Urmston

Urmston, pop approx. 38,007 (2001), is a middle class town in Manchester (United Kingdom), in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, and encompasses the smaller town of Davyhulme and the village of Flixton. It lies 6 miles (10 km) from Manchester City Centre, on the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal. Urmston covers an area of 4,799 acres (19 km²). The centre of Urmston is its precinct, a shopping area which has not changed since the 60s. The shopping area is considered by some local residents to be an eyesore and there is a big development planned for the area. The successful bid for the regeneration of the town centre was won by Ask Property Developments in 2004.

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Manchester: :This article is about the city in England. For alternative meanings, see Manchester (disambiguation)....

River Mersey: The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England. The river's name comes from Anglo-Saxon Mǽres-ēa = "border river", likely because it was the border between Mercia and Northumbria....

Manchester Ship Canal: The Manchester Ship Canal (MSC), affectionately known by locals as The Big Ditch, was opened on 21 May 1894, and is a large canal in north-west England. It runs from from the north side of the Wirral Peninsula at Eastham, where Eastham Locks open out into the River Mersey, for 36 miles (57 km) eastw...