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Walkden
Town in City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For people with the name, see Walkden (surname).
Walkden is a town[2] in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England,[3] six miles (ten kilometres) northwest of central Salford, and seven miles (eleven kilometres) of Manchester.
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Walkden | |
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Town | |
![]() Trees and the bandstand in the Victorian Parr Fold Park. | |
Location within Greater Manchester | |
Population | 35,616 (2014 estimate)[1] |
OS grid reference | SD751030 |
• London | 169 mi (272 km) SE |
Metropolitan borough | |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MANCHESTER |
Postcode district | M28 |
Dialling code | 0161 |
Police | Greater Manchester |
Fire | Greater Manchester |
Ambulance | North West |
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Walkden has been designated as one of seven main town centres in the City of Salford,[4] and now largely functions as a retail centre and commuter suburb of Greater Manchester.
Historically in the township of Worsley in Lancashire,[5] Walkden was a centre for coal mining and textile manufacture.
In 2021, the electoral wards of Walkden North, Walkden South and Little Hulton had a combined population of 39,761.[6]