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Wythenshawe is the outdoor filming location for the Channel 4 series Shameless, which shows various shots of the local tower-blocks, housing estates and other architecture unique to this area. Wythenshawe also housed the outdoor sets for the show, which were built on private property.
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Wythenshawe Park in Wythenshawe, south Manchester, England, covers an area of 270 acres. Wythenshawe Hall lies at its centre. The park features woodland, bedding, grassland and meadows, sporting facilities, Wythenshawe community farm and a horticulture centre.
Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1886, the township became a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 1931, Manchester extended its boundaries south of the Mersey in to form Wythenshawe; Baguley was incorporated into the civil parish and County Borough of Manchester, [13] along with neighbouring Northenden and Northen Etchells.
The historic boundary between Cheshire and Lancashire is along the River Mersey. The southern parts of the county that form part of Trafford, Stockport and Tameside cover Altrincham, Sale, Stockport, Marple, Cheadle Hulme, Hyde, Stalybridge and Wythenshawe (Which became part of Manchester in the 1920s) are all historically part of Cheshire.
William Temple Memorial Church is a parish church in Wythenshawe, Manchester, dedicated to the bishop William Temple. It is a Grade II listed building, designed by George Pace in the Modernist style, and built in 1964–1965. [1] It has a pitched roof with dormer windows.
The area borders Newall Green, on the other side of the M56 motorway, from which it is served by Junctions 4 (Wythenshawe) and 5 (Manchester Airport), to the west, Moss Nook to the south and south-east, Peel Hall to the east and Benchill to the north. The Manchester Metrolink Airport Line runs through Woodhouse Park.
Manchester Wythenshawe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Wythenshawe suburb of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.