Prestwich

Prestwich ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, north of Manchester, north of Salford and south of Bury.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Prestwich
UK place.population: 31,500
UK place.metropolitan_borough: Bury
UK place.metropolitan_county: Greater Manchester
UK place.region: North West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Bury South
UK place.post_town: MANCHESTER
UK place.postcode_area: M
UK place.postcode_district: M25
UK place.dial_code: 0161
UK place.os_grid_reference: SD814034
UK place.london_distance

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Prestwich ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, north of Manchester, north of Salford and south of Bury.

Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Prestwich was the seat of the ancient parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, centred around the Grade I listed Church of St Mary the Virgin. In recent times, it has grown in popularity as a commuter town of Manchester, being consistently named one of the best places to live in the UK by The Sunday Times, and has been nicknamed the 'new Didsbury' in comparison with the affluent suburb in the south of the city.