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Trafford Town Hall is a neo-classical building in Stretford, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is the meeting place of Trafford Council and was originally known as "Stretford Town Hall". The building faces Emirates Old Trafford to the south and is within 500 metres of Manchester United's Football Ground to the north.
The M postcode area, also known as the Manchester postcode area, [2] is a group of postcode districts in the North West of England.. The districts are subdivisions of three post towns: Manchester, Salford and Sale and cover parts of all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, primarily the cities of Manchester and Salford and the majority of the borough of Trafford.
The building was originally called Stretford Town Hall, having been completed in 1933 for the former Stretford Borough Council, one of Trafford Council's predecessors. [19] Most of the council's offices are in a modern extension to the rear of the building which opened in 2013, replacing an earlier office extension of 1983 on the same site.
Postcode areas shown with former postal counties. This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies. A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area. All, or part, of one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. [1]
In 1974, Trafford Council was created to administer the newly formed Trafford Metropolitan Borough and is headquartered at Trafford Town Hall, which was previously named Stretford Town Hall. [24] On its formation in 1974, the council was controlled by the Conservative Party ; the Conservatives have been in control 1973–85, 1988–94, and 2004 ...
Trafford Town Hall: 1933 The town hall, which was extended in 1983, was designed by Bradshaw Gass & Hope. It is in Ruabon brick on a steel frame and has a gritstone plinth, gritstone dressings, and a mansard roof with slate below and plastic above. The town hall has two storeys, attics and basements, and has an irregular courtyard plan.
Gorse Hill is also the northernmost ward of Trafford council and is home to Trafford Town Hall, housing the council offices. Gorse Hill shares a border with the Clifford and Longford wards, and is town is home to two teams; both Manchester United F.C. and Lancashire County Cricket Club. [3
Hale is a village and electoral ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. [2] It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. It lies about 9 mi (14 km) southwest of the city of Manchester, and is contiguous with the southeast of Altrincham.