Walshaw

Walshaw

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.602
longitude= -2.339
official_name= Walshaw
metropolitan_county= Greater Manchester
population =
metropolitan_borough= Bury
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Bury North
post_town= BURY
postcode_district = BL8
postcode_area= BL
dial_code= 0161
os_grid_reference= SD775118
static_

static_image_caption=Christ Church, Walshaw
london_distance=

Walshaw is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It is to the south of Tottington and 2 miles northwest of Bury

The village has a school, a post office, several pubs and a restaurant. It lies around the top of Walshaw Road and the memorial cross and three radiating streets slightly to the North. One third of the centre of the village is taken up by Christ Church Primary School, which is linked to the Anglican Church on High Street.

It features a telephone box which was once used by Robert De Niro when he was in the country making the film "Brazil" in 1985.


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