Area guide: Longsight
Longsight is on Stockport Road, less than three miles south of
the city centre. Stockport Road is a major route from the city centre to
south Manchester, Stockport and Cheshire.
Living in Longsight
There's a large Asda Supermarket and smaller shops at Longsight centre on
Stockport Road. Longsight market (open four days a week) on Dickenson Road
is a busy traditional market. You can find a variety of eating places there
too - including vegetarian and Caribbean cafes.
There's a variety of interesting shops including an 'antiques
hypermarket', in neighbouring Levenshulme; and It's about three-quarters of
a mile to the busy restaurants, shops and cafes along Wilmslow Road in
Rusholme.
Public transport is excellent, with regular buses along Stockport Road
and Birchfields Road - the vibrant city centre, with its employment, leisure
and entertainment facilities is a few minutes journey.
Levenshulme train station, on the busy Manchester to Stockport line, is
less than half a mile from homes in the south of the area.
Homes to rent in Longsight
There are around 2,000 homes rented out by not-for-profit landlords like
housing associations and housing trusts. See
homes here street-by-street.
Facilities in Longsight
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