About:
Davyhulme is a locality within the borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester and was historically once a part of Lancashire.
The development of the Trafford Centre, and the ongoing redevelopment of Urmston town centre mean that Davyhulme now appears to be emerging as one of the more affluent neighbourhoods west of the city of Manchester.
Davyhulme is within walking distance of the Trafford Centre and is eight miles outside of Manchester city centre, just off junction 10 of the M60 ring road. Davyhulme is also ideally placed to hop on the M62 to Liverpool and Leeds.
There are many business opportunities to be found in Davyhulme as a result of the close proximity of Trafford Park and Trafford General Hospital.
Plenty of good primary schools make Davyhulme an ideal location for young families and this means that the area is classed as prestigious by some estate agents.

Political:
Politically this area is divided into Davyhulme East and Davyhulme West electoral wards although a proportion of Urmston is included in Davyhulme East and some of the neighbouring area of Flixton is counted as being part of Davyhulme West. The wards make up two of the five wards of Urmston and the sitting councillors are all Conservatives.
Davyhulme is in the parliamentary constituency of Stretford and Urmston but until the general election in 1997 it gave its name to the Davyhulme constituency. Labour MP Beverley Hughes currently represents the Stretford and Urmston constituency and this has been the case since 1997.
Winston Spencer-Churchill, the retired Conservative Party politician and grandson of the former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was the MP for the Manchester constituency of Stretford from 1970 until the general election in 1983 when he was transferred to the new Davyhulme constituency, which he represented until the seat was abolished in the 1997 general election.

Davyhulme East is in the north of Trafford and is bound to the north by the Manchester Ship Canal. This part of Davyhulme is home to the Trafford Centre and is separated from the residential areas of the ward by the M60.
It is also home to Davyhulme waste water treatment works, which is the largest of its kind in the north west and one of the biggest in Europe and Trafford General Hospital (formerly park Hospital) where rock idol Stephen Morrissey of the Smiths was born in 1959.
Within this ward there is also the historical Barton Aquaduct, which crosses Manchester Ship Canal.

Councillors for the Davyhulme East Ward:
Cllr Gary Brockbanks: 0161 749 7212 gary.brockbanks@trafford.gov.uk
Cllr Michael Cornes: 0161 748 2195 michael.cornes@trafford.gov.uk
Cllr Mrs Eadith Eadie: 0161 912 3898 edith.eadie@trafford.gov.uk

Distinct neighbourhoods in Davyhulme East include Kingsway Park Estate, Davyhulme Circle, Wimpey or Highland Estate, Canterbury Road Estate, Granville Road area and Broadway.

Key Facts and Figures for Davyhulme East:
The present population for Trafford as a whole is 211,800 and the population for Davyhulme East is 10,414.
Major activity currently taking place includes the expansion of the Trafford Centre and of the retails and leisure complex at Dumplington.
Local issues include the smell issuing from the waster water treatment works.

Davyhulme West is bound to the west by the Manchester Ship Canal and to the north by Davyhulme waste water treatment works. The ward is mainly residential with large areas of private open land along the canal edge and the Mersey Valley to the southeast tip of the ward.

Councillors for the Davyhulme West Ward:
Cllr Nigel Hooley: 0161 864 3352 nigel.hooley@trafford.gov.uk
Cllr John Reilly: 0161 912 3847 john.reilly@trafford.gov.uk
Cllr Mrs June Reilly: 0161 912 3847 june.reilly@trafford.gov.uk

The most distinct neighbourhood in the ward is Woodsend.
The present population of Davyhulme West is 9,595.
Major activity in Davyhulme West includes the redevelopment and landscaping of Woodsend Circle.
Local issues consist of congestion around schools and Woodsend circle and anti-social behaviour in the Woodsend area.

History:
Though Davyhulme records only date back to the 14th century, it is known that the old Davyhulme Hall was the seat of John Hulme in the 12th century. It is supposed that the prefix ‘Davy’, whatever its origins, was to distinguish it from the other Hulme in Manchester.
The deHulme family built Davyhulme Hall in between 1150 and 1160. Davyhulme Park Golf Club now occupies the area. Part of the land belonging to the former hall was given away so that St Mary’s Church could be built in 1889. The hall was demolished in 1888.
Davyhulme is a civil parish formed in 1894 from the area of Barton-upon-Irwell. In 1892 small areas of land in the Davyhulme area were exchanged between Barton-upon-Irwell and Pendleton township and in 1896 part of it was added to Barton Moss Civil Parish. In 1933 Davyhulme Civil Parish was dissolved and its area was divided between Urmston and Stretford Urban District, which is now a part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough.

Trafford Council:
Customer Services: 0161 912 2000
Open Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm.
Emergency out of hours contact: 0161 912 2020
www.trafford.gov.uk
Trafford.Direct@trafford.gov.uk
Trafford Town hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, M32 0TH.

Education:
Davyhulme Infant School, Canterbury Road, Davyhulme, Manchester, M41 0RX. 0161 748 3057. Community infant school, mixed ages seven to11.
Davyhulme Junior School, Canterbury Road, Davyhulme. Head teacher: Mr McDowell. 0161 748 3392. Community junior school, mixed ages four to six.
Kingsway Primary School, Kingsway, Davyhulme M41 1SP. Mixed community primary school for ages four to eleven. 0161 748 1867.
Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Primary School, Davyhulme Road, Davyhulme, M41 7DS. 0161 748 4626. Voluntary Aided, mixed boys and girls aged four to 11.
St Mary’s CE Primary School, Cornhill Road, Davyhulme, M41 5TJ. 0161 912 2728. Voluntary aided primary school, mixed ages four to 11.
Woodhouse Primary School, Nursery Road, Davyhulme, M41 2WW. 0161 748 5844. Community primary school, mixed ages four to11.
Davyhulme Kindergarten Ltd, 10 Davyhulme Road, M41 7DS. 0161 746 7389.
Davyhulme Youth Centre, Davyhulme Road, M41 2DN. For further information call 0161 912 2899 and ask for the director, Ms Neilan.

There are no secondary schools in Davyhulme so the majority of students at secondary school age attend Flixton Girls High School, Wellacre Technology College, Urmston Grammar School, Stretford Grammar and St Antony’s RC High School.

Houses:
Average house prices in Davyhulme start at £90,000 to £100,000.
A three bedroom semi-detached will set you back roughly £175,000 and a detached home is approximately £300,000. In the last five years the price of a three-bed semi has doubled and this figure is still rising.

Parks and Green Space:
Dayhulme East has 28.52 hectares of green space, which is 8.7 hectares above the average in Trafford borough:
Davyhulme Park has both modern and Victorian features. It has facilities for tennis, bowling, basketball, football and hockey.
Dover Park
Davyhulme West has 54.79 hectares of green space, which is 35.52 above the average in Trafford borough:
Broadway Park has a wildlife corridor and facilities for football, bowling, tennis and a children’s area.
Woodsend Park is 18 acres and has amenities for football, basketball and tennis.
For further information contact: Parks and Countryside Service, PO Box 114, Bridgewater House, Manchester Road, Carrington, Manchester, M31 4WS. 0161 912 2000.

Environment:
The Davyhulme Waster Water Treatment Works serves the Manchester area and is the largest in the northwest and one of the biggest in Europe. It handles the waste water for 1,387,000 people. The first works were built there in 1894 and in 1914 three employees discovered the ‘activated sludge’ process, which is now used throughout the world. Tel no: 01925 233 233. Email: seeforyourself@uuplc.co.uk

Davyhulme Environmental Group has recently opened a new recycling bank to the public at Christ Church car park on Lostock Road. This can be attributed to a partnership between Trafford council and the Parish Church and this has led to the North West Air Ambulance Service having their own bank there for unwanted clothes.

Davyhulme Millennium Nature Reserve: Covering over 9.2 hectares along more than a kilometre of the Manchester Ship canal’s western bank, the reserve now protects a mixture of wetlands, woods, water features, open land and a site of biological importance. The reserve was designed to encourage outdoor pursuits such as bird watching, walking, picknicking and traditional games. United Utilities own the site. There is access to it off Eddisbury Avenue. In winter it is open from 9am to 5pm and in summer from 9am to 9pm. For further information call 07909 996272.

Culture:
The Canterbury Players are an amateur dramatics society who put on plays twice a year at locations such as Davyhulme Methodist Church on Brook Road and X School. They are located online at www.davyhulme.net/canterburyplayers
Hayeswater Amateur Theatre Society (HATS) is chaired by Mrs Thelma Robertson and is based at St Hugh of Lincoln, Parish Hall, Glastonbury Road, Urmston. Tel no: 0161 748 1051.
Curzon Cinema, Princess Road. 0161 748 2929.

Sport, Leisure and Hobbies:
Davyhulme Park Golf Club, M41 8SA. Tel no: 0161 748 2260. Professional – Dean Butler: 0161 748 3931. Secretary - Mr Swarbrick: 0161 748 2260. Located 1m from M62 and M63. 18 holes £24.00. 27 holes £30.00.
For Davyhulme Sports Club Committee contact Ken Harrop: 0161 747 9492.
George H Carnall Leisure Centre, Kingsway Park, Davyhulme, M41 7FJ. 0161 749 2555. The leisure centre is located just off junction nine of the M60 and is opposite the Trafford Centre. It is part of the Trafford Community Leisure Trust and offers both leisure and business facilities.
Centre Stage Dance is a street dance class held at the leisure centre for those aged five to 10. It takes place on Tuesdays: 7.30-8.30pm. Contact Jemma Walsh: 07837802149.
Davyhulme Art Group, 1st Floor Brook Methodist Church, Brook Road, Flixton. The fee is £10 per quarter. The club meets on Thursdays: 7-9pm. Contact either Grace or Margaret on 0161 748 6808.
Jo Jingles provided music, singing and dancing for babies and young children at George Carnell on Tuesday mornings. Places need to be booked in advance. Contact Wendy Owen-Lynch on 0161 773 0HS.

Shops and Amenities:
Bond travel, Davyhulme Circle, Davyhulme. 0161 747 4007.

The Trafford Centre opened in September 1998 and provides the people of the northwest 1.2m sq ft of shopping space, set out over three floors and 10,000 free parking spaces. The centre attracts in excess of 30m visitors per year and has four main sectors within – Peel Avenue, Regent Crecent, the Dome and the Orient. The developers of the Trafford Centre are the Peel Group. The complex is located just off junctions nine and 10 of the M60.
It’s open Mon-Fri 10am-10pm.
Saturday 10am-8pm
Sunday 12noon-6pm
0161 748 1717/8
www.traffordcentre.co.uk/contactus

Garrity Vehicle Services, 13 Lostock Road, Davyhulme, 0161 748 2197.

Venus Health and Beauty, 3 Davyhulme Circle, Davyhulme. 0161 755 3006.

Doctors and Pharmacies:
Canterbury Road Surgery, 186 Canterbury Road, M41 0GR. Drs Lang-Sadler, Kaye, Howard, Jordan, Wijeyeshera, Tower, Reeves and Ashraf. 0161 747 7742. canterburyroad.surgery@nhs.net
Lloyds Pharmacy, 3 Crofts Bank Road. 0161 748 2197.

Public Houses:
Church Inn, Church Road, Davyhulme. 0161 748 2158.
Garricks Head Pub, Moorside Road, Davyhulme. 0161 748 3472.
Nags Head Pub, Davyhulme Circle, Davyhulme. 0161 755 3534.
Railway tavern, Irlam Road, Davyhulme. 0161 748 6845.

Restaurants and Takeaways:
Joe Ying Fat Chinese Restaurant and Takeaway, 38 Davyhulme Road East, Davyhulme, M32 0DW. 0161 865 9566.
La Piazza, 1-3 Lostock Road, Davyhulme, M41 0SU. 0161 747 1772.
Pizza Planet, 4 Lostock Road, Davyhulme, M41 0PS. 0161 748 0010.

Libraries:
Davyhulme Library, Hayeswater Road, M41 7BL:- Davyhulme Crime and Mystery Reading Group, third Monday of each month 6pm-7pm. Story time for under-5s, every Wednesday 2pm- 2.30pm. Coffee morning, second Tuesday of every month 10.30am-12.30pm. Tel no: 0161 912 2880.
Woodsend Library, Woodsend Road, M41 8GN. 0161 912 2919.

Hospital:
In the twentieth century Trafford General Hospital in Davyhulme saw the symbolic inauguration of the National Health Service. On July 5 1948 the act came into force and Aneurin Bevan, the then Minister for Health, visited the hospital and was ceremonially presented with its keys. This honour was conferred on only three hospitals in the whole country. Address: Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester, M41 5SL. Main switchboard: 0161 748 4022. Email: communications@trafford.nhs.uk
Radio Wishing Well is a station based at Trafford General and keeps staff and patients informed about local events. Contact Barry Ashcroft on 0161 746 2546.

Churches:
Christ Church CE Church, Lostock Road, Davyhulme, M41 0TD. 0161 748 2018
Hayeswater Road Methodist Church, Hayeswater Road, Davyhulme, M41 7BL. 0161 755 3357.
Girls Brigade 1st Davyhulme meet at Hayeswater Methodist every Tuesday 6.30-8.30pm. Contact Mrs J Fairlee: 0161 749 9454 jules.lee43@ntlworld.com
Our Lady of the Rosary, 56 Old Crofts Bank, Davyhulme, M41 7AB.
St Mary the Virgin Church, 6 Denstone Avenue, Davyhulme, M41 7AN. 0161 748 7296.

Community:
Hartford Community Centre, Canterbury Road, Davyhulme. 0161 748 6072.
Woodsend Community Group: For further information call 0161 748 9774.
3rd Davyhulme Scout Group and Band, for boys and girls aged six-65. Scouting and marching and concert band. Contact Jim Field: 0161 291 0473. There are also social events and play reading evenings held here. For further information contact Andy Fox 0161 748 7650.
Davyhulme Scout Hut (behind the Nags Head Pub) is available over the summer from August 20-24 for football coaching between 1pm and 3pm.

Police:
The Urmston and Partington Neighbourhood Policing team covers Davyhulme. It is led by Inspector is Victoria Murtagh. 0161 856 7684 or 0161 856 7680.
Urmston Police Station is located on Crofts Bank Road, Urmston.

Fire:
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
GM Fire and Rescue Service HQ, 146 Bolton Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8US. 0161 736 5866.

Ambulance:
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
Regional HQ Ladybridge Hall, Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 5DD. 01204 498400.

Buses to Davyhulme and Key Stops:
No 241: Trafford Park and Trafford General Hospital (TGH)
No 247: Eccles, Trafford Centre, TGH, Flixton, Carrington, Altrincham
No 256: Manchester, Hulme, Stretford, Old Trafford, TGH
No 258: Manchester, Flixton
No 290: Trafford Centre, TGH, Old Trafford, Hulme, Manchester
No 291: Manchester, Old Trafford, Trafford Park, TGH, Flixton
For further info contact GMPTE: 9 Portland Street, Piccadilly Gardens, M60 1HX. 0871 200 2233. publicity@gmpte.gov.uk

What’s near Davyhulme?
Attractions:
Imperial War Museum North – 2m
Ordsall Hall – 4m
Salford Museum and Art Gallery – 4m

Towns:
Urmston – 1m
Flixton – 1m
Carrington – 1m

Cinema:
Odeon Trafford Centre – 1m

Hotels:
Golden Tulip Manchester – 2m
Novotel Manchester West – 3m
Old Trafford Lodge – 3m

Quick Guide:
OS grid reference: SJ755955
Metropolitan borough: Trafford
Metropolitan County: Greater Manchester
Region: North West
Postcode district: M41
Police: Greater Manchester
Fire: Greater Manchester
Ambulance: North West