The Trafford Centre tram stop

The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Urmston, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by retail space.Originally developed by the Peel Group, the Trafford Centre was sold to Capital Shopping Centres, later to become Intu, in 2011 for £1.65 billion setting a record as the costliest single property sale in British history.The battle to obtain permission to build the centre was amongst the longest and most expensive in United Kingdom planning history. As of 2011 the Trafford Centre had Europe's largest food court and the UK's busiest cinema.

Barton Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the Bridgewater Canal in Trafford Park, near Eccles, Lancashire, England.

Barton Dock Road is a tram stop built on the Trafford Park Line of Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system. The stop is located on Barton Dock Road by the remodelled Peel Circle roundabout, and was created to serve passengers boarding and alighting at EventCity and the Trafford Centre. It opened on 22 March 2020.

Trafford Waters is a major mixed-use development, currently under construction in Trafford, Greater Manchester on land between the Manchester Ship Canal and the Trafford Centre. The land is owned and will be developed by Peel Land & Property.The development is proposed to take place in six phases over 15 years, with the first phase being completed by 2017–18. The area would be served by the proposed Trafford Quays Metrolink station.The proposal includes 3,000 homes, areas for employment, a primary school, retail and community facilities. Planning permission was granted in October 2016. The Trafford Waters masterplan received outline planning permission from Trafford Council in 2018 and planning permission for the infrastructure works was subsequently received. Construction started on the first 350 homes in October 2022.

Dumplington is an area of Urmston, Greater Manchester, England, which is beside Timperly. Dumplington was one of several hamlets in the township of Barton-upon-Irwell, in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Eccles in the hundred of Salford. Its name derives from the Old English dympel and ing and tun which means an enclosure by a pool. The hamlet lies six miles south west of Manchester city centre.Dumplington was recorded in the Middle Ages in 1225 in land leases between Sir Robert Grelley and Cecily, daughter of Iorwerth de Hulton and Siegrith de Dumplington. John son of Thomas de Booth was the landowner in 1401.The Roman Catholic church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building, designed in 1867-8 by Edward Welby Pugin. In the late 20th century and early 21st century, there has been significant redevelopment in this area including the Trafford Centre, Trafford Waters and the extension of the Metrolink line.

The Barton Aqueduct, opened on 17 July 1761, carried the Bridgewater Canal over the River Irwell at Barton-upon-Irwell, in the historic county of Lancashire, England. Designed largely by James Brindley under the direction of John Gilbert, it was the first navigable aqueduct to be built in England, "one of the seven wonders of the canal age" according to industrial archaeologist Mike Nevell.Construction proceeded quickly, but disaster almost struck when the aqueduct was first filled with water and one of its three arches began to buckle under the weight. Remedial work took several months, but the aqueduct was still opened to traffic only 15 months after the enabling Act of Parliament had been passed, on 17 July 1761. It remained in use for more than 100 years, until the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal necessitated its demolition in 1893, replaced by the Barton Swing Aqueduct.

Barton Road Swing Bridge (or Barton Road Bridge) is a swing bridge for road traffic in Greater Manchester that crosses the Manchester Ship Canal between Trafford Park in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford to Barton-upon-Irwell in the City of Salford. The bridge is a Grade II listed building, and is part of a surrounding conservation area. It runs parallel to the Barton Swing Aqueduct which carries the Bridgewater Canal. The bridge opens regularly for traffic along the Manchester Ship Canal, which can cause delays for road traffic. The bridge and aqueduct were inaugurated along with the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894, though a bridge had previously existed at this location for over 200 years. During the 20th century, it became increasingly important as an access route to Trafford Park and to allow traffic to bypass Manchester and Salford city centres, and consequently became a significant traffic bottleneck. A replacement high level bridge was built further downstream, and today the swing bridge carries mostly local traffic.

Therme Manchester is a spa and water park resort under construction in Greater Manchester, England. As of 2023, it is scheduled to open in 2025, and is being built on the former site of the EventCity exhibition centre, adjacent to the Trafford Centre.

EventCity Limited was a conference, gala dinner and exhibition venue in Greater Manchester, England, which was demolished in 2022-2023. It opened in 2011 and was the largest event venue in the North of England, with four halls and a combined space of 28,000 m2 (300,000 sq ft). It was closed during 2021 as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plans for an alternative venue were also scrapped by the previous owners. EventCity was located in TraffordCity, an entertainment and leisure destination. Adjacent to the Trafford Centre, junctions 9 and 10 of the M60 motorway and the Barton Dock Road tram stop are close by.

Patricroft is a suburb near Eccles, Greater Manchester, England.

Chill Factore is the UK's longest indoor ski slope; a £31M real snow centre located in the Trafford Park area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, the centre opened in November 2007 at which time it was the widest in the world, at 180 metres (590 ft) long and 100 metres (330 ft) wide at its widest point. In 2010, former Sales and marketing director of Alton Towers Morwenna Angove joined Chill Factore as CEO (Chief Executive Officer) In 2011, the Guinness World Record for the longest chain of skiers to travel 100m without breaking, was recorded at Chill Factore.In May 2011, Chill Factore hosted the UK's first Snowbombing event. In 2018, Chill Factore rebranded as BEYOND, a new retail, experiential and leisure mix, which will bring additional restaurants and businesses to complement resident brands.In March 2020, Chill Factore announced that its owners Extreme Cool Limited and U&I PLC had sold the company to Snow Centre who currently operate The Snow Centre in Hemel. They also announced that Morwenna Angove - CEO would be replaced by Ian Brown as managing director. Snow Centre took over at the end of March and have already spent £500,000 on renovations.

Eccles was a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom, centred on the town of Eccles in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.