Handforth

Also known as Handforth, Cheshire

Handforth is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, south of Manchester city centre. The population of the parish was 6,715 at the 2021 census. In the 1960s and 1970s, two overspill housing estates, Spath Lane in Handforth, and Colshaw Farm nearby in Wilmslow, were built to re-house people from inner city Manchester. It lies between Wilmslow, Heald Green, and Styal, and forms part of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area.

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Place details

Locality: Styal
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Handforth
UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image_name: The Peter Herd 'Deli' in the Handforth Precinct - geograph.org.uk - 1534933.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: The Paddock (Handforth Precinct)
UK place.population_ref: 6,715 (Parish, 2021)
UK place.civil_parish: Handforth
UK place.unitary_england: Cheshire East
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Cheshire
UK place.region: North West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Tatton
UK place.post_town: WILMSLOW
UK place.postcode_district: SK9
UK place.postcode_area: SK
UK place.dial_code: 01625
UK place.os_grid_reference: SJ8583
UK place.mapframe: yes
UK place.mapframe zoom: 12
UK place.mapframe point: none