Gorton Area Guide
Gorton is a mainly residential area with good transport links to the City Centre, M60 and East Manchester. The area offers some significant opportunities.
“Gorton Monastery” by Unknown is licensed under CC BY 4.0 / Cropped from original
About Gorton
For example the sites along Hyde Road provide a major opportunity for physical change and redevelopment. Gorton District Centre, includes a new Tesco supermarket, indoor market hall and retail units. The ward also has a library, parks and open spaces as well as some significant assets including Gorton Monastery and a new PFI Secondary School to replace Wright Robinson Sports College.
“Gorton Monastery” by Unknown is licensed under CC BY 4.0 / Cropped from original
Manchester Gorton Market
In 2006, Manchester City Council started a multi-million-pound redevelopment of the Gorton District Shopping Centre. The small market and retail area was demolished and work started in late 2007 to construct a brand new market hall and a new Tesco Supermarket on this site. Further retail outlets are to be developed near this site along Hyde Road. Gorton’s new market hall opened it’s doors for the first time in June 2008. Part of the new Gorton District Centre, Gorton Market is now housed in a brand new, purpose-built, enclosed building on the site of the old Coop Pioneer supermarket on Garratt Way. The new market hall is over 4,800 square feet and boasts over 40 traders providing a wide variety of quality goods and great value for money.Gorton Education Village
Manchester’s first completed BSF project, Gorton Education Village, opened in September 2008, bringing two schools – a comprehensive and a specialist SEN college – together on a one eight-acre campus. The Gorton Education Village project in East Manchester has created a single-site campus on an eight acre site providing 900 co-educational spaces and 110 specialist support SEN places. This 100% new build project with 2 schools under one roof will combine Cedar Mount High School and Melland SEN High School.
Gorton Buses
There are numerous busses serving Gorton please look at the gmpte webside for further details.Gorton Train Station
This small train station with ramp access to both platforms is unmanded at all times. There is no regular bus service from this station and it is a good 15 minute walk to Hyde road which gives access to bus services into Manchester City Centre. If you are unsure of the time check the timetable beforehand this is located at the entrance of the ramp.
Debdale Park
Based around Gorton reservoirs Debdale Park is the perfect setting to provide a natural home to local wildlife. It has great diversity of wildlife, including a large number of birds and insects. The park also has many trees and numerous bird and bat boxes positioned around the site. Wooded areas are being managed to provide a natural habitat for wildlife combined with an outdoor learning experience for children.Gorton Monastrey
Gorton is home to Gorton Monastery, a Franciscan, 19th-century High Victorian Gothic Monastery. These historic buildings were built between 1863 and 1872 by Franciscan monks who had come to Manchester in 1861 to serve the local Catholic community. Gorton Monastery is considered one of his finest masterpieces and was put on the World Monuments Fund Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites in the World in 1997, alongside Pompeii, Macchu Picchu, The Valley of the Kings and the Taj Mahal.
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