Welcome to Charlestown

Charlestown is about five miles north of the city centre, on the south side of Victoria Avenue, next to Boggart Hole Clough. It is close to the M60 motorway round Manchester - so there's good access to other parts of the city and the north west. See detailed map

Living in Charlestown

Charlestown is mostly a residential area, but there is a small parade of shops on Charlestown Road - including a post office and citizen's advice bureau. There's a health centre there too. There is another shopping parade on Victoria Avenue/Hollinwood Avenue, and more shops, including a supermarket on the Rochdale Road/Victoria Avenue crossroads less than a mile away. There are regular buses along Victoria Avenue, and Rochdale Road to the city centre, Middleton (where there are more shops and local facilities) and all the leisure and sporting activities at Heaton Park.

Boggart Hole Clough is a big local attraction. It's one of Manchester's largest parks, with bowls, fishing, boating, football pitches, playground, running track, multicourts and woodland walks. There are big improvements in the pipeline to make the Clough even better. A new gym on Victoria Avenue has the latest facilities and fitness programmes to suit everyone! Broadway pools in New Moston (about a mile away) has two swimming pools, a sauna and steam room, sunbeds and a fitness suite.

There's a large, modern health centre on Victoria Avenue East. The nearest library is on Moston Lane in Moston. Local youngsters can enjoy the facilities of the active youth club based on Southdown Crescent, while older people are welcome at the very popular Broadmoss resource centre (Broadmoss Drive) where there's a social club, days out, hairdressers and regular community activities. See detailed map

Learning In Charlestown

Local primary school children usually go to either Charlestown Primary school on Booth Hall Road or St John Bosco Catholic school on Hall Moss Road. Older boys can go to North Manchester High school for boys on Charlestown Road. Girls usually go to North Manchester Community school for girls on Brookside Road in neighbouring Moston. The nearest catholic school is St Matthews on Nuthurst Road, Moston (under a mile).

Find out more about this area's schools and how well they perform. Go to Manchester Schoolfinder.

There is a children's centre for pre-school children, and an adult and toddler group on Belthorne Avenue.

Find out more about council-run nurseries in this area. Go to Finding a Children's Centre.

The new city learning centre at St Matthews school is a fantastic resource for local people - it boasts the very latest technology and is equipped with 120 state-of -the art computers. Facilities include fast internet access, video conferencing and video editing. It offers a range of courses - from beginners to advanced. There is also an adult learning centre at North Manchester High School for Girls. See detailed map

Find out more about adult education.

Housing in Charlestown

There are privately owned homes near Booth Hall children's hospital and along Victoria Avenue. More private homes are being built, and are proving popular. There are about 1,400 council homes in Charlestown - all managed by Northwards Housing. About half of these are in several multi-storey blocks just off Victoria Avenue. The rest are two-and three-bedroom houses (400), flats in small blocks (240) and bungalows(30) - mostly built in the 1930s. It's generally a stable residential area with demand for most of the housing. Many of the houses are benefiting from refurbishment, work, and extra investment in the multi-storey blocks is making those homes more popular too. Many flats have new bathrooms, new kitchens, uPVC windows, new gas central heating and upgraded balconies. See detailed map

Northwards Housing has a £130 million improvement plan that will bring all homes, and local environments, up to decent modern standards by 2010. Every Northwards home will benefit from some of this work by 2008.

 

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