Sale is in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester. Stretford lies to the north, and Altrincham to the south. Sale itself is 6 miles southwest of Manchester City Centre.

The major districts of the town include Ashton upon Mersey, Sale Moor in the northwest and Brooklands in the southeast.

Access to the M60 motorway, which encircles Manchester, is just to the north of Sale. The M56 and M62 motorways are within 4 miles and the M6 motorway, which runs between Warwickshire and Carlisle, is around 7 miles to the west. Manchester Airport is 4 miles to the south.

Two of the town's main attractions are the Sale Water Park and the Waterside Arts Centre. The Water Park is a 152-acre area of countryside and parkland including a 52-acre artificial lake. It provides recreational facilities and wildlife reserves, as well as forming part of the flood defences for this part of Trafford.

Trafford Water Sports Centre is situated on the edge of the lake and offers facilities and training in windsurfing, dinghy sailing and kayaking as well as two restaurants. The Sale Water Ski Club is also based at the lake.

The Waterside Arts centre is Sale's cultural centre. Situated next to Sale Town Hall, it includes a plaza, a library, the Robert Bolt Theatre, the Lauriston Gallery, and the Corridor Gallery.

Sale Sports Club encompasses Sale Cricket Club, Sale Hockey Club and Sale Lawn Tennis Club. The Brooklands Sports Club also provides facilities for squash, tennis and bowling.

Sale Golf Club and Ashton on Mersey Golf Club have courses on the outskirts of the town and Trafford Rowing Club has a boathouse beside the canal.

Sale Leisure Centre has three swimming pools, badminton and squash courts, and a gymnasium. The Walton Park Sports Centre has a sports hall for activities such as 5-a-side football, karate and table-tennis.

Tennis, crown-green bowls, golf putting and football facilities are available at the town's parks.

The Square is Sale's main retail area. In addition to the major supermarkets, Tesco and Sainsbury and a Marks & Spencer on Washway Rd, there are numerous independent and specialist shops.

The town is also exceptionally well served by shopping precincts, pubs, bars, restaurants and cinemas in nearby Altrincham, Stretford, The Trafford Centre and Manchester city centre.

Trafford district maintains a selective education system assessed by the Eleven Plus exam. Sale has one grammar school, two secondary modern schools and nineteen primary schools. Ashton on Mersey School is a foundation secondary modern school and specialist sports college.

Sale High School is a foundation secondary modern school and specialist technology college. Manor High School provides secondary education to pupils with special needs

For information about schools admissions contact:
School Admissions
Children and Young People's Service
4th Floor
Waterside House
Sale
M33 7ZF
Telephone: 0161 912 5007/5012/5047/5080/5081/5084/5085

For information about childcare services contact:
Childrens Information Service
Waterside House
Sale Waterside
Sale
M33 7ZF
Tel: 0161 912 1053

To find your nearest GP contact:
Trafford PCT,
2nd Floor, Oakland House,
Talbot Road,
Old Trafford,
Manchester,
Greater Manchester,
M16 0PQ
Tel: 0161 873 9500

Police/Fire/Ambulance Emergency:	999
Police General enquiries:	0161 872 5050
Neighbourhood Policing Team:	0161 856 7865
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