Dunham Town
Dunham Town is a village in the civil parish of Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

Dunham Town is a village in the civil parish of Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It was historically a part of Cheshire.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Dunham Town
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.
- 01Altrincham
Altrincham is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is located south of the River Mersey, 8 miles south-west of Manchester, 3 miles south-west of Sale and 10 miles east of Warrington.
2.3 km · market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia - 02Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester.
2.3 km · canal in North West England · Wikipedia - 03Moss Lane
Moss Lane is a multi-purpose stadium in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is currently used primarily for football matches and is the home ground of Altrincham.
3.7 km · multi-purpose stadium in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia - 04Trafford Training Centre
Trafford Training Centre is the training ground and academy headquarters of English football club Manchester United. It is near the village of Carrington, Greater Manchester, England, and replaced The Cliff as the club's training ground in 2000.
3.5 km · football training ground in England · Wikipedia - 05Dunham Castle
Dunham Castle is an early medieval castle in Dunham Massey, a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
900 m · castle in Dunham Massey, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia - 06Watch Hill Castle
Watch Hill Castle is a medieval motte-and-bailey on the boundary of Bowdon and Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it is a scheduled monument.
2 km · medieval castle in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Dunham Massey Hall
Dunham Massey Hall, usually known simply as Dunham Massey, is an English country house in the parish of Dunham Massey, in the district of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. During World War I, it was temporarily used as the Stamford Military Hospital.
900 m · Grade I listed building in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is in the village and electoral ward of Bowdon near Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
2 km · church in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St George's Church, Altrincham
St George's Church is in the town of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
2.6 km · grade II listed church in Altrincham, Trafford, England · Wikipedia - 10Denzell House
Denzell House is a Grade II* listed building on Dunham Road in Bowdon, a suburb of Altrincham, within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it is noted for its Victorian architecture and historical significance.
1.4 km · house in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dunham Town
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 8 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 31 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 72 km
- Stations
- Altrincham Interchange, 2.8 km · Navigation Road station, 3.2 km · Hale railway station, 3 km · Dunham Massey railway station, 1.6 km · Timperley tram stop, 3.9 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Dunham Town72 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £8–11
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Dunham Town96 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £13–17
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Dunham Town106 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Dunham Town
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dunham Town. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere is an off-road walk through The Dingle between the town centre and Lymm Dam.
From Wikivoyage: Lymm, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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If you know how people move in Dunham Town – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Dunham Town
Dunham Town is 14 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Halevillage in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England2.9 km
- Bowdonvillage in Greater Manchester, UK2 km
- Dunham Masseycivil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England900 m
- Arthillvillage in Cheshire, England, UK2.9 km
- Broadheathtown in Greater Manchester, UK3 km