The Capital of the north also known as the Rainy City but those that know Manchester City Centre love it and more and more people want to live in it. Living in the city means you are part of all that it stands for Music, Innovation, Industry, Education, Culture, Football – a vibrant metropolis with half a million residents living in distinct residential areas of the city each with their own identity including Castlefield, Spinningfields, The Village, Southern Gateway, Hulme, Millennium Quarter, Old Trafford, Ancoats, Sports City, as well as Salford & Salford Quays and The Northern Quarter which are separately featured on this web site.

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Salford is a City in its own right its famous Neighbour Manchester has lots to offer but take a closer look at Salford and you can combine city living with a feeling of the suburbs. Great swaths of the residential areas of Salford are closer to Manchester City centres shopping and leisure attractions than you think, you can live in Salford and walk to Deansgate and St Anne’s Square quicker than if you lived in the Northern Quarter. Salford has many districts including Salford Central known as Pendleton, Blackfriars, Trinity, Salford Quays, Ordsall, Regent Road, Adelphi, Lower Broghton, Seedley, Langworthy., Claremont, Brindle Heath, Charlestown and  Irlams o’th’ Height.

It may come as a surprise to you that 60% of Salford (the borough) is green, and a lot of this greenery was planned – the city fathers knew they were living in the eye of the industrial hurricane and built public parks long before other towns and cities got around to such civic duties. So if you’re looking to buy or rent in Manchester City Centre think about taking those few steps across the river in Salford – we’ll be happy to show you what it has to offer and we think you’ll be impressed!

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The Northern Quarter – often referred to as the Greenwich village of Manchester is a fashionable and bohemian area of the city centre, which is crammed with places to eat and drink and has predominantly independent retailers, It has an arty almost eccentric feel to it and retains a sense of atmosphere – more than any other part of the city it feels like a village a residential area the breathes life both night and day.

Situated north of the Market Street and Arndale shopping areas, sandwiched between Piccadilly Station and the MEN Arena, there’s no better place to feel at home in the city.

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The affluent south Manchester suburbs of Hale Bowdon and Hale Barns nestle adjacent one another bounded by the River Bollin to the south the A556 to the west and the M56 to the east. They are three of the most sought after areas in which to live in the whole of the UK, the equally affluent areas of Wilmslow Prestbury and Alderley Edge are often quoted as the North West’s most prosperous however Hale Bowdon and Hale Barns are often preferred by discerning home buyers because of the combination of shopping, Schooling and recreational facilities as well as for their convenience for Manchester Airport and their shorter commuting distance to Manchester City Centre. Many of the countries most successful legal and medical professionals, business leaders, entrepreneurs and sportsmen choose the leafy roads of Hale Bowdon and Hale Barns the diversity and quality of the residential housing stock is hard to beat and behind the neatly manicured hedge rows and gated entrances lie some of the most valuable and sought after private homes in the region.

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Altrincham is a well known and popular town lying just 8 miles south of Manchester city centre, the towns charter status dates back to 1290. The oldest surviving part of the town is that around the Old Market Place and Church Street (on the A56). It was here that Bonnie Prince Charlie’s troops were allegedly billeted in 1745. The town became part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough council in 1974 although the postal address is still Altrincham Cheshire. Altrincham today is a residential, retail and office town offering supplies and services for the surrounding townships of Hale, Hale Barns, Bowdon, Oldfield Brow, Broadheath and Timperley, and is a commuter town of some character connected by Metrolink fast tram service to Manchester. The two modern Altrincham Grammar Schools also have an excellent academic record, the Girls opening in 1910 and the Boys in 1912.

The area has become popular because of its diverse mix of state and private schooling of excellent repute. Extensive leisure and recreational facilities and a superb range of shopping. Commuters can gain easy access to the regions extensive motorway network and for the international traveller Manchester airport is just 10 minutes from the town centre however its geographical orientation means that the town does not lie on the flight path.

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The town of Sale is part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough and lies about five miles south west of the city of Manchester on the main A56 route to Chester. Historically, it was part of the English county of Cheshire and, in fact, its postal address is still ‘Sale, Cheshire’ The M60 motorway clips the northern part of Sale on its way to Stockport from the west. Both Ashton-on-Mersey and Sale Moor have their own ‘village’ centres, in addition to the shopping and other commercial facilities of the main Sale town centre, which lies around the A56, School Road, Ashfield Road, Tatton Road and Northenden Road. For further and more detailed info click here.

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