Crumpsall is less than three miles north of Manchester city centre. Situated between Cheetham Hill Road/Middleton Road in the west, and Waterloo Street in the east.
Leisure and What's On
The Abraham Moss centre on Crescent Road has swimming pools, a gymnasium, sauna, squash courts, fitness suite, football pitches, tennis courts, cricket area, sunbeds, steam room and a whole range of programmed activities like aerobics, gymnastics, karate, badminton, basketball, junior clubs. The Centre also houses a theatre and a modern library.
Crumpsall Park on Ash Tree Road has a playground, tennis courts and five-a-side football pitch. set in a leafy, Herristone Park is nearby.. Lower Crumpsall Park has a playground. Cheetham Hill Cricket Ground is on Catherine Road in North Crumpsall.
Higher Crumpsall is just over a mile from Heaton Park - one of the biggest city parks in Europe. It has historical buildings and a wide range of leisure and sporting activities. It stages the Manchester Show North, Fundays and family events. There are regular buses and trams to the park.
Shopping
Higher Crumpsall has local shops, a small supermarket and a post office on Landsdowne Road. Lower Crumpsall has a couple of local shops and a post office on Waterloo Street. Both areas are three-quarters of a mile from Cheetham Hill Road - a busy area of shops, supermarkets, stalls and banks. Lower Crumpsall is slightly nearer to the North City Centre complex off Rochdale Road,. As well as a variety of smaller shops, there is a large Asda supermarket at the district centre, an indoor food market hall and an outdoor market.
Public Transport
There is good public transport, with regular buses to the entertainment, shops and leisure facilities in Manchester’s city centre. There are two local Metrolink stations with frequent, speedy trams between Bury and Manchester city centre.
For all bus and rail enquiries contact GMPTE call: 0871 200 22 33 (calls cost 10p per minute from landlines) - Open between 7am and 8pm Mondays to Fridays and 8am and 8pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays
Education
Primary: St Anne’s (Catholic), Moss Bank (about half a mile from both parts of Crumpsall);
Cravenwood Community School, Station Road; Crumpsall Lane School, Crumpsall Lane in Higher Crumpsall, or St Thomas School on Hazelbottom Road in Lower Crumpsall.
Secondary: Abraham Moss on Crescent Road and King David High School on Eaton Road (just off Cheetham Hill Road).
Facilities for pre-school children include day nurseries at Delauneys Road, in Higher Crumpsall, at Seymour Road and at King David School off Cheetham Hill Road. There is a playgroup on Crumpsall Lane and two junior youth clubs at Abraham Moss (5-12 year olds) and at Crumpsall Park on Ash Tree Road (8-14 year olds).
There is also an Adult Education Centre is at Abraham Moss on Crescent Road.
For High school admissions:
Tel: 0161 234 7150/7151
For Primary school admission and pre-school provision:
Tel: 0161 234 7163
Medical Centre
North Manchester General Hospital
Delaunays Road,
Crumpsall,
Manchester,
Greater Manchester,
M8 5RB
Tel: (0161) 795 4567
Artane Medical Centre
1 Middleton Road, Higher
Crumpsall,
M8 5DT
Tel: (0161) 740 2785
Park View Medical Centre
66 Delauneys Road,
Crumpsall,
M8 4RF
Tel: (0161) 795 5667
The Jolly Medical Centre
72/74 Crescent Road,
Crumpsall,
M8 9NT
Tel: (0161) 740 9864
Wellfield Medical Centre
53-55 Crescent Road,
Crumpsall
M8 9JT
Tel: (0161) 740 2213
Useful Numbers
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Police/Fire/Ambulance Emergency:
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999 |
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Police General enquiries:
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0161 872 5050 |
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Cheetham Hill Police Station,/ Collyhurst Police Station
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0161 856 3925 |
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Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, West Didsbury
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0161 445 8111 |
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Gas Escapes
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0800 111999 (24 Hours) |
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Gas Customer Enquiries
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0845 6091122 |
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Electric Customer Enquiries
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0845 7888400 |
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Electricity No Supply
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0800 195 4141 (24 hrs) |
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General Enquires
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0800 1950101 |
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North West Water Authority
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08457 462200 (24 hour service) |