Walkden railway station
Walkden railway station serves the town of Walkden in City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England on the Manchester to Southport Line. The station is located 8+1⁄4 miles north-west of Manchester with regular Northern Trains services to these towns as well as the city of Salford, Swinton and Hindley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Walkden, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Walkden High Level”, “Walkden Railway Station”, “Walkden Station”, and “WKD”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Lowry Academy and Church of St John the Baptist.
The Lowry Academy
School
The Lowry Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, which serves pupils from Little Hulton and Walkden. The Lowry Academy is situated 3,200 feet west of Walkden railway station.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.
Church of St John the Baptist is situated 4,100 feet north of Walkden railway station.
St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Ellenbrook
Church
Photo: Tony Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary the Virgin's Church or Ellenbrook Chapel is an active Anglican church in Ellenbrook, Worsley, Greater Manchester, England. The church is part of a team ministry with St Mark's Church, Worsley and St Andrew, Boothstown. St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Ellenbrook is situated 1 mile southwest of Walkden railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walkden and Boothstown.
Walkden
Town
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Salford is a city in Greater Manchester in northwest England, with a population of 130,000 in 2021. It's separated from the City of Manchester by a loop of the River Irwell. Its biggest attraction is the Quays, but this area is described on a separate page.
Boothstown
Village
Photo: Tony Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boothstown is a suburban village in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. Boothstown forms part of the Boothstown and Ellenbrook ward, which had a population at the 2011 Census of 9,599.
Worsley
Town
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salford is a city in Greater Manchester in northwest England, with a population of 130,000 in 2021. It's separated from the City of Manchester by a loop of the River Irwell. Its biggest attraction is the Quays, but this area is described on a separate page. Worsley is situated 1½ miles southeast of Walkden railway station.
Walkden railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Salford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.51979° or 53° 31′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.39575° or 2° 23′ 45″ westElevation
256 feet (78 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“WKD”Open location code
9C5VGJ93+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 6581364398OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Walkden railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Walkden”
- Dutch: “Station Walkden”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة والكدين”
- French: “gare de Walkden”
- French: “Walkden”
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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 “Walkden railway station”. Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.