About Heywood
Heywood is a popular suburb on the outskirts of Greater Manchester, which is close to Bury and Rochdale.
It sits on the south bank of the River Roch, and is popular amongst house buyers thanks to its eclectic mix of properties, fantastic transport links and stunning Green Flag award park.
Heywood's history is linked to the cotton trade, the Industrial Revolution, and other major British events.
The town was once the 15th largest centre of cotton spinning in the country. Heywood's industrial heritage includes cotton mills, woollen mills, roperies, and iron works.
Mutual Mills, the largest of the cotton mills in Heywood is Grade II listed and a short distance from Aspinall Gardens.
Aspinall Gardens is 1 mile from Junction 19 of the M62 which links onto the M60 and a short drive (5-7 miles) to the rural areas of the Pennines making it a great location for the countryside, Manchester City centre or further afield on the motorway network.
The bungalows are within a short distance to many local shops, supermarkets, schools and amenities whether in wheelchair, on foot or via vehicle. Heywood Sports Village is half a mile away.
York Street is 150m from Aspinall Gardens and a main Bus route to Rochdale and Bury. Another 150m further is the main Bus route to Manchester.
The East Lancs Railway station at Heywood is 600m from Aspinall Gardens where old steam trains run into the Rossendale Valley on certain trip days.
East Lancs Railway runs from Heywood to Bury and beyond. Special event trains are laid on at Christmas, Halloween, Easter etc.
Queens Park Cafe overlooking the well maintained lawns and gardens and next to the extensive children's play area.
There is a lovely old boating lake in the lower part of the park that has accessible footpaths all the way around.
The Park has a Bowling Green and Tennis courts available.
Almost all of the park is accessible.
Heywood was recently pledged £20m of government funds for improvements over the next 10 years.
Rochdale and Bury have recently had large investment plans confirmed for town centre improvements to attract more local and outside visitors.
There are superb public transport links nearby (200mm) to get further afield (main bus routes to Rochdale, Bury, Manchester) making the houses ideally placed for leisure or work commuting.£50m is to be invested in a Rochdale to Heywood to Manchester tram-train, included in the government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement for Greater Manchester.
Rochdale Town Hall has just recently completed a large internal and external refurbishment and offers excellent FREE tours of this historic building.
Heywood Sports Village is only 10 minutes walk from Aspinall Gardens
The first Phase of the £20m improvements have been completed with the opening of the New Heywood Civic Hall. It links with the Memorial Gardens and recently restored Heywood Library (all accessible).
