Firswood
| Firswood | |
|---|---|
 The Quadrant, Firswood | |
| OS grid reference | SJ814951 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M16 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Firswood is an area of Stretford in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
Geography
Firswood borders Old Trafford and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. It was largely occupied by Firs Farm, which remained in a reduced form until 1960, when social housing was built along Rye Bank Road and Warwick Road. Before being drained, it was largely a peat bog, which explains the lack of development before the 20th. century.
Present day
Firswood is home to the Quadrant road junction on Kings Road which is the most recognisable place in the area: in the centre are public gardens. The Quadrant pub, a disused branch library which has been closed for several years, and a number of shops will be found there.
The community continues to thrive around the Quadrant which forms the hub of the area and marks the place of one of the first centres for holistic therapy and complementary medicine in the UK.
It is also next to Longford Park which has an entrance just off the Quadrant. Old Trafford Metrolink station, Firswood Metrolink station, and the number 15 bus, serve the Firswood area. A large B&Q store is nearby in Great Stone Road.
The oldest residential part of the area is Darley Park, which shares many characteristics with neighbouring Whalley Range.
Stretford Memorial Hospital, and its adjacent, now demolished, Nurses' Home, was built by public subscription after the First World War, on land between Rye Bank Road and Seymour Grove.
Transport
Firswood had a disused railway running through the area, which goes as far as Didsbury and starts in nearby Old Trafford. As of July 2011, Firswood Metrolink station has been opened at Rye Bank Road. The existing disused track was cleared and new Metrolink depot constructed as part of the Manchester Metrolink's Big Bang Extension. Manchester Metrolink have also been given permission to extend the line as far as Didsbury as part of Phase 3b of the Big Bang extension this however is due for completion in 2013.