Longsight Area Guide
Longsight is an area of Manchester , It is around 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the city centre, and has a total population of around 16,007. Longsight has a very ethnically diverse population.
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About Longsight
According to the 2001 UK census, 52.7% of the population is from non-white ethnic groups. This includes 36.1% who describe themselves as Asian or Asian British (including 24.6% Pakistani, 7.2% Bangladeshi), and 9.1% Black or Black British. Many of the white people are of Irish decent and the current Irish population stands at 4.3% of the local population – slightly higher than the Manchester average of 3.8%. The largest religious groups are Christian (38.6%) and Muslim (34.7%), with 23.6% of the population not stating a religion. There is also substantial West African community in the area. There are a number of churches in the area, a large Pakistani community centre, and a Jain temple.
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Famous Residents
No. 3 Addison Terrace, on the north side of Daisy Bank Road, Victoria Park, was the home of Charles Hallé, the founder of the Hallé Orchestra, in 1848 and the pre-raphaelite artist Ford Madox Brown lived at the same address from 1883 to 1887.
Also Ethel ‘Sunny’ Lowry (born 1911 in Longsight)[7] was the first British woman to swim the English Channel.
Not to mention Wes Brown and Danny Welbeck, both Manchester United players are from Longsight ! Link to Man U
The area was also immortalized in song by local singer Ian Brown formerly of The Stone Roses on his album Solarized. The song was titled ‘Longsight M13’ reflecting the postcode of the area, which begins with M13. Graffiti appeared locally saying ‘Stone Roses RIP’ when the band split up, and ‘Free Ian Brown’ when he was jailed. The song was written with Brown’s former Roses bandmate, guitarist Aziz Ibrahim, who still lives in Longsight. Brown also mentions the area in the Stone Roses song “Daybreak” which contains the line “From Atlanta, Georgia, to Longsight, Manchester”.
Longsight Shopping
Longsight has a abundance of local shops and of course the famous market . the shops reflect the areas cultures and have clothes shops, shoe shops, food shops and mimi markets, they have computer shops, phone shops, not to mention ASA and Netto supermarkets. They have a array of open food stalls and cake shops offering India Pakistani, Greek and polish foods ! It has local branches of banks and a post office !
St Agnes School
St Agnes school is most popular in the areas however there are many primary and secondary schools in the area please see the link for the complete web site.
Longsight Buses
The Famous 192 ! According to the Stagecoach Group, the route is the busiest in Britain, with around 9 million passengers carried annually. The bus runs every 5-10 minutes daily until the late hours .
Longsight Trains
The railway line, from Manchester Piccadilly to Stockport, passes through the area, though there is no longer a station. The nearest stations are Ardwick and Levenshulme. Longsight contains the Slade Lane railway junction and is the site of several railway depots, which service trains for Virgin Trains, Northern Rail and TransPennine Express.
Crowcroft Park
This park defines the border between Longsight and Levenshulme, it is mainly open grassy areas for playing and picnics. They also have a organized bonfire by the city council and the levenshulme festival here every year.
It is a true community park , commonly used for dog walking, children’s recreational play, sports, community events, educational activities, bowling and hosting live music. The park has a strong and active Friends of Group who support community events and actively campaign for improvements in the park. In 2008, Crowcroft Park was awarded a Green Flag Award for achieving the national standard for parks and green spaces.
Opened in 1900, Crowcroft Park was one of Manchester early parks and was the quintessential Victorian Park with well laid out flower beds, elaborate bandstand, pretty flower borders and abundance of cricket and football, pitches. The park was originally created for recreational purposes for the young residents of the neighbourhood, and in response to the growing need to preserve land for leisure and recreation.
Crowcroft Park sits in the Longsight ward, and prior to 2001 was a park in decline. The designation of a dedicated Park development officer and partnership working with the local community helped recover the park and transform it into what is today a multi-functional facility for all to enjoy.
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Longsight Library
Longsight Library is undergoing a major refurbishment which will create a landmark building on Stockport Road: a state-of-the-art library and a brand new Adult Learning Centre. The project will see Manchester Library and Information Service and Manchester Adult Education Service working in partnership to bring an exciting new joint service to the Longsight community.
The £2.3m project will be funded through a combined package consisting of City Council capital investment and a Learning and Skills Council Challenge Fund grant.
Longsight Market
The Longsight Market, one of the busiest markets in the North West, is located on Dickenson Road. It can be easily spotted by its brightly-colored profiled roofs. The market hosts a general market every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and a second-hand market every Tuesday. There are a large number of takeaway food shops and restaurants and a very wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables and other supplies to cater for the interests of the various immigrant communities in the area.
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The Apollo Theatre
Situated on the Ardwick Longsight Border The Manchester Apollo is one of the premier concert venues in England, with shows from every major rock, pop and comedy act on the touring circuit. The breadth of styles of events covers every market – the cutting edge of modern British music, through some of the biggest artists from overseas, popular comedy, and music for older generations.
Victoria Baths
The Victoria Baths, near Longsight in Manchester, were designed as a prestigious baths complex by Manchester’s first City Architect, Henry Price, and opened by Manchester Corporation in 1906. In their design and construction no expense was spared. The facade has multi-colored brickwork and teracotta decoration, the main interior public spaces are clad in glazed tiles from floor to ceiling and most of the many windows have decorative stained glass.
For 86 years the Victoria Baths provided both essential and leisure facilities. Private baths and a laundry were housed there along with three swimming pools and the Turkish Baths. The main swimming pool was floored over in the winter months to hold dances. In 1952 the Victoria Baths installed the first public Aeratone (jacuzzi) in the country.
The Victoria Baths was closed in 1993. The building is now in very poor repair and yet remarkably intact with most of the stained glass and original tiling remaining. the Victoria Baths is listed grade II* on the List of Buildings of Architectural and Historic Interest.
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