Historic house · Urmston · Greater Manchester

Flixton House

This is Flixton House, a historic house in Urmston. The surrounding 5 km hold 3 more places to visit. First among the places near it is Imperial War Museum North, at 6.2 km.

Photo: Flixton House, Parrot of Doom (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Urmston

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Historic house in Urmston

Inside Urmston

Flixton House is inside Urmston’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Expect highs of 17–21°C in Urmston from May to September.

Jan8° / 3°77 mm

Feb9° / 3°64 mm

Mar11° / 4°57 mm

Apr14° / 6°52 mm

May17° / 9°58 mm

Jun20° / 11°70 mm

Jul21° / 13°77 mm

Aug21° / 13°73 mm

Sep18° / 11°75 mm

Oct15° / 8°90 mm

Nov11° / 5°85 mm

Dec8° / 3°93 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Urmston, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Urmston. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Urmston’s full climate →

About

Flixton House

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages.

Type: Historic house
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Urmston
Official site: flixtonhouse.co.uk/Home.aspx

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Map of Flixton House and nearby

Flixton House sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Largest of the 8 is Sale, home to 62,545. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Urmston

41,728 people · 17 places to visit

2 · 1.2 km southwest of it

Carrington

481 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km west of it

Irlam

19,714 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 1.9 km northeast of it

Eccles

41,116 people · 23 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Flixton House is	People	Places to visit
Urmston	It’s in town	41,728	17
Carrington	1.2 km southwest of it	481	6
Irlam	1.5 km west of it	19,714	13
Eccles	1.9 km northeast of it	41,116	23
Sale	2.3 km southeast of it	62,545	20
Old Trafford	2.6 km east of it	21,442	47
Partington	2.9 km southwest of it	7,706	5
Stretford	3 km east of it	28,010	44

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

5 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery are among the 87 within 15 km.

MuseumImperial War Museum North6.2 km away · 2K visitors a year 2

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame10 km away 3

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery10 km away 4

CathedralManchester Cathedral10 km away 5

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum9.1 km away · 830K visitors a year 6

MuseumThe Manchester Museum10 km away 7

MuseumChetham's Library10 km away 8

CathedralCathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist9.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Flixton House: what to know

Where is Flixton House?

Flixton House is in Urmston, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Flixton House?

Historic house.

When is the best time to visit Flixton House?

May to September are the warmest months in Urmston, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Flixton House?

Within 15 km: Imperial War Museum North (6.2 km), English Football Hall of Fame (10 km), Manchester Art Gallery (10 km) and Manchester Cathedral (10 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Flixton House: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist: The_Cathedral_Church_of_St_John_the_Evangelist,_Chapel_Street,_Salford.jpg: Ian Roberts derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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