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Pendlebury
Town in Greater Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Pendlebury (disambiguation).
For the electoral ward of the City of Salford, see Pendlebury (ward).
Pendlebury is a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England.[1] The population at the 2011 Census was 13,069.[2] It lies 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Manchester, 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Salford and 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Bolton.
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Pendlebury | |
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Location within Greater Manchester | |
Population | 13,069 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SD790012 |
• London | 167 mi (269 km) SE |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MANCHESTER |
Postcode district | M27 |
Dialling code | 0161 |
Police | Greater Manchester |
Fire | Greater Manchester |
Ambulance | North West |
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Historically in Lancashire, Pendlebury, together with the neighbouring settlements of Swinton and Clifton, formed the municipal borough of Swinton and Pendlebury.[1] Pendlebury saw extensive coal extraction from several collieries until the closure of Agecroft Colliery in the 1990s.