94-530: Woodhouse Park is an area of Wythenshawe in south Manchester , England . The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,519. The area borders Newall Green , on the other side of the M56 motorway , from which it is served by Junctions 4 (Wythenshawe) and 5 (Manchester Airport), to the west, Moss Nook to the south and south-east, Peel Hall to the east and Benchill to the north. The Manchester Metrolink Airport Line runs through Woodhouse Park. Sharston
188-407: A multi-storey car park ). A walkway going between the multi-storey car park and the large supermarket building now features a wall mosaic depicting various aspects of the town. After the demolition of two 1960s blocks of multi-storey flats in 2007, new buildings were constructed on the site including a new Wilko shop, office premises and a local authority services hub that provides a new frontage for
282-505: A business subsequently sold to easyJet . In October 2008, the daily New York–JFK service was terminated and in March 2013 the daily to London–Gatwick was ended, although the service has resumed in recent years. Since taking over BA Connect 's select routes, Flybe has gone on to add several more destinations. In 2012, Flybe introduced the "mini hub" concept co-ordinating the arrival and departure times of various domestic services throughout
376-435: A horticulture centre, children's play area, athletics track, football pitches, tennis courts, bowls and golfing facilities. Other parks include Hollyhedge Park, Peel Hall Park, Painswick Park and Baguley Park. Northenden's Riverside Park is the first new park to be established in the city in the 21st century. The district is under the authority of Manchester City Council . Manchester Wythenshawe parliamentary constituency
470-682: A large new housing estate there in the 1920s. With an area of approximately 11 square miles (28 km ), Wythenshawe became the largest council estate in Europe. Wythenshawe includes the areas of Baguley , Benchill , Peel Hall , Newall Green , Woodhouse Park , Moss Nook , Northern Moor , Northenden and Sharston . The name Wythenshawe seems to come from the Old English wiðign = " withy tree " and sceaga = "wood" (compare dialectal word shaw ). The three ancient townships of Northenden , Baguley and Northen Etchells formally became
564-480: A library, leisure centre, swimming pool, cafe and other amenities, has also been renovated in a more modern style. For thirty years it also housed the Forum Theatre, but this closed in 2002 and a health clinic and an adult education facility now occupy its space. In 2007, Asda opened a new superstore on the site of the old Co-operative store (originally built by Woolco in the mid-1970s, which also features
658-582: A mobile shop van when it visited their area. Various residents' associations were set up to address those problems, but progress was very slow. After the Second World War, Wythenshawe eventually expanded, with several further shops being built (such as Haveley Circle, built in the early 1950s but demolished in the 1990s) and businesses were attracted to the area with the expansion of the Sharston Industrial Estate and, later,
752-488: A month for the first time in 1987. This growth boosted expansion plans, including planning for a new terminal. The following year, in 1988 Manchester celebrated its Golden jubilee . Terminal A, which now forms part of Terminal 3, was opened by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1989. In 1993, Terminal 2 was officially opened by the Duke of Edinburgh along with the official opening of Manchester Airport station . From 1997 to 2001,
846-418: A new local community centre. Both before and after its transmission, the documentary was criticised for being a self-serving publicity stunt by Ferguson and she was also criticised for her patronising attitude towards the local people. Wythenshawe has two football clubs, Wythenshawe Town F.C. and Wythenshawe F.C. , who both were promoted from Level 9 of the football pyramid in 2023-24, and currently play in
940-629: A new public transport hub was built in Wythenshawe Town Centre which opened in June 2015 and includes a new bus station and tram stop. Approximately 43,000 people work in Wythenshawe. There are four areas of industrial activity (estates)—Moss Nook, Ringway ( Airport Cargo Centre ), Roundthorn and Sharston. It is home to Manchester Airport and Wythenshawe Hospital (part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust ), which are two of
1034-483: A second runway was constructed, causing large-scale protests in Cheshire , especially in the village of Styal where natural habitats were disturbed and listed buildings demolished to make space for construction. During the early 2000s, British Airways scaled down operations from Manchester Airport with the sale of their BA Connect subsidiary to Flybe and the ending of their franchise agreement with GB Airways ,
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#17327823129431128-450: A working farm and a horse-riding centre. Wythenshawe has twelve parks and 18 woodland areas including Wythenshawe Park , which was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2011. It covers over 270 acres (110 ha) of green space and is home to Manchester's only community farm, Wythenshawe community farm . At the centre of the park is the historic Wythenshawe Hall with its Civil War and Tatton heritage. The park also has riding stables,
1222-399: A £1.3 billion redevelopment programme will merge Terminals 1 and 2 in 2025. It covers an area of 560 hectares (1,400 acres) and has flights to 199 destinations, placing the airport thirteenth globally for total destinations served. Officially opened on 25 June 1938, it was initially known as Ringway Airport , a name still in local use. In World War II , as RAF Ringway , it was a base for
1316-416: Is Manchester's largest district. The massive housing estate that was built there in the 1920s was intended as a " garden city ", where people could be rehoused away from industrial Manchester. In 1920, town planner Patrick Abercrombie identified the area as the most suitable undeveloped land for a housing estate close to the city, and 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) of land were purchased. Part of Benchill (not
1410-484: Is a 20-minute drive from Manchester city centre and is reached by the M56 motorway , with a dedicated approach road from the motorway at junction 5. The M56 is the main route used by traffic to reach the airport. There are also minor local roads serving the airport from the north ( Wythenshawe ) and the east ( Heald Green ). The M56/ A538 road junction serves the World Freight Terminal, to the west of
1504-401: Is also Skyline service 199 operating every 30 minutes to Buxton via Stockport, Disley and Chapel-en-le-Frith, as well as a number of Stagecoach Manchester and Arriva North West services to Stockport, Altrincham and various parts of South Manchester. A network of National Express and Megabus coach services serve Manchester Airport and operate to destinations further afield. The airport
1598-542: Is an international airport in Ringway , Manchester , England , 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Manchester city centre . In 2022, it was the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passengers (the busiest outside of London) and the 19th-busiest airport in Europe in 2023, with 28.1 million passengers served. The airport comprises a cargo terminal and three passenger terminals - although
1692-443: Is currently in the morning and then again between 13:00–20:00. Most aircraft arriving into Manchester Airport use the instrument landing system , which in line with most other airports has a glide slope of 3 degrees equal to descending 318 feet (97 m) per nautical mile . The prevailing wind direction is westerly, so normally aircraft fly from northeast to southwest. In practice this means that normally aircraft land from
1786-523: Is now the most developed terminal, with new piers and also a larger security hall as well as more outlets. The first phase of the new extension, Pier 1, opened on 1 April 2019. The second phase, the terminal extension, was due to open in April 2020 but was delayed due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic , finally opening on 14 July 2021. The third phase, which was announced on 25 January 2023, includes
1880-767: Is part of the Wythenshawe and Sale East constituency, represented by the Labour Party MP Mike Kane . In 2003, Benchill was disestablished as a local government ward and the area divided between Woodhouse Park, Sharston , and Northenden . The Manchester City Council Woodhouse Park electoral Ward incorporates the areas of Woodhouse Park described above as well as Moss Nook, Ringway Parish Council and Manchester Airport and has three Councillors to represent all these areas: Anastasia Wiest (Grn), Rob Nunney (Grn), and Astrid Johnson (Grn). indicates seat up for re-election. As part of Wythenshawe,
1974-597: Is planned to provide fifteen more covered stands. The World Logistics Hub is also part of the Airport City Enterprise Developments in south Manchester. This development is designed to meet the growing demand for cargo handling space and infrastructure outside of the southeast. Positioned on the southwest side of the A538 road , next to the southeast side of the M56 motorway across the A538 from
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#17327823129432068-534: Is policed by the city of Manchester Division of Greater Manchester Police . Wythenshawe's fire and rescue services are the responsibility of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service , and are based at a fire station on Brownley Road. The M56 motorway , constructed in the 1970s as a continuation of the A5103 road (Princess Parkway), bisects east and west Wythenshawe. A bypass connecting it to
2162-524: Is responsible for Woodhouse Park. This Greater Manchester location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wythenshawe Wythenshawe ( / ˈ w ɪ ð ən ʃ ɔː / ) is a suburb of Manchester in Greater Manchester , England. Historically it was part of Cheshire , in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building
2256-575: Is the UK's second tallest control tower, after London Heathrow and it replaces the old tower on top of Terminal 1. Manchester Airport is policed by the Greater Manchester Police and Manchester Airport Fire Service. Several security-related incidents have occurred at the airport in recent years. Manchester Airport station , opened in May 1993, is between Terminals 1 and 2. It is linked to
2350-587: Is the home to the engineering base of Jet2.com and, up until 23 September 2019, it was also the engineering base of the Thomas Cook Group Airlines . Airlines such as Etihad Airways also have one of six maintenance bases worldwide in Manchester with their newly opened (2011) line maintenance facility. Manchester Airport has a World Freight Terminal, serving cargo-only freighter services and cargo carried on regular passenger flights. It
2444-578: Is the southern branch of Ringway Road. It was partly in Northen Etchells township and partly in Styal parish. For many centuries it was a peat bog which was dug for peat fuel, locally called "turf"; local manorial law said that after digging peat the top living plant layer had to be lodged back to let more peat form afterwards. Each man's allocated part of the Moss was called his "moss room". In
2538-547: The skylink , with travelators (out of order since 2016) to aid passengers with the 10–15-minute walk. Terminal 3 is linked to Terminal 1 and the skylink by a covered walkway. The skylink also connects the terminals to the airport railway station complex (known as The Station ) and the Radisson BLU Hotel . Skylink 1 started construction in 1991 and opened 1993. Skylink 2 opened in September 1996 along with
2632-643: The 2008 elections the Liberal Democrats gained a seat in Northenden and a second seat (in the same area) in the 2010 elections . Labour regained these seats in the 2012 and 2014 elections . The Green Party have gained councillors in the Woodhouse Park ward in both the 2021 and 2022 elections. Wythenshawe is 8 miles (13 km) south of the city centre and is the southernmost district of Manchester. Altrincham and Hale lie to
2726-457: The Moss Nook and Roundthorn industrial complexes. Wythenshawe gradually acquired all the amenities and facilities that the original planners had neglected to include with the building of several new schools, shops, pubs and churches. The area also got its own hospital, and Wythenshawe Hospital grew out of the earlier Baguley Hospital in 1948. The largest shopping area was built in the 1960s in
2820-611: The Royal Air Force . The airport is owned and managed by Manchester Airports Group (MAG) , a group owned by the ten metropolitan borough councils of Greater Manchester , with Manchester City Council owning the largest stake, and the Australian finance house IFM Investors. Ringway , after which the airport was named, is a village with a few buildings and a church at the western edge of the airport. In 2017, an 8-year redevelopment programme commenced which will culminate with
2914-418: The 1997, 2001 and 2005 elections . Labour kept the seat in the 2010 elections, though their share of the vote decreased to 44.1%. In early 2014, following the death of Paul Goggins, a by-election was held. Labour candidate Mike Kane (a Northenden councillor until 2008) won the seat with 55.3% of the vote, although voter turnout was low (28%). The 2017 general election saw the largest vote share for Labour in
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3008-423: The 19th century, manorial control was lost over what people used their moss rooms for, and an 1839 tithe map of Northen Etchells shows Northen Etchells's part of Shadow Moss as about 2/3 arable , about 1/3 meadow , one field as pasture , and one field as "uncultivated moors". Later, the fertile lowland peat soil led to the area being much used for market gardening , with large areas under greenhouses . Of
3102-533: The A380. Part of this work saw the removal of the South Bay remote aircraft stands, constructed in 1962 between taxiways Juliet and Kilo and more recently re-aligning taxiway Juliet into an extended taxiway Bravo. Terminal 1 is not planned to be included in the ten-year airport expansion project, and will shut in 2025 when the new Terminal 2 is completed. In 2025, Airlines operating from Terminal 1 will move across to
3196-508: The Airport operate to Manchester Victoria via Market Street . The Station is the airport's ground transport interchange and brings bus , coach and rail passengers under one roof. Over 300 trains, 100 coaches and 500 buses a day use the facility, including the 24-hour bus service 43, which runs every 10 minutes (every 30 minutes at night) to Manchester city centre via Wythenshawe, Northenden, Withington, Fallowfield and Rusholme. There
3290-630: The Coronavirus outbreak. The departure of American Airlines also marked the final US-based airline at Manchester. American Airlines had previously operated services to New York–JFK , Chicago , Dallas , Miami , Boston , and Charlotte . Data recorded and published by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) show that during the first 11 months (January through November) of 2020, passenger 'Terminal & Transit' numbers dropped from 29,374,282 in 2019 to 6,787,127 in 2020. As part of
3384-468: The Government's Future of Air Transport white paper , Manchester Airport published its Master Plan on its proposed expansions until 2030. Demolition of older buildings, such as old storage buildings, the old Alpha Catering Building and Males Garage, to the east of Terminal 2 has already begun, to make way for a new apron and taxiway towards runway 05L/23R and an eastwards extension of Terminal 2, which
3478-576: The Northern Premier League Division One West. Footballers Paul Stewart, Marcus Rashford and Cole Palmer were born and raised in the area. Former heavyweight boxing world champion Tyson Fury also has links to the area, alongside his trainer Jimmy Egan, who owns a boxing club in the west of the area. Former Manchester City players Lukas and Felix Nmecha were also grown up in the estate. Manchester Airport Manchester Airport ( IATA : MAN , ICAO : EGCC )
3572-519: The Radisson. Terminal 1 is used by airlines with scheduled and charter operations, flying to European and other worldwide destinations. It is the second largest terminal at the airport. It was opened in 1962, by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , and it is a base for easyJet . Terminal 1 is spread over an area of 110,000 m (1,200,000 sq ft). The terminal has two piers which combined have 29 stands, of which 15 have air bridges. Gate 12
3666-503: The War, the base reverted to a civilian airport and gradually expanded to its present size. Manchester was Britain's second-busiest airport, after Heathrow, by the 1960s. In 1946, Air France began operations from Manchester following the commencement of peacetime passenger services from the airport, and remains the airport's longest continuous operator, celebrating 75 years of service in 2021. In 1953, Manchester began 24-hour operation, with
3760-556: The World Freight Terminal, it provides access to the trunk motorway network via Junction 6. Manchester Airport has development plans to meet the growing demand to fly. One document, "The Need for Land", outlines several development ideas. Five affected areas are: In the summer of 2009, a £50 million redevelopment programme for Terminal 1 was completed, as well as the construction of new car parking facilities and taxiways for aircraft. Manchester Airport has three passenger terminals (Terminals 1, 2 and 3). Terminals 1 and 2 are linked by
3854-514: The Wythenshawe Community Housing Group which is now responsible for around 14,000 homes in Wythenshawe. In 2007, The New York Times described the housing estates in Wythenshawe as representing an "extreme pocket of social deprivation and alienation". Most of the farm buildings in the Wythenshawe area were demolished when the estate was built. Some of them, like Hollyhedge Farm and Floats Hall, were left among
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3948-429: The ability to handle flights during the day and night, which helped the airport handle 163,000 passengers. 1953 also saw the start of intercontinental flights by Sabena Belgian to New York, followed closely by the launch of services to New York by BOAC . The first transatlantic flights to originate at Manchester began in 1963. The thrice-weekly service was operated by BOAC using a Boeing 707 via Prestwick . In 1969,
4042-747: The airport grew from 94,000 tonnes in 1997 to the peak at 165,000 tonnes in 2007, but then declined to around 93,000 tonnes in 2013, subsequently increasing to over 109,000 tonnes in 2016 making Manchester the fourth-busiest UK airport for freight behind London–Heathrow , East Midlands and London–Stansted airports. Manchester Airport has two parallel runways . Runway 1 (23R/05L) 3,048 m × 45 m (10,000 ft × 148 ft) and Runway 2 (23L/05R) 3,200 m × 45 m (10,499 ft × 148 ft). The parallel runways lie 390 m (1,280 ft) apart and staggered by 1,850 m (6,070 ft) so that landings can be conducted independently on one runway whilst takeoffs are conducted on
4136-456: The airport. The airline entered compulsory liquidation in September 2019, with many aircraft left parked at the airport while payment disputes were concluded. Flybe was a British airline with a significant base at Manchester, which provided more than half of UK domestic flights outside London. Plans were formulated by a consortium Including Stobart Air and Virgin Atlantic to save FlyBe with
4230-532: The area southwest of Gladeside Road) and some areas in the north were built before World War II and called the Wythenshawe Ward of the City of Manchester. The rest was built after the Second World War, starting in the late 1940s as wartime building restrictions were relaxed. Parts of Baguley were still semi-rural in the 1960s, but there is now very little open country left. The estate was initially built without many shops, amenities or services, and there
4324-528: The area. The town centre, known as the Civic Centre, was originally built in the 1960s. It expanded over the years and was renovated between 1999 and 2002 to include new stores and other new features, when the city council relinquished ownership and transferred it to St. Modwen Properties . The main shopping area now includes gates that are locked at night to prevent the vandalism that was seen in previous years. The Forum centre, which opened in 1971, houses
4418-420: The completion and opening of the newly constructed air traffic control tower – which is now located in an independent tower, not on top of the airport as previously – and Airport City Manchester gained planning approval. During 2013, Virgin Atlantic introduced its Little Red short-haul brand to take-up some of the available Heathrow and Gatwick slots, which resulted from BMI ceasing operations. Manchester
4512-437: The construction of a satellite pier. Terminal 2's current capacity is around 8 million passengers a year; this will be extended to ultimately handle 25 million passengers a year. In 2007, an £11 million project commenced to redevelop Terminal 2 by improving security facilities and enhancing retail and catering services. Terminal 2 received a major extension, completed in 2021, to encompass formerly remote stands to
4606-411: The day and thereby creating combinations such as Norwich–Manchester–Belfast, Glasgow–Manchester–Southampton and Edinburgh–Manchester–Exeter with conveniently short transfer times. The Airbus A380 arrived in 2010, operated by Emirates , which continues to operate the aircraft up to three times daily on its route to Dubai Manchester Airport celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2013. That year also saw
4700-518: The hall. In March 2016, the hall's roof, one of its upper floors and its clock tower were severely damaged by a fire in an arson attack. Immediately south of Wythenshawe is Manchester Airport , formerly called Ringway Airport . Before Ringway Airport was laid out, three farm fields between Rackhouse Road and Wythenshawe Road in Northern Moor, in what is now the north edge of Wythenshawe, were used as Manchester (Wythenshawe) Aerodrome . This
4794-437: The history of both the current and former Wythenshawe seat with 62.2% of the vote and a 15,000 majority, although the 2019 election saw this fall back to previous levels with a majority of 10,396 and a 53.3% share of the vote. At the 2001 UK Census , Wythenshawe was divided into six local government wards : Baguley , Benchill , Northenden , Sharston , Woodhouse Park and Brooklands (the latter being an area divided with
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#17327823129434888-487: The houses but suffered from vandalism and had to be demolished later. Some of the present housing estates were named after former farms. Peel Hall Farm (which had a moat ) survived for over 20 years as its occupant lived on the proceeds of selling his land, but soon after he left, the property was vandalised and had to be demolished. Newall Green Farm survived on the edge of the Newall Green housing estate area and
4982-639: The largest employers in the area. Many national and international companies have premises or main offices in Wythenshawe, including Timpson Ltd , HellermannTyton , Virgin Media , Vodafone and F. Duerr & Sons . In 1934, George Hamer Scholes built the Wylex Works to produce electrical accessories. The company was later acquired by Electrium, which is now under Siemens' ownership. Several greenfield and greyfield sites have been opened up to developers and there are several new housing developments within
5076-565: The launch of Connect Airways , but plans were dropped in early 2020 and all operations ceased. Like most British and international airports, Manchester has been severely affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent reduction in air passengers. A number of airlines ceased, paused or reduced routes to the airport. The reduced passenger numbers saw the temporary closure of both Terminals 2 and 3. In late 2020 American Airlines announced that its daily flights to Philadelphia would cease operation amid ongoing travel disruption caused by
5170-520: The majority of housing in Woodhouse Park is social housing, mostly former council housing stock. Following a democratic vote, the former council properties are now under the control of local housing associations . Due to greater access to government funding, the housing associations have invested a great deal into the local area, improving the quality of maintenance of the housing stock. Local leisure facilities have also been improved as part of an urban regeneration programme. The Greater Manchester Police
5264-441: The merger of Terminals 1 and 2 to form one large terminal to better facilitate transfers. The new terminal is due for completion in 2025 will take 80% of all passenger traffic. Terminal 3 will remain with a focus on low-cost, short-haul airlines. Construction commenced in Ringway parish on 28 November 1935 and the airport was partially operational by June 1937, with full construction completed on 25 June 1938. Its northern border
5358-404: The movement rate decreases. The airport has three stacks: DAYNE, MIRSI and ROSUN, each located approximately 15/20 miles from the airport. DAYNE serves arrivals from the south, ROSUN from the north and east and MIRSI from the west. Residents living within 20 miles (32 km) of the airport will likely see and hear aircraft. A new control tower was opened on 25 June 2013. At 60 m tall, it
5452-496: The nearby M60 motorway was built through Sharston and opened in 1974. The nearest railway station to Wythenshawe was located adjacent to Longley Lane at the edge of Sharston on the Cheshire Lines Railway from Stockport to Liverpool . Named Northenden for Wythenshawe , Northenden railway station was closed on 30 November 1964. Wythenshawe did not then have a public railway service for several decades, with
5546-479: The nearest stations being located in the neighbouring areas of Gatley , Heald Green and Altrincham . A station at Manchester Airport was opened in 1993. The Airport Line branch of the Manchester Metrolink tram service includes twelve stops throughout Wythenshawe. The line opened on 3 November 2014, a year ahead of schedule. In addition to the building of the new Metrolink lines and stations,
5640-530: The neighbouring borough of Trafford ). Each ward was represented by three local councillors, giving Wythenshawe 21 of the 99 seats on Manchester City Council. Following a review by the Boundary Committee for England published in 2003, the ward of Benchill was abolished, and its former territory was divided between the wards of Northenden, Sharston, and Woodhouse Park. Wythenshawe typically returns all Labour councillors in local elections, although in
5734-472: The new Terminal 2, and Terminal 1 will be 'Mothballed'. Terminal 2 is used by a variety of airlines, operating both charter and scheduled flights to many European and worldwide destinations. Terminal 2 is spread over an area of 52,000 m (560,000 sq ft) and has 16 gates, of which 20 have air bridges. The design of the terminal makes it capable of extensive expansion; building work has begun for an extension providing additional gates, together with
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#17327823129435828-499: The newly completed Terminal 2, the airport studied the option of a second full-length runway. A consultation process began and planning permission was approved in 1997, with construction work starting the same year. The second runway, initially designated 06R/24L, became operational on 5 February 2001 at a cost of £172 million, and was the first full-length commercial runway to open in Britain for over 20 years. The site where
5922-675: The north and south of the runways and under the approach path. The Heyhead area has been progressively replaced by level car parks, and by 2011 all of Heyhead's buildings had vanished (see History of Manchester Airport#Expansion ). Some greenhouses remain at the far east of the Shadow Moss area as of June 2012, but are used by private car parking operators (not associated with the airport company) and not for growing any crop. The last market gardener there, who grew tomatoes, closed his business in 2011 due to competition from highly mechanized enormous greenhouse establishments elsewhere. Wythenshawe
6016-647: The northeast over Stockport, Cheadle , and Heald Green , and takeoff towards Knutsford. In dual runway operations aircraft will usually land on to Runway 1 (23R) and depart from Runway 2 (23L). When the wind direction changes, usually affecting 20% of movements per annum, operations are reversed with aircraft landing from the southwest, lining up to the south over Northwich and over Knutsford and taking off towards Stockport. In dual runway operations aircraft will usually land on to Runway 2 (05R) and depart from Runway 1 (05L). Sometimes, aircraft arriving into Manchester Airport are held in stacks , usually in poor weather when
6110-426: The other. The original main runway, then designated 06/24 and initially 3,300 ft (1,006 m) in length, opened on 17 May 1937 when the airport was used as an RAF base and a military aircraft assembly centre. It was extended in stages from 1952, reaching its current length in 1981 to attract long-haul international traffic. As demand and aircraft movements both increased during the mid-1990s, mainly due to
6204-673: The outdoor sets for the show, which were built on private property. Production moved from West Gorton (in East Manchester) in early 2007, following disruption to filming caused by local youths. In 2009, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York (former wife of Prince Andrew ) went to Wythenshawe to make a television documentary for ITV1 entitled The Duchess on the Estate . In it, she visited the Northern Moor area of Wythenshawe to meet locals and discuss their way of life, and to open
6298-548: The people who worked there, many lived in Heyhead. As of around 1970, Heyhead was a small settlement at the south end of Woodhouse Lane and the nearby part of Ringway Road. It comprised several terrace houses , a small shop, two or more old cottages, a chapel , and the Ringway Haulage Company. Manchester Airport 's ground level car parking has been displaced from other areas and car parks have been formed to
6392-460: The platform opened to passengers in autumn 2015. A Metrolink service from Cornbrook station to the Airport opened in November 2014 and runs at 12-minute frequency. Journeys along the 15-stop line from Cornbrook take approximately 35 minutes. The Manchester Metrolink light rail system has had plans to extend to the airport for many years. When the idea of a congestion charge was mooted, part of
6486-473: The present-day Wythenshawe when they were merged with Manchester in 1931. Until then, the name was only used to refer to Wythenshawe Hall and its grounds. Due to spending cuts, the hall was temporarily closed to the public in 2010. One proposition was that Manchester City Council could sell the building to the National Trust . A Friends Group was formed to support monthly open days and events at
6580-598: The primary user of the terminal along with codeshare partner airlines ( Oneworld ). Terminal 3 now spreads over an area of 44,400 m (478,000 sq ft). Work began on the private terminal (adjacent to the Runway visitor park) in 2019 and it opened on 21 October 2019. The terminal has been closed since the COVID pandemic, but re-opened on 4 November 2024. The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Manchester: Manchester Airport
6674-421: The refurbishment of the existing Terminal 2 featuring a brand new security hall, and also includes the construction of Pier 2. Work is due to be complete in 2025. Terminal A, as it was then known, was opened in 1989 by Diana, Princess of Wales as a self contained new domestic terminal to replace the original pier A. It had many names before its expansion and re-designation as Terminal 3 in May 1998. The terminal
6768-633: The residential area of Knutsford . As aircraft rarely land on to Runway 2 from the northeast (Runway 23L) or takeoff from Runway 2 to the northeast (Runway 05R) there has been no change to the path of aircraft over Heald Green, Cheadle and Stockport. Planning permission for Runway 2 (23L/05R) permits use of both runways between the hours of 06:00–22:00. At night between the hours of 22:00–06:00 single runway operations based on Runway 1 (23R/05L) are used. Exceptions are made for emergencies and planned maintenance. In practice, dual runway operations incorporating Runway 2 (23L/05R) are only used at peak demand, which
6862-478: The runway was extended to 2,745 metres (9,006 ft), allowing aircraft to take off with a full payload and to fly non-stop to Canada. In 1971, the airport reached a milestone of handling over 2 million passengers in one year. The following year saw the opening of a link road connecting the airport to the M56 Motorway, improving road access from Manchester, Cheshire and North Wales. In 1975, Ringway
6956-489: The scheme was to have extended the Metrolink to the airport. However, when this was rejected, the future of the scheme was in doubt. In 2009, it was announced that the line to the airport would finally be built. The airport line is one spur of the line from St Werburgh's Road to East Didsbury and Manchester Airport, which opened on 3 November 2014 – 18 months ahead of schedule. As of November 2022, Metrolink services from
7050-404: The second runway was constructed was on the southern airfield boundary, which is near the village of Styal in the Cheshire countryside. The project was deemed controversial because of the destruction of natural wildlife habitats and because of changes to flight paths to enable aircraft to fly in and out of the second runway. Aircraft landing from the southwest on to Runway 2 (05R) fly lower over
7144-577: The south-west, Sale to the north-west and the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport to the east, with the suburbs of Gatley and Heald Green bordering onto Wythenshawe's eastern side. Manchester Airport is immediately to the south of the town. Shadow Moss is an area south of Ringway Road in the southeast corner of Wythenshawe. On this old map of Wythenshawe it is roughly the rectangular area between three country lanes with Heyhead at its northwest corner. On modern maps, its north edge
7238-513: The terminals by a Skylink moving walkway. Trains operated by Northern , TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales connect the airport to Manchester Piccadilly and other railway stations, mainly throughout northern England, including Crewe , Wigan , Blackpool North railway station , as well as Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland and Holyhead and Llandudno in Wales. A third platform
7332-499: The town centre from its north-facing aspect. In June 2022, Manchester City Council announced the purchase of Wythenshawe town centre from St. Modwen Properties as part of wider plans to transform the town centre. Wythenshawe is the outdoor filming location for the Channel 4 series Shameless , which shows various shots of the local tower-blocks, housing estates and other architecture unique to this area. Wythenshawe also housed
7426-653: The town centre, known as the Wythenshawe Civic Centre, which has been expanded further since it was first built. In 1971, the Wythenshawe Forum was opened there, which included a library, a swimming pool, a restaurant, a bar and a theatre. From the 1990s to the 2000s, the houses that were built and owned by the council were transferred to the control of local housing associations , such as Willow Park in east Wythenshawe and Parkway Green in west Wythenshawe. Both associations merged in 2013 to form
7520-420: The west. Between twelve and fifteen covered aircraft stands have been made available by this. An air side link for transferring passengers between Terminals 1 and 2 is at the planning stage, designed in an effort to boost Manchester's chances of becoming a major hub airport and minimise missed connections. It was announced in June 2015 that the airport would have an expansion taking ten years to complete. Terminal 2
7614-446: Was Yewtree Lane between Firtree Farm and The Grange, east of the crossroads marked "Ringway", and its southeast border a little west of Altrincham Road, along the lane from Oversleyford running northeast then east into Styal . In 1938, KLM became the first airline to launch scheduled commercial flights to Manchester. During World War II , RAF Ringway was important in military aircraft production and training parachutists . After
7708-472: Was an operator at Manchester between 1981 and 2017, operating short and medium flights to Europe, and had its own maintenance base at the airport. It entered administration and ceased operations in 2017. Thomas Cook Airlines was a major operator at Manchester, operating scheduled and charter flights to over 50 destinations in Europe, America and the Caribbean. Its parent company also had a maintenance base at
7802-511: Was completed in 2008 to allow for an increase in rail capacity. In 2009, Network Rail stated that the third platform meant that capacity will become constrained by the layover of the trains and recommended building a line underneath the Airport towards Northwich by 2024. Work on building a new fourth platform at the station commenced in early 2014 with a blockade required in February 2015 to allow completion. Construction finished in May 2015 and
7896-402: Was completed, and Pier 1 opened on 1 April 2019. The second phase of the extension plan opened on 14 July 2021. During the later part of the decade, Monarch Airlines , Thomas Cook Airlines and Flybe all entered administration and ceased operations, having a major impact on local employment and operations at Manchester, as well as leaving thousands of passengers stranded, many abroad. Monarch
7990-444: Was completed, which included a new £14 million 14-lane security area. Passenger flow on Terminal 1's gating piers is due to be realigned, with plans to redesign the piers so departures and arrivals do not contraflow on the same level, allowing larger seating areas at the gates, express retail outlets and a dedicated lounge and gating area for future Airbus A380 flights. Currently only Gate 12, Pier B, has been upgraded to accommodate
8084-501: Was created in 1950 and represented by Alf Morris of the Labour Party between 1964 and 1997. Before the 1997 election, the boundaries were redrawn and part of the neighbouring area of Sale included in a new constituency, Wythenshawe and Sale East . Alf Morris was replaced by Paul Goggins . It is still considered a safe Labour seat, with Labour securing over 50% of the vote (and more than twice as many votes as its nearest rival) in
8178-427: Was known in succession as "Terminal A"; "Terminal A – Domestic"; "Terminal 1A" after Terminal 2 opened in 1993; "Terminal 1A – British Airways and Domestic"; "Terminal 3 – British Airways and Domestic" before becoming simply known as Terminal 3 in 1998. In June 1998, British Airways opened their new £75 million terminal facility designed by Grimshaw Architects , this being a major extension to Terminal A and became
8272-527: Was officially renamed Manchester International Airport. The airport saw rapid growth and expansion during the 1980s and 1990s, shaping the airport for the coming decades. Many of the developments made during this period remain in place or have only recently been altered following the introduction of the Manchester Transformation Project. Passenger numbers continued to grow, reaching the milestone of handling one million passengers
8366-470: Was opened in 1986, west of the original airfield. There are 5,500,000 sq ft (510,000 m ) of warehouse and office space on site, including a chiller unit for frozen products and a border inspection post. There are three aircraft maintenance hangars, with five transit sheds, operated by British Airways World Cargo , Swissport Cargo , Menzies World Cargo, and dnata UK . There are over 100 freight forwarding companies on site. Freight throughput at
8460-512: Was specially adapted to accommodate the Airbus A380 , which is operated by Emirates on their route three times per day from Dubai to Manchester. Terminal 1's current capacity is around 11 million passengers a year, compared with an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers when it first opened. In the Summer of 2009, a £50 million redevelopment programme for Terminal 1
8554-428: Was still occupied and run as a farm until the early 21st century when its last occupant died, when it was abandoned and fenced off. The buildings are listed . In 2006, a firm bought Newall Green Farm's buildings from Manchester Corporation. On 21 June 2014, vandals set fire to Newall Green Farm, and its roof was destroyed, but there are plans to turn the buildings into a care home for adults with learning disabilities ,
8648-493: Was the UK's first municipal airfield, operating between April 1929 and early 1930. A barn was converted to act as the hangar and a farmhouse as the administration building. Temporary fuel pumps were installed. The last recorded flight from Wythenshawe Airport was on 19 June 1930. Wythenshawe was in the Church of England Diocese of Chester until 1933, when it was transferred to the neighbouring Diocese of Manchester. Wythenshawe
8742-575: Was the inaugural destination, with services were operated by aircraft leased from Aer Lingus . However, these services ceased in March 2015 because of low sales. In 2014, the Manchester Airport Metrolink route launched as part of the route expansion plans of the Manchester Metrolink tramway, aiding transport to and from the airport to the city centre. In 2019, the first phase of the new Terminal 2 extension
8836-727: Was very little employment available in the area. Although Northenden already had a shopping area on Palatine Road, the earliest new shops were built in the 1930s and included parades on Hollyhedge Road, and on Altrincham Road in Sharston (the latter was demolished in 1973 to make way for the M56 Sharston bypass). There were smaller local shops, such as a grocers—selling general household provisions, at Minsterly Parade (Woodhouse Park) and Haveley Circle (Benchill). However, it took decades for some areas of Wythenshawe to get their own neighbourhood shops, which meant residents had to travel or visit
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