Abbey Hey

Abbey Hey
Abbey Hey
	Tower blocks near Abbey Hey
	Abbey Hey Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SJ875965
Metropolitan borough	Manchester;
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANCHESTER
Postcode district	M18
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Manchester Gorton;
	List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°28′05″N 2°09′36″W / 53.4680°N 2.16°W

Abbey Hey is an area of Gorton, in the city of Manchester, England. It is known mainly for Debdale Park and Wright Robinson College.

Borders

The neighbourhood is bordered on the east by the former Stockport Branch Canal (now Yellow Brick Road, a cycle path^[1]), on the north by the Hope Valley line/Glossop line, on the south and west side by the former Fallowfield Loop railway line (now Fallowfield Loop. The police district is slightly bigger, incorporating the area between the Canal and Chapman Street and the area north of the Gorton Reservoirs in Debdale Park.^[2]

Sports

Although it is located just outside the boundaries, the local football club is Abbey Hey F.C.

Transport

Its location causes easy transport to Manchester City Centre to be provided by rail at the Gorton railway station and by a variety of Bee Network bus routes.

The Fallowfield Loop railway line had a loop back to Manchester along Vine Street. This spur is now filled in and partly park and partly housing.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Governance

The area is in the Manchester Gorton parliamentary constituency, which has been represented in Westminster by Afzal Khan since June 2017.^[6]

Following a boundary review in 2017, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England announced that Abbey Hey would form part of a new electoral ward named Gorton and Abbey Hey for the local elections 2018. Abbey Hey had previously been part of Gorton North electoral ward.^[7]