Walkden is a town[2] in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England,[3] six miles (ten kilometres) northwest of central Salford, and seven miles (eleven kilometres) of Manchester.
Walkden has been designated as one of seven main town centres in the City of Salford,[4] and now largely functions as a retail centre and commuter suburb of Greater Manchester.
Historically in the township of Worsley in Lancashire,[5] Walkden was a centre for coal mining and textile manufacture.
In 2021, the electoral wards of Walkden North, Walkden South and Little Hulton had a combined population of 39,761.[6]
^See:
"Walkden North Ward Profile" (PDF). salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. March 2016.
"Walkden South Ward Profile" (PDF). salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. March 2016.
and "Little Hulton Ward Profile" (PDF). salford.gov.uk. Salford City Council. March 2016.
^"Walkden • Salford City Council". www.salford.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^Greater Manchester Gazetteer, Greater Manchester County Record Office, Place Names T to W, archived from the original on 18 July 2011, retrieved 3 April 2007
^"Salford Local Plan • Salford City Council" (PDF). www.salford.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^Worsley Township Boundaries, genuki.org.uk, retrieved 27 April 2011
^"Ward profiles•Salford City Council". www.salford.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
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