Cheetham

Cheetham
OS grid reference	SD846009
Metropolitan borough	City of Manchester
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANCHESTER
Postcode district	M8
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Manchester Blackley

Cheetham is a district in the city of Manchester, England. It is situated in the northern part of the city, along Bury Old Road and Cheetham Hill Road. It is often referred to as Cheetham Hill.

The area is ethnically very diverse and the demographics have changed over the past hundred years. Traditionally, Cheetham was an area of significant Jewish settlement from central and eastern Europe. Most of the Jewish population has moved out into the areas of Broughton Park, Higher Crumpsall and Prestwich. There is a large Jewish secondary school - King David - on the Cheetham / Crumpsall boundary. The Manchester Jewish Museum, occupying the site of a closed 'Sephardi' synagogue, is at 190 Cheetham Hill Rd.

Today, Cheetham is home to a very large Muslim population, whose origins lie in Pakistan and India, and has at least three mosques. There are also an increasing number of Malaysians and a significant number of non-Muslim Asians. (There are three Sikh Gurdwaras in Cheetham.) There are significant numbers of non-Jewish eastern Europeans and there is a Polish club and a Ukrainian club which recently burnt down. There is also a Ukrainian Catholic Church. The Irish population is large, in common with much of Manchester. The Irish World Heritage Centre, on Queens Road, is one of the largest Irish centres in the country and is the starting point for Manchester's St Patrick's Day Parade - one of the largest in the world. There is a sizeable West Indian community, whilst the influx of African immigrants has been noticeable in recent years.

There are large numbers of shops catering for the Asian population and an increasing number of African shops. Cheetham Hill Village, at the top of Cheetham Hill Road, is more traditionally 'British'. Cheetham Hill Shopping Centre is being reinvented; a large Tesco based shopping centre is under construction, replacing a run down "precinct" in the centre of the Village. Further down the Cheetham Hill Road, towards Manchester city centre, is the large 'Manchester Fort' retail development.In August 2008 it continues to be largely fully let and apparently successful.

Towards the lower end of Cheetham Hill Road is the Joseph Holt brewery.

Cheetham is represented by Martin Pagel and Naeem Ul Hassan as councillors in the Cheetham ward. They are both members of the Labour Party.

Cheetham is served by Woodlands Road station, on the Bury line of the Manchester Metrolink (tram). However, this station is on the fringe of the district. The 135 bendy-bus service, terminating in Lever Street Manchester provides a frequent service. Metrolink's principal maintenance depot is situated at Queens Road as is one of First Manchester's main bus depots. Greater Manchester's Museum of Transport is in nearby Boyle Street.

Demographics

(According to 2001 census)

• White British - 43.34%
• White Irish - 3.43%
• White Other - 3.88%
• British Asian - 32.47%
• Black British - 5.62%
• Chinese or Other - 5.89%
• Mixed Race - 2.40%

Famous people from Cheetham

• Don Arden - music promoter (born Harry Levy), father of Sharon Osbourne.
• Jack Rosenthal - playwright, most famous for 'Barmitzvah Boy', 'London's Burning'.
• Benny Rothman - political activist, famous for taking part in the Mass trespass of Kinder Scout in Derbyshire.
• Walter Mayson - famous violin maker

Education

• Abraham Moss