Wilmslow
Coordinates: 53°19′33″N 2°14′22″W / 53.3258, -2.2394 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Wilmslow shown within Cheshire
Population	30,326 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ840810
District	Macclesfield
Shire county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WILMSLOW
Postcode district	SK9
Dial code	01625
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Tatton
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Cheshire

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Geography and administration

Wilmslow town centre is focussed upon Bank Square, Grove Street and Water Lane. Although Bank Square has traditionally provided the location for many of the town's banks, the name in fact originates from the bank, or slope, leading down to the Carrs recreational fields and up towards the railway station. The River Bollin flows through the Carrs and once provided the power source for nearby Quarry Bank Mill, now a National Trust site, as well as enjoyment for the local population. Bank Square may refer to several places Bankowy Square, Warsaw Bank Square, Aberystwyth Bank Square, Dulverton, Somerset Bank Square, St Just Bank Square, Wilmslow Category: ... The River Bollin is a river in the north-west of England and a major tributary of the River Mersey. ... Quarry Bank Mill is an historic factory in Cheshire, England, one of the best preserved of the Industrial Revolution and is now a museum of the cotton industry. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ...

Before the railway came in 1842, Wilmslow comprised only a few farms and a church.

For purposes of the Office for National Statistics, Wilmslow forms part of the Greater Manchester Urban Area. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the government executive agency charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of the United Kingdom at national and local levels. ... A NASA satellite image of Greater Manchester. ...

History

Etymology

Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Wīghelmes hlāw = "mound of a man called Wīghelm" Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Old English: ) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...

Events

Wilmslow was in the international media in March 1997, when an IRA bomb exploded at the railway station. Nobody was hurt.^[2] March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Provisional Irish Republican Army (Irish name: Óglaigh na hÉireann) (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the Army or the RA) is an Irish Republican left-wing paramilitary organisation that, until the Belfast Agreement, sought to end Northern Ireland...

In the general election of the same year, the parliamentary constituency of Tatton, in which Wilmslow falls, made headlines as part of the "sleaze" accusations levelled against the then Conservative Government. Tatton MP, Neil Hamilton, was accused of accepting cash for tabling Parliamentary questions, and subsequently defeated in the election by independent candidate Martin Bell. Tatton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Members of the Cabinet are in bold face. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Mostyn Neil Hamilton (born March 9, 1949) is a former barrister, teacher and Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. ... A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modelled after that of the United Kingdom. ... For the British skier of the same name, please see Martin Bell (skier). ...

Present day

Wilmslow is well known, like Alderley Edge, for having many famous residents, notably footballers, stars of Coronation Street and rich Manchester businessmen. It is an affluent area. The local Aston Martin dealer's sales account for more than one-fifth of the UK sales of £100,000-plus Astons, more than any other Aston Martin garage in the world. Wilmslow is part of the so-called Golden Triangle in the north west together with Hale and Bowdon. It grew in popularity in the Victorian era as a most desirable area for wealthy Manchester businessmen to move out to once the railways arrived and connected the towns. Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. ... Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ... Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a manufacturer of luxury performance cars, whose headquarters are at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England in the United Kingdom. ... The Golden Triangle is an area of affluent, leafy towns in Cheshire, United Kingdom, including Alderley Edge, Knutsford, Wilmslow, Prestbury, and Mottram St Andrew. ... Hale is a Cheshire village that serves as a wealthy commuter suburb for the South Manchester area. ...

Transport

Wilmslow railway station is situated where the electrified line from Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly divides. One line continues to Manchester via Handforth and Stockport, the other continues via Styal, Manchester Airport and Heald Green. The latter route is commonly known as the Styal Line. There are frequent services to Manchester, Stockport and Crewe plus an hourly service to Shrewsbury and Cardiff. There are a few trains to London Euston (although an hourly service is planned from December 2008). The A34 Manchester to Newcastle-under-Lyme and Winchester road now bypasses the town centre to the east. Manchester Airport lies just four miles to the northwest, but Wilmslow lies away from the approach and departure routes and therefore suffers only slightly from aircraft noise.^[3] Wilmslow railway station is a main line train station serving the south Manchester suburb of Wlimslow, in the county of Cheshire. ... Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... Manchester Piccadilly station is the principal railway station of Manchester, UK. It serves intercity routes to London Euston, Birmingham New Street and the south, Glasgow Central, and routes throughout the north of England. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ... Styal is a village in Cheshire, England, on the River Bollin and near to the town of Wilmslow. ... Heald Green is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in the south-east of Greater Manchester. ... The Styal Line is a railway line in south Manchester. ... Shrewsbury (pronounced either or ) is a town of 70,560 inhabitants [1] in Shropshire, England. ... Cardiff (English:  , Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... Facade of Euston Station, London Euston Arch: the original Euston Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euston station concourse Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large railway station in Central London. ... The A34 is a major road in England. ... Newcastle-under-Lyme, known simply as castle to many local people, is a busy market town/small city in Staffordshire, England, not to be confused with the larger city of Newcastle upon Tyne. ... Winchester is a historic city in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre. ... For the United States airport, see Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. ...

Industry and commerce

Wilmslow is home and founding location of clothing giant Umbro who have their headquarters in the area^[4] It is also home to the food technologists of Sainsbury's, and is the centre of operations of the life insurance and pensions firm, Royal London Mutual Insurance. The Information Commissioner's Office, one of the government's executive agencies is also based in Wilmslow. Umbro (LSE: UMB) is an internationally recognised football brand based in Manchester, England. ... J Sainsbury plc is the parent company of Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, commonly known as Sainsburys, a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. ... Life insurance or life assurance is a contract between the policy owner and the insurer, where the insurer agrees to pay a sum of money upon the occurrence of the insureds death. ... A pension is a steady income given to a person (usually after retirement). ... The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is the UK Government regulatory office dealing with the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. ...

Communal facilities

Wilmslow has a municipal leisure centre located near the train station. It offers a range of indoor facilities including courts, gym equipment and two indoor pools, one of which is a heated children's pool.

Wilmslow High School is the only secondary school in Wilmslow and is a large comprehensive school that also includes a 6th form for A-level studies. The town has many primary schools, both comprehensive and private (including single sex schools). Wilmslow High School is a school situated in Wilmslow in the North West of England. ... The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in the United Kingdom, usually taken by students in the final two years of secondary education (commonly called the Sixth Form), or in College (not to be mistaken with the college term some countries such as...

Wilmslow also contains a public library, fire station and police station.

Two free weekly local papers are distributed to the residents of Wilmslow, they are the Wilmslow Express and the Manchester Metro News. The Manchester Metro News is a British weekly newspaper published each Friday by the Guardian Media Group. ...

Wilmslow holds one of the largest annual charity fireworks displays in the area. Run by the local Round Table, this attracts over 6000 people each year and raises around £10,000 each year for local charities.

Notable residents

Alan Turing, the driving force behind the Colossus machine for cracking the German Enigma cypher, is perhaps Wilmslow's most notable resident. Turing committed suicide in his Wilmslow home on 7th June 1954 by eating a cyanide-laced apple.^[5] Alan Mathison Turing, OBE (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer. ... A Colossus Mark II computer. ... The plugboard, keyboard, lamps and finger-wheels of the rotors emerging from the inner lid of a three-rotor German military Enigma machine (version with labels) The Enigma machine was a cipher machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages. ... The cyanide ion, CN−. From the top: 1. ...

Wilmslow has featured in the novels of the writer Alan Garner, with the Black Lake (Lindow) apparently housing a witch. Garner is perhaps best known for his books The Owl Service, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath which are set in nearby Alderley Edge. Alan Garner (born Congleton October 17, 1934) is an English writer whose work is firmly rooted in his local Cheshire. ... The Owl Service (ISBN 0152017984) is a teenage fantasy novel by Alan Garner first published in 1967. ... The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is a fantasy story by the author Alan Garner, first published in 1960. ... The Moon of Gomrath is the sequel to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner. ... Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. ...

The British indie rock band Doves met at Wilmslow High School in the 1980s. Their song 'Black and White Town' was inspired by Wilmslow and its contradicting 'rich-poor' divide^[6] Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Black And White Town is the lead single on Doves third album, Some Cities. ...

Shamed Simon Gregson, who plays taxi boss Steve McDonald in Coronation Street, lives on Gravel Lane.^[7] Simon Gregory (television identity Simon Gregson) is a cast member of the British mega-soap, Coronation Street. ... Steven James Steve McDonald, played by Simon Gregson, is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. ... Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ...

William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow in Coronation Street, lives on Meadow Way^{[citation needed]}. William Roache, as Ken Barlow on Coronation Street, in a still from the first episode. ... Kenneth Ken Barlow is a fictional character in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street. ... Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ...

Alex Ferguson, Manager of Manchester United, lives on Sherbrook Rise.^[8] Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson CBE (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United F.C. He has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of English football and has been in charge of Manchester United for... In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ...

Coventry City's keeper Andy Dibble Lives in Wilmslow with is son Christian and Marcus Dibble^{[citation needed]}. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, is a football club based in Coventry, England. ... Andy Dibble (born 8 May 1965 in Cwmbran) is a Welsh professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper, currently with Accrington Stanley. ...

Helen Pretty a woman recently in the news regarding a controversy over bone marrow donations lives in Wilmslow [1]

Thomas Spawton The director and creator of the successful ZLAB movie saga lives near Lacy Green [2]

Trivia

• Stratstone, Wilmslow is accountable for one fifth of all £100,000 Aston-Martin sales nationally.
• Romany's Caravan, located near to the library is Britain's smallest tourist attraction
• More champagne is sold in Wilmslow and Alderley Edge each month than in any other place in the UK

References

1. ^ Wilmslow's official census profile.
2. ^ Fiona Ryan. "After the last ceasefire ended", Irish News Online, http://www.irishnews.com, Unknown. 
3. ^ Network Rail - West Coast. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
4. ^ Umbro - History. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
5. ^ Alan Turing: a short biography - 8. Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
6. ^ Katrina McKeever. "Doves fly to top", Wilmslow Express News, Wilmslow Express, 16 March 2005. 
7. ^ Katrina McKeever. "Street star caught drink driving in Prestbury", Macclesfield Express News, Macclesfield Express, 9 August 2006. 
8. ^ Alex Ferguson trademark decision.

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Places of interest

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See also

• Wilmslow Hockey Club
• Wilmslow High School
• Wilmslow railway station

One of the very early member clubs of the Cheshire County Hockey Association, Wilmslow Mens Hockey Club was founded in 1896/97. ... Wilmslow High School is a school situated in Wilmslow in the North West of England. ... Wilmslow railway station is a main line train station serving the south Manchester suburb of Wlimslow, in the county of Cheshire. ...

External links

• Wilmslow Rugby Website
• Wilmslow Website
• Wilmslow High School
• Wilmslow Express Website
• Wilmslow Library
• Wilmslow Green Room Society Website

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