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The Chorlton Park Apartments is a green apartment building in Chorlton, Manchester, England. It was designed by architect Roger Stephenson and built as part of collaboration between Tom Bloxham's development company Urban Splash and Irwell Valley in 2002. The development won a number of awards including the Housing Design Award in 2001, Roses Design Awards - best residential project in 2002 and in 2003 won the MSA Design Award in the residential section. Its most prestigious award came in 2004 when it was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA Award. Stephenson liked the design so much that he bought a top floor apartment for himself.
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Parks and open spaces in Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Parks, water parks and other open spaces in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, include the following.
Stretford Stadium, within Longford Park, is the home of Trafford Athletic Club. Most of the area of the park is in Stretford but the eastern part is in Chorlton with an entrance on Ryebank Road. Also in the park are tennis courts and bowling greens. Nearby are Ryebank Fields and to the south the area around Turn Moss towards the River Mersey.
An area of Chorlton Park was used many centuries ago for horse racing. The park is now the largest municipal park in Chorlton and has sports facilities and many mature trees.
The Recreation Ground (Beech Park) was opened in 1896 having been donated to the community by Lord Egerton. It used to be a location of the Beech Road Festival which formerly attracted upwards of 10,000 people each year.
Chorlton Water Park is on the north side of the Mersey: access from southern Chorlton is via Maitland Avenue. It may be reached from the southern banks of the River Mersey by a footbridge.
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Barlow Moor Road tram stop
Barlow Moor Road is a tram stop on the Airport Line of the Manchester Metrolink. It opened on 3 November 2014. and is on the Airport line on Mauldeth Road West next to the junction of Barlow Moor Road.
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Chorltonville
Chorltonville is a garden village in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England.
The village includes architecture inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement.
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Hough End Hall
Hough End Hall is a historic house in Chorlton-cum-Hardy (originally in Withington), a suburban area of Manchester, England. It was built in 1596, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, by Sir Nicholas Mosley, when he became Lord of the Manor of Manchester and of the dependent Manor of Withington (Chorlton-cum-Hardy was at that time a township within the Manor of Withington). The Mosleys were an influential Mancunian family from the 16th century onwards and were prominent in the affairs of the Manchester district for two and a half centuries.