo and boating. South Trafford: Altrincham, Ashton-Upon-Mersey, Bowdon, Broadheath, Brooklands, Carrington, Dunham Massey, Hale, Hale Barns, Oldfield Brow, Partington, Sale, Sale Moor, Timperley, Warburton and West Timperley. [37] Trafford is covered by the Catholic Dioceses of Shrewsbury and Salford,[88][89] and the Church of England Dioceses of Manchester and Chester. [79] The Village's design attracted criticism from the start; the streets were narrow, with few gardens, and the whole development was close to the pollution of the neighbouring industries. Apart from the City of Manchester, Trafford is the only borough in Greater Manchester to be above the national average for weekly income. Trafford Music Service. A rural district was a type of local government district for the administration of predominantly rural areas. Manchester United began as Newton Heath L&YR F.C. You do not have to endure this unnecessary suffering. [45] As well as being the world's first planned industrial estate,[46] it is Europe's largest business park. Kate Green, a member of the Labour Party, became the MP at the 2010 General Election, with a majority of 8935, representing 48.6 per cent of the vote. As well as being home to several clubs in the top echelon of their sports, Trafford plays host to smaller clubs, including Altrincham F.C., Flixton F.C., and Trafford F.C.. The 2M SF Trafford Centre still holds the record for the highest price paid for a single building in the UK, when Intu bought it for £1.65B in 2011. [45], As an important industrial area, Trafford Park was frequently bombed by the Luftwaffe, particularly during the Manchester Blitz of December 1940. At the 2001 UK census, 75.8% of Trafford's residents reported themselves as being Christian, 3.3% Muslim, 1.1% Jewish, 0.6% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist and 0.5% Sikh. A series of 19 were built initially, available to rent at £80 per annum (£8 thousand as of 2021). Its size meant that the Estates Company was obliged to provide some means of travelling around the park, and therefore a gas-powered tramway was commissioned, intended to carry both people and freight. [23] In the following table, the populations for each ward are based on 2013 population estimates from the Office for National Statistics. Nuttall's land was acquired, and by 1903 more than 500 houses had been built, rising to over 700 when the development was completed in 1904. In the first phase of clearance, during the mid-1970s, 298 houses were demolished. In the 11 years of its existence, the park attracted 1,000 companies, generating 28,299 new jobs and £1.759 billion of private-sector investment. [97][98] Part of the M60 orbital motorway passes through Trafford, from junctions 6–10 inclusive. Trafford Park railway station is to the east of the area and is served by trains between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Oxford Road. The only time the Labour Party was in control was 1996–2002, and 2019 to the present. There are 73 primary schools in Trafford, 17 secondary and grammar schools, and 6 special schools. The School District of Collier County (CCPS) serves more than 47,000 total students in 29 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, 8 high schools, … [18] This is of one of only two Conservative held seats in Greater Manchester. [93] Of the 11 Grade II* listed buildings in Trafford, seven are churches: Hale Chapel in Hale; the Church of St John the Divine in Sale; Church of St Mary the Virgin in Bowdon; St. Martin's Church in Sale; St. Michael's Church in Flixton; St. Margaret's Church in Altrincham; St. George's Church in Carrington. Trafford Park is almost entirely surrounded by water; the Bridgewater Canal forms its southeastern and southwestern boundaries, and the Manchester Ship Canal, which opened in 1894, its northeastern and northwestern. [4] A Liberal councillor for the Municipal Borough of Sale suggested "Crossford ... whilst "Watlingford" was suggested by councillors in Hale, after the supposed name of an ancient Roman road in the district. [16], On 7 May 1896, Sir Humphrey Francis de Trafford put the 1,183-acre (479 ha)[17] estate up for auction, but it failed to reach its reported reserve price of £300,000 (£35 million as of 2021). in 1878. [69] Watch Hill Castle is an early medieval motte-and-bailey castle on the border of Dunham Massey and Bowdon. Manchester United have won the FA Cup 12 times and been the Premier League champions 13 times (since the league was formed 26 seasons ago) and were Football League champions seven times in the years prior to that. A meeting held in 1882 at the Didsbury home of engineer Daniel Adamson began the estate's transformation, with the creation of the Manchester Ship Canal committee. Much of the station's content was musical, but news, plays, and children's programmes were also transmitted. It serves Cornbrook, Trafford Bar, Old Trafford, Stretford, Dane Road, Sale, Brooklands, Timperley, Navigation Road and Altrincham. Tree works at Hale Chapel, Chapel Lane, Hale Barns, Trafford. It has a viewing platform about 95 feet (29 m) high, offering views across Salford and the Quays towards Manchester city centre. More than 1,400 companies are within the park, employing between 40,000 and 50,000 people. In 1929 the Ship Canal Company acquired Dumplington Estates, and in return gave the Estates Company land to the south of Barton, the Trafford Park Extension. Trafford F.C. Trafford Teaching Schools Alliance. The rest of the time were periods of no overall control. [84] The network was also connected to the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway near Cornbrook. Bus 250 and X50 runs between Manchester city centre and the Trafford Centre. [11][12][46] The Trafford Centre, which opened on 10 September 1998,[47] is North West England's largest indoor shopping complex. The county council dismissed the petition, but later that year, following a petition organised by the Trafford Park Ratepayers Association, a new local government ward, Park Ward, was created within Stretford. The census recorded 12.0% as having no religion, 0.2% had an alternative religion and 6.4% did not state their religion. The Church stated that it had plans to turn the 51,000-square-foot (4,700 m2) Victorian building into a place of worship and religious instruction. [41] In the 2008/2009 financial year, the crime rates in Trafford for violence against a person and sexual offences were below the national averages. We offer a full range of packages to meet the varying needs of landlords, including a popular Private Sector Leasing offering, which provides … Trafford Centre is now under new management. Today, Trafford Park is served by a number of bus route. The site was originally part of the de Trafford family estate, but was enveloped by encroaching industry in the early 1900s. Although Trafford was formed as a Metropolitan Borough in 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages, and civil parishes that would later be constituent parts of Trafford. The line bisecting the shield horizontally symbolises the River Mersey running through Trafford from east to west and the canals in the borough. [50] Trafford has the lowest number of unemployment benefit claimants compared to all the other boroughs in Greater Manchester (3.7%). Civil parishes form the bottom tier of local government; the parish councils are involved in planning, management of town and parish centres, and promoting tourism. They were all previously part of Bucklow Rural District. It features the UK's longest and widest real snow indoor slope, 100 metres (110 yd) wide and 180 metres (200 yd) long. [71] In 1793, William Roscoe began work on reclaiming the bog, and by 1798 that work was sufficiently advanced for him to turn his attention to the task of reclaiming the much larger Chat Moss in nearby Salford, also owned by the Trafford family.[72]. The new generation of container ships was too large for the Manchester Ship Canal, which led to a further decline in Trafford Park's fortunes. [6], Trafford has two medieval castles. The initial proposals are now being shared following feedback and responses collated over an extensive 15-month public consultation with the local community. In that respect it resembled the terraced properties in the surrounding areas, many of which were condemned as slums in later years. The deer were initially allowed to continue roaming free, but as the park's industrialisation gathered pace they were considered inappropriate and were killed, the last of them in 1900. [19] Wythenshawe and Sale East, which also covers parts of the City of Manchester, is represented by Mike Kane MP (Labour). [14] Greenspace accounts for 51.8% of Trafford's total area, domestic buildings and gardens comprise 25.6%, the rest is made up of roads and non-domestic buildings.[17]. [77] Three corrugated iron churches were built: a Methodist chapel in 1901, St Cuthberts (Church of England) in 1902, and the Roman Catholic St Antony's in 1904. Trafford Hall was opened as a hotel in 1899, to serve prospective industrialists considering a move to the park, along with their key employees. [49], Trafford is a prosperous area, with an average weekly income of £394, and apart from Manchester it is the only borough in Greater Manchester to be above the national average for weekly income and is on average the highest in the county. [69], The topography of Trafford Park is either flat or gently undulating, about 144 feet (44 m) above sea level at its highest point. [41], Sir Humphrey de Trafford had retained 1,300 acres (530 ha) of land on the western side of the ship canal after his 1897 sale of Trafford Park. The Village was almost completely self-contained, with its own shops, public hall, post office, police station, school, social club, and sports facilities. It was comprehensively rebuilt after the war and re-opened in 1949, until which time Manchester United played their home games at Maine Road, home of Manchester City in Moss Side. [29], Among the first industries to arrive was the Manchester Patent Fuel Company, in 1898. Melly. [53] In 1971, Stretford Council responded by setting up the Trafford Park Industrial Council (TRAFIC), membership of which was open to any firm in Trafford Park. [57][58] Most of Trafford's Grade I listed buildings are in the south of the borough: the old Church of St. Werburgh in Warburton; Dunham Massey Hall itself, and the stables and carriage house belonging to the hall; Royd House in Hale; and the Church of All Saints in Urmston in the north of the borough. The museum won the 2003 British Construction Industry Building Award, and the title of Large Visitor Attraction of the Year at the 2006 Manchester Tourism Awards. The 20-acre (8 ha) Trafford Park Euroterminal rail freight terminal was opened in 1993. [84] The tram's maximum speed was 12 miles per hour (19 km/h), and their distinctive exhaust smell quickly earned them the nickname "Lamp Oil Express". [58], In 2007, the Church of Scientology bought the Old Trafford Essence Distillery on Chester Road for a reported £3.6M. [37] It was officially opened in 2008, following a merger between South Trafford College and North Trafford College. From 1841 to 1951, the working class population of Trafford and across the country was in decline, falling steadily from 43% to 18% (36% to 29% nationally). [28] Brooke Bond was one of the companies that took advantage of the Hives, before moving to its purpose-built factory on the park in 1922. [36], At the 2001 UK census, the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford had a total population of 210,145. [14] The River Mersey runs east to west through the area, separating North Trafford from South Trafford; other rivers in Trafford include the Bollin, the River Irwell, Sinderland Brook, and Crofts Bank Brook. The club contested the original 1890 County Championship. In 1967, employment had fallen to 50,000 and there was a further decline in the 1970s. [86] The gas trams continued to run until 1908, when they were replaced by steam locomotives. [27] All of the open-field land uses were subsequently pushed out by industry. There is evidence of Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Roman activity in the area, two castles – one of them a Scheduled Ancient Monument – and over 200 listed buildings. Now owned and managed by Groundwork Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside & Trafford, the park is used as a training centre for horticulture training and as a volunteering hub. [42], The table below details the population change since 1801. Trafford's low reliance on vulnerable businesses in the current recession and its high proportion of multinational companies were two factors which give the borough its high ranking.[56]. [70] The local bedrock is Triassic Bunter Sandstone, overlaid by sand and gravel deposited during the last ice age, around 10,000 years ago. [93], Road signs within Trafford Park refer to the subdivisions of Ashburton, Dumplington, Mossfield, Mosley and Newbridge. Neolithic arrowheads have been discovered in Altrincham and Sale,[5] and there is evidence of Bronze Age habitation in Timperley. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 as one of the ten metropolitan districts of Greater Manchester. The company initially chose not to construct buildings for letting, and instead leased land for development. Erection of a single storey rear extension, associated landscape works and other external alterations at 13 Queens Road, Hale. Manchester Corporation had provided one-third of the capital needed to build the ship canal, for which it had doubled its municipal debt, despite having also increased rates by 26 per cent between 1892 and 1895. 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