Benchill
Area in England
Benchill is an area in the Wythenshawe council estate 8 miles (13 km) south of Manchester city centre, in England.
In 2000, Benchill was named in the Index of Multiple Deprivation as the most deprived ward in England.[1]
Following a review by the Boundary Committee for England, Benchill was disestablished as a local government ward in 2003, and the area divided between the neighbouring wards of Sharston, Woodhouse Park, and Northenden.
Benchill gained national media attention in February 2007 when then-Leader of the Opposition David Cameron visited the estate and was targeted by a group of youths, one of whom made a gun gesture with his hand towards him. The incident was photographed by the press.[2]
Services
Benchill tram stop, on the Airport Line, opened in 2014.
Benchill is policed by the Wythenshawe Neighbourhood Policing Team.
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The City of Manchester
constituencies
| Blackley and Broughton |
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| Manchester Central |
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| Manchester Gorton |
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| Manchester Withington |
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| Wythenshawe and Sale East |
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- Ardwick
- Ardwick Green
- Baguley
- Belle Vue
- Benchill
- Beswick
- Blackley
- Bradford
- Burnage
- Cheetham Hill
- Chorlton-cum-Hardy
- Chorlton-on-Medlock
- Chorltonville
- Clayton
- Collyhurst
- Crumpsall
- Didsbury
- Fallowfield
- Gorton
- Harpurhey
- Heaton Park
- Hulme
- Levenshulme
- Longsight
- Lower Crumpsall
- Manchester Airport
- Miles Platting
- Moss Side
- Moston
- Newall Green
- New Moston
- Newton Heath
- Northenden
- Northern Moor
- Openshaw
- Parrs Wood
- Peel Hall
- Ringway
- Rusholme
- Sharston
- Victoria Park
- Whalley Range
- Withington
- Woodhouse Park
- Wythenshawe
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53°23′19″N 2°15′47″W / 53.38855°N 2.26309°W / 53.38855; -2.26309
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