Didsbury

Worth seeing in and around Didsbury

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Manchester Metrolink

   Manchester Metrolink is a tram and light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network has 99 stops along 64 miles of standard-gauge route, making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Kingdom.

   1.3 km · light rail and tram system in Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Didsbury Mosque

   Didsbury Mosque is on Burton Road in Didsbury, Manchester, England. The building was originally Albert Park Methodist Chapel, which opened in 1883, but closed in 1962 and was later converted into a mosque.

   1.3 km · mosque in Manchester, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Fallowfield Stadium

   Fallowfield Stadium was an athletics stadium and velodrome in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. It opened in May 1892 as the home of Manchester Athletics Club after it was forced to move from its home next to Old Trafford Cricket Ground.

   3.1 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Platt Fields Park

   Platt Fields Park is a large public park in Fallowfield, Manchester, England which is home to Platt Hall. Fallowfield lies to the south and Wilmslow Road runs along its eastern edge.

   3.6 km · public park in Manchester, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   South Manchester Synagogue

   The South Manchester Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish community and synagogue, located in Bowdon, Altrincham, South Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation was formed in 1872 and worships in the Ashkenazi rite.

   2.9 km · grade II listed synagogue in Manchester, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Park Road Stadium

   The Ground Up Solutions Stadium is an association football stadium in Cheadle, Stockport, England. It is the home ground of North West Counties Football League club Cheadle Town F.C. and FA Women's National League club Cheadle Town Stingers.

   3.3 km · football stadium in Cheadle, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden

   Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden is a public park in Didsbury, Manchester, England, between the River Mersey and Stenner Woods. The park is named after Alderman Fletcher Moss, who donated the park to the city of Manchester in 1915.

   900 m · Botanical garden in Didsbury, Manchester · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Baguley Hall

   Baguley Hall is a 14th-century timber-framed building in Baguley, Greater Manchester, England. A former country house, historically in Cheshire, it is now Grade I listed and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

   3.9 km · 14th-century timber-framed hall in Baguley, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Abney Hall

   Abney Hall is a Grade II* listed Victorian house on Manchester Road in Cheadle, a suburban village within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Built between 1842 and 1847 and extensively remodelled in the mid and late 19th century, it later became a civic building and now serves as offices within a public park.

   2.3 km · building in Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Chorltonville

    Chorltonville is a garden village in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England. The village includes architecture inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement.

    3.7 km · garden village in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Manchester Airport Visitor Park

   Located on the south-western side of Manchester Airport, the visitor park is well worth a visit for any aviation enthusiast.

2. 02
   Baguley Park

   Small play area for children surrounded by large grass areas and housing.

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Things to do

DUFFA (Didsbury Ultimate Frisbee For Amateurs), info@duffa.org. If you fancy something a little different, this Didsbury society is free and open to all. Free.

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Where to eat

Yechan Foods, 95 Mauldeth Road, M14 6SR,. Coriander Restaurant, 485 Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, M21 8AG,. Indian Restaurant Asian Fusion, 491 Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, M21 8AG,. Indian Restaurant

1. 01
   Desi Roots

   483 Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21 8AG,.

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Getting to Didsbury

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 8 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 42 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 63 km

Stations

East Didsbury railway station, 1 km · Gatley railway station, 2.6 km · Mauldeth Road railway station, 2.4 km · Burnage railway station, 1.2 km · Heaton Chapel railway station, 3.6 km

• Liverpool → Didsbury

  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £5–7
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• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Didsbury

  62 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–10
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Didsbury

  89 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £10–14
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