Country: | England |
Map Type: | Greater Manchester |
Coordinates: | 53.388°N -2.39°W |
Official Name: | Dunham Town |
Metropolitan Borough: | Trafford |
Metropolitan County: | Greater Manchester |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Altrincham and Sale West |
Post Town: | ALTRINCHAM |
Postcode District: | WA14 |
Postcode Area: | WA |
Dial Code: | 0161 |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ740880 |
Civil Parish: | Dunham Massey |
Static Image Name: | St. Mark's Church.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Mark's Church, Dunham Town |
Dunham Town is a village in the civil parish of Dunham Massey in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It was historically a part of Cheshire.
Dunham Town previously formed part of the parish of Bowdon, in the hundred of Bucklow.[1]
Dunham Town is in the Bowdon ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford.
Neighbouring settlements include Altrincham, Bowdon, Dunham Woodhouses, Little Bollington and Partington.
Dunham Park lies to the south of the village. It was designated a site of special scientific interest in 1965 because of its biological content. Dunham Park has been managed by the National Trust since 1976.
Web site: Dunham Park citation sheet . English Nature . 2007-02-15.