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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 council styles itself Trafford Council rather than its full formal name of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. [6] [7] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater ...
Sale is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, [2] in the historic county of Cheshire on the south bank of the River Mersey, two miles (three kilometres) south of Stretford, three miles (five kilometres) northeast of Altrincham, and five miles (eight kilometres) southwest of Manchester. In 2021, it had a population of 54,515.
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 ...
The WA postcode area, also known as the Warrington postcode area, [2] is a group of sixteen postcode districts in North West England, within nine post towns.These cover north Cheshire (including Warrington, Frodsham, Knutsford, Lymm, Runcorn and Widnes), eastern Merseyside (including St Helens and Newton-le-Willows) and small parts of south-western Greater Manchester (including Altrincham).
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.
There is one main tier of local government covering Bowdon, at metropolitan borough level: Trafford Council. The council is a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which is led by the directly-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester. The Bowdon ward is used for electing councillors to Trafford Council. [4]
Longford is an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, covering the Firswood area of Stretford and a small part of the Old Trafford area. It is bordered by the Clifford ward to the northeast, the Gorse Hill ward to the northwest, the Stretford ward to the southwest and Priory to the south.