inner city
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Greater Manchester
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, England.
Buile Hill Park
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is a large park in Seedley.
History
The area is mostly made up of terraced housing, dating from the late 19th century and early 20th century. It was part of the County Borough of Salford in the
administrative county
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of
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
. There was a
railway station
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Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, B ...
by
Rebecca Long-Bailey
Rebecca Roseanne Long-Bailey (' Long; born 22 September 1979), is a British politician and former solicitor serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford and Eccles since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, Long-Bailey served in the Shadow ...
Salford City Council
Salford City Council is the local authority of the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the maj ...
by three Labour councillors: Ronnie Wilson, Paul Wilson, and Stephen Hesling.
Manchester Metrolink
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or
National Rail
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.
The following bus routes run through the area:
* Route 67 between Manchester and Cadishead (operated by Go North West)
* Route 70 between Pendleton and Eccles (operated by
)
* Circular routes 74 and 75 via Agecroft and Pendleton (operated by Stagecoach Manchester)
* Route 100 between Manchester and Warrington (operated by Go North West)
Notable residents
Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke (born Alfred Cooke; 20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States.Harold Riley. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British suffragette movement, lived in Seedley.