Abbey Hey

Borders

The neighbourhood is bordered on the east by the former Stockport Branch Canal (now Yellow Brick Road, a cycle path), 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.

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 was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1891 in what was then rural countryside. The section between Fallowfield and Fairfield opened in May 1892. It had a loop back to Manchester along Vine Street. This spur is now filled in and partly park and partly housing. Passenger services on the line and spur ended in 1958 when the regular local passenger connection were withdrawn. Through passenger trains still used the Loop until 1969 after the closure of Manchester Central railway station when lines got rerouted to other stations in Manchester. The line was still used by freight trains, until British Rail in 1988 decided not to upgrade the line and closed it down instead. The tracks were lifted in 1991.

In the late 1940s, British Rail was planning electrification for the line between Manchester and Sheffield via the Woodhead Tunnel. The original scheme would have included the Fallowfield Loop but this was later dropped.

Governance

The area is in the Gorton and Denton constituency), which has been represented in Westminster by Andrew Gwynne since 2024 United Kingdom general election. Mr. Gwynne stood for the Labour Party until he was suspended from that party.

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.

Gallery

File:Abbey Hey - geograph.org.uk - 4445151.jpg|The bridge over the former Stockport Branch Canal on Abbey Hey Lane File:Abbey Hey Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 1159292.jpg|Abbey Hey Hotel. Built 1868. Closed 2004, demolished 2013 File:Abbey Hey Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 1817497.jpg|The former Methodist Church on Harrop Street File:Church of St George the Martyr, Abbey Hey - geograph.org.uk - 2411740.jpg|Former Church of St George the Martyr File:Abbey Hey War Memorial.jpg|Abbey Hey War Memorial

References

References

1. [https://beeactive.tfgm.com/schemes/manchester/manchester-cycleway-yellow-brick-road/ Scheme Manchester Cycleway - Yellow Brick Road]
2. [https://www.police.uk/pu/your-area/greater-manchester-police/abbey-hey/?tab=StopAndSearch Greater Manchester Police - Abbey Hey]
3. Chard, Andy. (2021). "The Railways of Manchester; The evolution and development of the city's railways". Platform 5 Publishing Ltd..
4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221105063316/http://www.bikerides.dsracing.me.uk/routes/ffiledLoop2.htm#latest The Opposite Spur - through Abbey Hey - back towards Manchester]
5. [https://gortonmanchester.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/vine-street-community-park/ Vine Street Community Park]
6. [https://democracy.manchester.gov.uk/Data/Planning%20and%20Highways%20Committee/20140410/Agenda/Item_16._104855_Vine_Street.pdf Planning application Vine Street 2014]
7. Chard, Andy. (2021). "The Railways of Manchester; The evolution and development of the city's railways". Platform 5 Publishing.
8. Chard, Andy. (2021). "The Railways of Manchester; The evolution and development of the city's railways". Platform 5 Publishing.
9. (8 February 2025). "Andrew Gwynne sacked as health minister over comments posted on a WhatsApp group". [[Sky News]].
10. LGBCE. (April 2017). "Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council". [[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]].
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12. [https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/joy-for-residents-as-hotel-is-demolished-882935 Joy for residents as hotel is demolished]