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Flixton

Flixton is a suburb and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, , England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 10,786.
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  • Type: Village with 10,800 residents
  • Description: village in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England
  • Also known as: “Flixton, Greater Manchester” and “Flixton, Trafford”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Flixton railway station and St. John’s, Flixton.

Railway station
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is in Flixton, Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. The station, and all services calling there, are operated by Northern Trains. It is 6+1⁄2 miles west of on the Manchester to Liverpool Line.

Church
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

School
Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an 11–16 boys, secondary school with academy status in Flixton, Greater Manchester, England. It was formerly a foundation school that was established in 1955 and adopted its present name after becoming an academy in 2011.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Irlam and Urmston.

Town
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb in the , , England. In 2011, it had a population of 19,933. It lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, 6.7 miles southwest of Salford, 7.6 miles southwest of and 8.3 miles northeast of .

Town
Photo: R Greenhalgh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , , England, which had a population of 41,731 at the 2021 Census. Historically in , it is 5 miles southwest of .

Suburb
Photo: Liverpoolpics, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of , , England. was one of several hamlets in the township of Barton-upon-Irwell, in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of in the hundred of Salford. is situated 2 miles northeast of Flixton.

Flixton

Latitude
53.44627° or 53° 26′ 47″ north
Longitude
-2.38882° or 2° 23′ 20″ west
Population
10,800
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB FLX
Open location code
9C5VCJW6+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30431703
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2649292
Wiki­data ID
Q5459783
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In Other Languages

From French to Swedish—“Flixton” goes by many names.
  • French: “Flixton”
  • Irish: “Flixton”
  • Japanese: “フリクストゥン”
  • Japanese: “フリクストン”
  • Japanese: “フリックストゥン”
  • Japanese: “フリックストン”
  • Polish: “Flixton”
  • Swedish: “Flixton, Greater Manchester”
  • Swedish: “Flixton”

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Highlights include St Monica’s RC Primary School and St. Monica’s Roman Catholic Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Flixton”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.