Besses o’ th’ Barn

Besses o' th' Barn is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 10,664. It lies between Radcliffe and Prestwich.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Besses United Reformed Church and All Saints’ Church, Stand.

Besses United Reformed Church

Church

Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Besses United Reformed Church is designated a Grade II building by Historic England. It is situated between Bury New Road and Bury Old Road at Besses o' th' Barn, an area of Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England. Besses United Reformed Church is situated 870 feet west of Besses o’ th’ Barn.

All Saints’ Church, Stand

Church

Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

All Saints' Church or Stand Church is an active Anglican parish church in Stand, Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England. It is in the deanery of Radcliffe and Prestwich, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester. All Saints’ Church, Stand is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Besses o’ th’ Barn.

St Margaret’s Church, Prestwich

Church

Photo: Richerman, CC BY 3.0.

The Parish Church of St Margaret is a Church of England parish church situated on St Margaret's Road, off Bury Old Road in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England. St Margaret’s Church, Prestwich is situated 4,000 feet southeast of Besses o’ th’ Barn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitefield and Prestwich.

Whitefield

Town

Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bury is a town and borough in Greater Manchester in the northwest of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. It’s a former textile-milling town, with a population in 2024 of 199,000.

Prestwich

Town

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Prestwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, three miles north of Manchester, three miles north of Salford and five miles south of Bury.

Simister

Village

Photo: Impudicus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Simister is a small suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is located between the districts of Prestwich, Rhodes and Langley.

Besses o’ th’ Barn

Type: Tram stop
Also known as: “Besses o‘ th’ Barn” and “Besses o’th’barn”
Categories: railway stop, transport stop, and transportation
Location: Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54209° or 53° 32′ 32″ north

Longitude

-2.28606° or 2° 17′ 10″ west

Elevation

341 feet (104 metres)

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

KeolisAmey Metrolink

Network

Manchester Metrolink

Open location code

9C5VGPR7+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7008092894

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=tram_stop

GeoNames ID

7676814

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