Clayton & Openshaw
Ward in Manchester, England
| Coordinates: | 53.479, -2.174 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 88 98 |
| Dialling code: | 0161 (Manchester) |
Clayton and Openshaw sits to the east of Manchester city centre, where former Victorian industrial streets meet canal corridors such as the Ashton Canal. The area contains green and historic pockets like Philips Park and the medieval manor house Clayton Hall, reminders of a long local history beneath the red‑brick mills and engineering works that once defined the skyline.
Today it is a mixed, multicultural neighbourhood with roots in heavy industry and the social challenges that followed deindustrialisation; recent regeneration has brought new homes, community projects and small businesses, and local life is centred on parks, neighbourhood centres and good links into central Manchester, so long‑standing residents and newer arrivals coexist amid ongoing change.
Postcode districts covering Clayton & Openshaw
Most populated places nearby
- Manchester 2 miles3.3 km
- Oldham 5.2 miles8.3 km
- St. Helens 23.1 miles37.2 km
- Wigan 19.7 miles31.7 km
- Warrington 18.1 miles29.1 km
- Burnley 21.9 miles35.3 km
- Huddersfield 19.5 miles31.5 km
- Blackburn 23 miles37 km
- Bolton 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Stockport 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Salford 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Rochdale 9.4 miles15.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Droylsden West Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Droylsden Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Gorton & Abbey Hey Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Droylsden East Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Miles Platting & Newton Heath Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Ancoats & Beswick Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Longsight Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Failsworth West Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Audenshaw Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Ardwick Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Failsworth Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Manchester Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
Example postcodes in Clayton & Openshaw
M11 2JU, M11 4WF, M11 1AT, M11 1AD, M11 2NL, M11 2ZN, M11 1JY, M11 2FW, M11 2LU … See all
Transport links
- Manchester Airport 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 29.6 miles47.7 km
- Gorton Station 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Ashburys Railway Station 1 mile1.7 km
- Manchester Piccadilly Gardens Bus Station 2.6 miles4.2 km
Hotels near Clayton & Openshaw Ad
- Dakota Manchester 5 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Leven Manchester 4 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Brewdog Doghouse Manchester 4 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Wilde Aparthotels Manchester St. Peters Square 4 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Stock Exchange Hotel 5 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Moxy Manchester City 3 3.1 miles5 km
- The Reach at Piccadilly, Manchester, A Tribute Portfolio Hotel 4 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Treehouse Hotel Manchester 4 3.1 miles5 km
- Leonardo Hotel Manchester Piccadilly 4 2 miles3.2 km
- Motel One Manchester St. Peter's Square 3 2.8 miles4.5 km
Schools in Clayton & Openshaw
- Bridge College Special
- Connell Co-Op College Further education
- Higher Openshaw Community School Primary
- LTE Group Further education
- Music Stuff Independent - secondary
- Ravensbury Community School Primary
- Seymour Road Academy Primary
- St Barnabas C of E Primary Academy Primary
- St Clement's C of E Primary School Primary
- St Willibrord's RC Primary School Primary
- Varna Community Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Manchester Velodrome Stadium 0.9 miles1.4 km
- City of Manchester Stadium Stadium 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Piccadilly Gardens Gardens 2.6 miles4.2 km
- University of Manchester University 2.6 miles4.2 km
- The University of Manchester School of Computer Science University 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Manchester Museum (oxford road) Museum 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Manchester Metropolitan University University 2.8 miles4.4 km
- Manchester Art Gallery Museum 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Urbis Manchester Museum 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Manchester Central Library Library 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Manchester Evening News Arena Stadium 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Manchester MEN Arena Stadium 3 miles4.8 km