Collyhurst
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| Collyhurst | |
  Collyhurst shown within Greater Manchester |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan borough | City of Manchester |
| Metropolitan county | Greater Manchester |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M40 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Manchester Blackley |
| List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester | |
Collyhurst is an area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Manchester City Centre, on Rochdale Road and Oldham Road. The River Irk passes through the area.
Prominent buildings in Collyhurst could be said to include its local police station and large Catholic church, St Patrick's.
For a brief period in the mid 1970s, The Electric Circus, a run down former bingo hall on Rochdale Road, found itself at the centre of Manchester's punk rock scene. It played host to bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Jam, Joy Division—then known as Warsaw—and the Buzzcocks, before its closure in 1977. It has now been demolished.
Although the area is one of the poorest in the city, it has been home to a number of sport stars and entertainers, including former world champion boxer Michael Gomez, the former Manchester United footballers Brian Kidd and Nobby Stiles, former QPR star Stan Bowles, TV stars Jack Smethurst and Bruce Jones as well as comedian Les Dawson. Collyhurst has also been the home of writers such as the best-selling author Billy Hopkins (Our Kid), sports biographer Brian Hughes MBE (Jackie Brown - the Man, the Myth, the Legend) and prize-winning playwright Jim Allen (The Spongers, Days of Hope)
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