Abbey Hey
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{{More citations needed|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Abbey Hey
| coordinates = {{coord|53.4680|-2.16|display=inline,title|region:GB|format=dms}}
| population =
| metropolitan_borough = Manchester
| metropolitan_county = Greater Manchester
| region = North West England
| constituency_westminster = Manchester Gorton
| post_town = MANCHESTER
| postcode_area = M
| postcode_district = M18
| dial_code = 0161
| os_grid_reference = SJ875965
| london_distance =
| static_image = Looking towards tower blocks at Abbey Hey, Gorton.JPG
| static_image_width = 240px
| static_image_caption = Tower blocks near Abbey Hey
}}
Abbey Hey is an area of Gorton, in the city of Manchester, England. It is known mainly for Debdale Park and Wright Robinson College.
Borders
The neighbourhood is bordered on the east by the former Stockport Branch Canal (now Yellow Brick Road, a cycle path[https://beeactive.tfgm.com/schemes/manchester/manchester-cycleway-yellow-brick-road/ Scheme Manchester Cycleway - Yellow Brick Road]), on the north by the Hope Valley line/Glossop line, on the south and west side by the former Fallowfield Loop railway line (now Fallowfield Loop). The police district is slightly bigger, incorporating the area between the Canal and Chapman Street and the area north of the Gorton Reservoirs in Debdale Park.[https://www.police.uk/pu/your-area/greater-manchester-police/abbey-hey/?tab=StopAndSearch Greater Manchester Police - Abbey Hey]
Sports
Although it is located just outside the boundaries, the local football club is Abbey Hey F.C.
Transport
File:Fallowfield loop line map.png
Its location causes easy transport to Manchester City Centre to be provided by rail at the Gorton railway station and by a variety of Bee Network bus routes.
The Fallowfield Loop railway line had a loop back to Manchester along Vine Street. This spur is now filled in and partly park and partly housing.[https://web.archive.org/web/20221105063316/http://www.bikerides.dsracing.me.uk/routes/ffiledLoop2.htm#latest The Opposite Spur - through Abbey Hey - back towards Manchester][https://gortonmanchester.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/vine-street-community-park/ Vine Street Community Park][https://democracy.manchester.gov.uk/Data/Planning%20and%20Highways%20Committee/20140410/Agenda/Item_16._104855_Vine_Street.pdf Planning application Vine Street 2014]
Governance
The area is in the Manchester Gorton parliamentary constituency, which has been represented in Westminster by Afzal Khan since June 2017.{{cite web | title= Afzal Khan MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/afzal-khan/4671 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = UK Parliament | accessdate= 3 February 2018}}
Following a boundary review in 2017, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England announced that Abbey Hey would form part of a new electoral ward named Gorton and Abbey Hey for the local elections 2018. Abbey Hey had previously been part of Gorton North electoral ward.{{cite book | last = LGBCE | author-link = Local Government Boundary Commission for England | title = Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for Manchester City Council | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180204192110/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/33017/Manchester-Final-Recommendations.pdf | archive-date = 4 February 2018 | url = http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/33017/Manchester-Final-Recommendations.pdf | publisher = Local Government Boundary Commission for England | date = April 2017}}
Gallery
File:Abbey Hey - geograph.org.uk - 4445151.jpg|The bridge over the former Stockport Branch Canal on Abbey Hey Lane
File:Abbey Hey Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 1159292.jpg|The now demolished Abbey Hey Hotel[https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/joy-for-residents-as-hotel-is-demolished-882935 Joy for residents as hotel is demolished]
File:Abbey Hey Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 1817497.jpg|The former Methodist Church on Harrop Street
File:Church of St George the Martyr, Abbey Hey - geograph.org.uk - 2411740.jpg|Former Church of St George the Martyr
File:Abbey Hey War Memorial.jpg|Abbey Hey War Memorial
References
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{{Geographic location
|title = Neighbouring districts and places.
|Northwest = West Gorton
|North = Openshaw
|Northeast = Fairfield
|West = Gorton
|Centre = Abbey Hey
|East = Debdale
|Southwest = Belle Vue
|South = Ryder Brow
|Southeast = Reddish
}}
{{Manchester}}
{{GreaterManchester-geo-stub}}