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Northenden
Suburb in Manchester, England

Northenden

Northenden is a suburb of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England.

It had a population of 15,064 at the 2021 census. It lies on the south side of the river Mersey, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Stockport and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Manchester city centre, bounded by Didsbury to the north, Gatley to the east, Sale to the west and Wythenshawe to the south.

How locals move

Getting around Northenden the local way

  • Get inThe Manchester Ship Canal can only be used on the Mersey Ferry cruise from Salford to Eastham between April and October.

From Wikivoyage: Manchester, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: User:Hassocks5489 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.