Handforth
Built-up area in Cheshire East, England
| Coordinates: | 53.35, -2.214 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 85 83 |
Handforth is a suburban village and civil parish in Cheshire East, England, lying on the fringe of the Greater Manchester urban area. Historically a farming settlement, it expanded in the 19th and 20th centuries with the arrival of the railway and improved road links, becoming a popular commuter community with regular services into Manchester and convenient access to neighbouring towns such as Wilmslow and Stockport.
The local economy mixes retail - most notably the large Handforth Dean retail park - with small businesses, schools and light industry, while surrounding greenbelt countryside gives the place a semi-rural feel. Socially it retains an active village character with clubs and community groups, and it briefly entered the national spotlight in 2021 when a parish council meeting on Zoom went viral, underscoring the sometimes quirky side of local democracy.
Postcode districts covering Handforth
Most populated places nearby
- Manchester 8.3 miles
- Stoke-on-Trent 22.9 miles
- Oldham 13.9 miles
- St. Helens 22.4 miles
- Wigan 22.1 miles
- Warrington 15.6 miles
- Bolton 19.1 miles
- Stockport 4.8 miles
- Salford 10.3 miles
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 23 miles
- Rochdale 18.4 miles
- Crewe 20.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Wilmslow Dean Row Ward 1.2 miles
- Styal Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Wilmslow Lacey Green Ward 1.3 miles
- Cheadle Hulme South Ward 1.5 miles
- Dean Row Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Heald Green Ward 1.5 miles
- Cheadle Hulme Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Bramhall South & Woodford Ward 1.8 miles
- Wilmslow Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Woodford Built-up area 2 miles
- Wilmslow East Ward 2.2 miles
- Bramhall Built-up area 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Handforth
SK9 3HD, SK9 3SJ, SK9 3DW, SK9 3HY, SK9 3TG, SK9 3DZ, SK9 3GD, SK8 6QE, SK9 3BD … See all
Transport links
- Manchester Airport 2.5 miles
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 26.3 miles
- Handforth Railway Station 0.3 miles
- Styal Railway Station 1.1 miles
- Manchester Piccadilly Gardens Bus Station 9.1 miles
Hotels near Handforth Ad
- Wilmslow Lodge 4 2 miles
- Eleven Didsbury Park 4 4.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Manchester Airport 4 2.8 miles
- Didsbury House Hotel 4 4.2 miles
- Pymgate Lodge Hotel Manchester Airport 3 2.3 miles
- Tribe Manchester Airport 4 2.7 miles
- Radisson Blu Hotel Manchester, Airport 4 2.7 miles
- Crowne Plaza Manchester Airport 4 2.5 miles
- Best Western Plus Pinewood Manchester Airport-Wilmslow Hotel 4 0.1 miles
- The Stanneylands 4 0.7 miles
Schools in Handforth
- Handforth Grange Primary School Primary
- St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Avro Heritage Museum Museum 2.2 miles
- Edgeley Park Stadium 4 miles
- Anson Engine Museum Museum 5.1 miles
- Moss Lane Stadium 5.5 miles
- Tatton Park Estate 6.4 miles
- Capesthorne Hall Estate 6.9 miles
- Old Trafford Cricket Ground Stadium 8 miles
- Manchester Museum (oxford road) Museum 8.1 miles
- University of Manchester University 8.1 miles
- The University of Manchester School of Computer Science University 8.2 miles
- Moss Rose Stadium 8.2 miles
- Manchester Metropolitan University University 8.4 miles