Traditional county: Cheshire · Unitary authority: Cheshire East · Region: North West
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| Place | Handforth |
| Traditional County | Cheshire |
| Unitary Authority | Cheshire East |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.347271 |
| Longitude | -2.215259 |
| Place Type | Village |
Handforth is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) south of Manchester city centre. The population of the parish was 6,715 at the 2021 census. In the 1960s and 1970s, two overspill housing estates, Spath Lane in Handforth, and Colshaw Farm nearby in Wilmslow, were built to re-house people from inner city Manchester. It lies between Wilmslow, Heald Green, and Styal, and forms part of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area.
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Handforth is a village in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, located in the North West region. It is situated at 53.347271°N, -2.215259°W.
This page provides a live interactive map with street, satellite and terrain layers and Street View. Weather is displayed from Open-Meteo, covering current conditions, hourly forecasts and a 7-day outlook. Local and world news are updated in real time where feeds are available. A Wikipedia summary for Handforth is included above.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Page built | May 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
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