Barton upon Irwell

Barton upon Irwell is a suburb of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 12,462 in 2014.

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Type: Suburb with 12,500 residents
Description: suburb in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Also known as: “Barton”, “Barton on Irwell”, and “Barton-upon-Irwell”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barton Swing Aqueduct and All Saints’ Church, Urmston.

Barton Swing Aqueduct

Bridge

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The Barton Swing Aqueduct is a moveable navigable aqueduct in Barton upon Irwell, Greater Manchester, England. It carries the Bridgewater Canal across the Manchester Ship Canal.

All Saints’ Church, Urmston

Church

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All Saints' Church is a Roman Catholic parish church situated between Dumplington and Barton upon Irwell, near Urmston, in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

Patricroft railway station

Railway station

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Patricroft railway station serves Patricroft in Greater Manchester, England. The station is on Green Lane, just north of the junction with Cromwell Road and just east of the Bridgewater Canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumplington and Eccles.

Dumplington

Suburb

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Dumplington is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Dumplington was one of several hamlets in the township of Barton-upon-Irwell, in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Eccles in the hundred of Salford.

Eccles

Town

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Eccles is a market town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, 3 miles west of Salford city centre and 4 miles west of Manchester, split by the M602 motorway and bordered by the Manchester Ship Canal to the south.