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The Hale / Bowdon / Altrincham area is located in North Cheshire
( approx. 8 miles from Manchester). Properties in the area
are much sought after and represent high quality purchases.
Altrincham town is as an historic market town with the Market
Hall being a central focus. The thriving market, which runs
3 times a week, boasts over one hundred and eighty stalls
and has a reputation for specialist food products, particularly
fish and cheeses, clothing, plants and flowers, household
and other goods. The original Market Charter was granted
in 1290 and it continues to draw many shoppers and visitors.
There is also impressive high street shopping available
within the Town Centre and out-of-town facilities
are also close at hand (the Trafford Centre being just one
of the options available).
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Dunham Park (set in over 230 acres of parkland) is on the
outskirts of the town, this famous hall and park was
for 300 years the seat of the Earls of Stamford and Warrington.
The grounds encompass the great house, formal gardens (home
to a herd of grazing fallow deer), a shop, a restaurant
and facilities for the disabled and is supported by the
National Trust. Tatton Park and Styal Mill also easily
accessed from the area, and there are numerous small parks
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For
further information about the Altrincham area contact the Tourist
Information Office:
20 Stamford New Road,
Altrincham, WA14 1EJ
Tel or Fax 0161 912 5931
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The
area has many excellent restaurants, cafes and bars and
these provide opportunities to enjoy high quality food within
pleasant surroundings. Leisure facilities include a sports
centre which houses 2 pools. There is also tennis, golf,
squash courts, a climbing wall and an ice rink, with cricket,
football and football clubs also being available.
The town is served well by public transport with rail stations
in Altrincham and Hale. The Metrolink 'supertram'
system (newly introduced in 1992) also provides excellent
links to Manchester City Centre with services running every
few minutes during the commuter rush hours (click
here for further public transport information). The
area has easy access to the M6, M56 and M60 and Manchester
International Airport is also within a few minutes drive.
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If
you would like to find out more about the Cheshire area please
visit the
Cheshire
County Council website.
Alrincham
Town Centre Partnership provides a focus for the public and
private sectors to identify and improve the structure of the town
centre.
Sale and Altrincham news
brought to you by the Sale and Altrincham Messenger reporting
team.
Since Feb2003
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