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Longsight is an area of the City Of Manchester ,in North West England . It is around south of Manchester City Centre , and has a total population of 16,007. HISTORY Longsight has been known over the past with its gang related violence, similar to that of Moss Side , an adjoining area. Longsight , 2001 Census Results. GOVERNANCE Longsight is served in Westminster by the MP for Manchester Gorton , currently the Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman . The area is represented on Manchester City Council by Liberal Democrat Liaqat Ali, first elected in 2003, Abid Chohan elected in 2004 and Labour's Maryam Khan elected in May 2006. GEOGRAPHY Previously known as Grindlow Marsh, it was incorporated into the City of Manchester in 1890. The district is bordered by Ardwick to the north, Rusholme and Victoria Park to the west, Levenshulme to the south, and Gorton to the east. Longsight is currently defined by Hyde Road, Grey Street, Stockport Road, Plymouth Grove, Richmond Grove, Hathersage Road, Anson Road, Dickenson Road, Beresford Road, Old Hall Lane, Stockport Road, East Road, Pink Bank Lane, Nutsford Vale, Buckley Road and Mount Road. The Old Roman Road to Buxton (the A6 or Stockport Road) roughly bisects the area. DEMOGRAPHY Longsight has a very ethnically diverse population. Central Manchester: Background Information and Ethnic Profile , Race for Health. Retrieved 14 May 2006. According to the 2001 UK census, 52.7% of the population is from non-white ethnic groups. This includes 36.1% who describe themselves as Asian or Asian British (including 24.6% Pakistani, 7.2% Bangladeshi), and 9.1% Black or Black British. Many of the community centre, and a Jain temple. As the 2001 census figures cited above demonstrate, the religious affiliation of Longsight ward residents is one-third Muslim and around one-third Christian. The area is therefore home to a number of mosques and also churches of varying denomination, which include Saint Agnes Church, Bethshan International Church and Saint Roberts Church. ECONOMY The main shopping centre is near the corner of Stockport Road and Dickenson Road, and contains a library and supermarket as well as many smaller shops. The Longsight Market, one of the busiest markets in the North West of England , is located on Dickenson Road. It can be easily spotted by its brightly-coloured profiled roofs. The market hosts a general market every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and a second-hand market every Tuesday. There are a large number of takeaway food shops and restaurants and a very wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables and other supplies to cater for the interests of the various immigrant communities in the area. TRANSPORT The railway line, from Manchester Piccadilly to Stockport , passes through the area, though there is no longer a station. The nearest stations are Ardwick and Levenshulme. Longsight contains the Slade Lane railway junction and is the site of several railway depots, which service trains for Virgin Trains , Northern Rail and TransPennine Express . The earliest railway works was set up in 1842 by the Manchester And Birmingham Railway . Little is known about its early history, except that it produced fifteen single wheeler passenger engines to a design by Sharp Stewart And Company . In 1846 the M&BR was amalgamated with the LNWR under John Ramsbottom . One 0-6-0 was produced in 1858 but then the works closed down as the LNWR transferred its operations to Crewe . CULTURAL REFERENCES Longsight was immortalised in song by local singer song Daybreak which contains the line "From Atlanta , Georgia , to Longsight, Manchester ". In recent times Longsight has suffered like surrounding south inner-city areas, with gangs, drugs and high profile shootings. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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