Wardley is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

an area of the

City of Salford The City of Salford is a metropolitan borough with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in Greater Manchester, England, named after its main settlement, Salford, which covers a larger area including Eccles, Greater Manchester, Eccles, ...

, in

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, England. It borders Linnyshaw,

Walkden Walkden is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, northwest of central Salford, and of Manchester. Walkden has been designated as one of seven main town centres in the City of Salford, and now largely functions as a r ...

and Swinton.

Transport

The A580 "East Lancashire Road" passes through the area, and also links to the

M61 motorway The M61 is a motorway in North West England between Manchester and Preston, Lancashire, Preston, linking the M60 motorway, M60 Manchester orbital motorway with the M6 motorway, M6 motorway. It runs from the A580 near Wardley, Greater Manchester ...

, of which Wardley is the start. The M60 motorway passes through the area, with links at Junction 14 (from A580 west, no access to A580 east or M60 clockwise) and the M60 and A666(M) meet at Worsley Braided Interchange (at M60 J15 and A666(M) J1). The

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(Manchester Road) also passes through the district with frequent bus services (36 and 37) linking

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Farnworth Farnworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, southeast of Bolton, 4 miles south-west of Bury (7 km), and northwest of Manchester. Within the historic county of Lancashire, Farnworth lies on ...

and

with Swinton, Pendleton,

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and

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. There is also an hourly daytime only Monday to Saturday service (484) through Wardley which links Salford Royal Hospital with Prestwich via Eccles,

Monton Monton is a village in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is contiguous with nearby Eccles, Salford and Swinton. Geography and administration Historically in Lancashire, Monton was administered by the municipal borough of E ...

, Wardley, Swinton,

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, Agecroft and Rainsough. The district is served by Moorside railway station on Moorside Road, close to the junction with Chorley Road (A6), Swinton. Until 1974 the station was known as Moorside and Wardley. The station is on the

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line via Atherton.

General information

Wardley once had three public houses, the Morning Star, Red Lion and Brook Tavern, but the last has now closed down and been converted into a small

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store. The Brook Tavern, as its name implied, stood on the Worsley side of Sindsley Brook, the historic boundary between Swinton and Worsley. The Morning Star is run by Joseph Holt's Brewery.

Wardley Hall Wardley Hall is an early medieval manor house and a Grade I listed building in the Wardley area of Worsley, Salford, in Greater Manchester (historically within Lancashire). There has been a moat on the site since at least 1292. The current hall ...

is the residence of the

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. Adjacent to it is St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, also known as Wardley Cemetery. Wardley

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lies between the A6 (Manchester Road) and the A580 East Lancashire Road. Wardley means " clearing by a

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", from

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''weard'' "

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

, protection" and ''leāh'' " clearing,

wood Wood is a structural tissue/material found as xylem in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin t ...

". The name was recorded as ''Weardeleige'' in 1148.

School

* St Ambrose Barlow RC High School Geography of Salford Areas of Greater Manchester

References

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