Handforth

Handforth
The Paddock (Handforth Precinct)
Handforth is located in Cheshire
Handforth
Handforth
Location within Cheshire
Population6,266 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ8583
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWILMSLOW
Postcode districtSK9
Dialling code01625
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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53°21′00″N 2°12′58″W / 53.350°N 2.216°W / 53.350; -2.216

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Handforth is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) south of Manchester city centre.[2] The population at the 2011 census was 6,266.[3] In the 1960s and 1970s, two overspill housing estates, Spath Lane in Handforth,[4] and Colshaw Farm nearby in Wilmslow, were built to re-house people from inner city Manchester.[5] It lies between Wilmslow, Heald Green, Stanley Green and Styal and forms part of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area.

  1. ^ "Home Page". www.handforth.org.uk.
  2. ^ "HANDFORTH : latitude, longitude, map and postcode / zip code of Handforth SK9 in United Kingdom". Zip-code.en.mapawi.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. ^ Google Maps: Handforth (Retrieved 29 November 2014)
  5. ^ Google Maps: Colshaw Farm (Retrieved 29 November 2014)

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