Wythenshawe is Manchester’s original garden city – built on the principles of being ‘close to town and country’ and this remains true today. Only seven miles from Manchester’s City Centre but surrounded by South Manchester’s most affluent suburbs and directly linked to the Cheshire countryside.

Wythenshawe Town Centre will get a new £5million bus station in 2012, funded by GMPTE and Manchester City Council. This will link with the planned Metrolink line which will connect Wythenshawe with the airport and the city centre.

Motorway (M56/M60) and main network road links to Manchester City Centre (7 miles), Warrington, Liverpool, Stockport, Trafford.

A high quality new bus station is planned for Wythenshawe Town Centre, with work due to start Spring 2010.

A Metrolink line is planned to connect Wythenshawe to the city centre and the airport.

Wythenshawe is connected to the national rail and coach network at Manchester airport, the UK’s 4th biggest airport.

The Trans Pennine Trail follows the River Mersey as it meanders through Wythenshawe, providing walking and cycling links to the Trans Pennine Trail network. There are also walking links through to the Bollin Valley Way & Styal in Cheshire. Manchester Airport based in Wythenshawe is a major global gateway to Northern England. Over 100 airlines offer direct flights to 225 destinations worldwide, connecting over 22 million passengers to more places than any other airport in the UK.

A new high quality bus station is due for completion in 2012, which will be funded to the value of £5,250,000 by GMPTE and Manchester City Council. This will provide increased bus services and a safer, cleaner, more accessible environment as well as new jobs Alongside this is the planned phase 3b of the Metrolink line also funded by GMPTE, which will run out to Manchester Airport linking Wythenshawe with the airport and the city-centre.