Elton, Greater Manchester
Elton is a suburb of Bury, on the A58 road, in the Bury district, in the English county of Greater Manchester. The population of the Bury Ward taken at the 2011 census was 11,464.[1] Elton has a superstore. There is a brook called Elton Brook and the River Irwell flows through the area via Burrs Country Park which is now a country park run by voluntary group, Friends of Burrs, who maintain the park. The park is the former home to the Burr and Higher Woodhill cotton mills,[2] some features of the former mill are still visible to visitors.
| Elton | |
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 Whitehead Park, Elton | |
  Elton Location within Greater Manchester | |
| Population | 11,464 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SD791106 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BURY |
| Postcode district | BL8 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Elton has a railway halt on the East Lancashire Railway, the local heritage railway opened the halt in October 2016 to attract visitors from the park and the Caravan Club site.
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- "Bury Ward population 2011". Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- Fairbairn, William (2014), "COTTON MILLS", Treatise on Mills and Millwork, Cambridge University Press, pp. 469–479, doi:10.1017/cbo9781107256682.022, ISBN 9781107256682
- A-Z Greater Manchester (page 36)
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