Swinton railway station
Swinton railway station serves the towns of Swinton and Pendlebury in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is actually located in Pendlebury and not Swinton itself; the boundary between the two districts is about 40 yards further down Station Road, beyond the junction with Boundary Road and nearer the town centre.Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Swinton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “SNN”, “Swinton (Manchester)”, “Swinton Railway Station”, and “Swinton Station”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Salford Civic Centre and Church of St Peter.
Salford Civic Centre
Town hall
Photo: D.A.Howcroft, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salford Civic Centre, formerly Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall, is a municipal building at Chorley Road, in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the administrative headquarters of Salford City Council. Salford Civic Centre is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Swinton railway station.
Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Peter is an Anglican parish church on Chorley Road in Swinton, a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Serving the historic parish of Swinton and Pendlebury, it forms part of the ecclesiastical deanery of Eccles in the Diocese of Manchester. Church of St Peter is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Swinton railway station.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Christ Church is situated 1,500 feet east of Swinton railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pendlebury and Swinton.
Pendlebury
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pendlebury is a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,069. It lies 4 miles north-west of Manchester, 3 miles north-west of Salford and 6 miles south-east of Bolton.
Swinton
Town
Photo: D.A.Howcroft, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swinton is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. southwest of the River Irwell, 4 miles northwest of Manchester, adjoining the town of Pendlebury and suburb of Clifton.
Irlams o’ th’ Height
Suburb
Irlams o' th' Height is a suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, on top of the Irwell Valley, on higher ground than Pendleton, hence the name. Irlams o’ th’ Height is situated 1½ miles southeast of Swinton railway station.
Swinton railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Salford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.51481° or 53° 30′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.337° or 2° 20′ 13″ westElevation
269 feet (82 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SNN”Open location code
9C5VGM77+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 465239559OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
6953686Wikidata ID
Q2685761
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Swinton railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Station Swinton (Manchester)”
- Dutch: “station Swinton”
- Dutch: “Station Swinton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة سوينتون”
- French: “gare de Swinton”
- French: “Swinton”
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