Partington is a town in the borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, with a population of around 7,327 people. Partington lies 10 miles from Manchester City Centre and is positioned on the South Bank of the Manchester Ship Canal. The closest village to Partington is Carrington, which is also a heavily industrial site.
Average local house prices in Partington at the time of writing were £163,470, up 8% on the previous year. The majority of sales in Partington during the last year were semi-detached properties, selling for an average price of £179,420. Terraced properties sold for an average of £133,318, with detached properties selling for around £251,667.
Boasting a rich history, Partington was the site where the first factory in Trafford was built, comprising a paper mill which was built more than 250 years ago.
The name Partington derives from Old English: the first element may be a personal name or reference to a part – “land divided up into partitions” – followed by the second part which is inga, meaning “people of”; ending with the suffix tun which means “farmstead”.
The completion of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894 transformed Partington into a major coal-exporting port. The coal trade in turn resulted in Partington becoming a major railway depot, and attracted a range of other industries, including the Partington Steel & Iron Company, which was encouraged by the availability of coal to construct a steelworks. After WW2 Partington was extended to form an overspill estate.
The main shopping area of Partington is on Central Road, in the centre of town. Partington also has a traditional market on Smithy Lane. Partington is also now home to a recycling plant which turns paper into packaging – today, this is regarded as the most “advanced, fully integrated facility in the UK”.
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