Flixton, Greater Manchester

Flixton
Flixton House
Flixton Location within Greater Manchester
Population	10,786 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ755945
Metropolitan borough	Trafford
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANCHESTER
Postcode district	M41
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Stretford and Urmston
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°26′49″N 2°23′28″W / 53.447°N 2.391°W / 53.447; -2.391

Flixton is a suburb and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 10,786.^[1] It lies six miles (9.7 km) southwest of Manchester city centre, in the historic county of Lancashire.

Neolithic and Bronze Age artefacts have been found locally and the area may have been inhabited then. Medieval Flixton was a parish within the Hundred of Salford and manor of Flixton, first mentioned in the 12th century. The parish comprised isolated farmsteads and a manor house. Toward the end of the 17th century its population began to rise, continuing through the 19th century, although at a much slower pace than its neighbours. Flixton was a remote rural area with few transport links and did not witness the level of industrialisation other parts of Manchester saw, but its connection to the railway network in 1873 helped transform the area into a middle-class suburb.

Flixton is represented in Parliament by Labour MP Andrew Western.