Since 1987,
the Trafford Park Development Corporation, set up by the government,
has invested in a £660 million regeneration programme, with
help from the private sector, which has transformed the area.
Many well
known companies whose names are household words have factories
and offices in Trafford Park.
North West
Electricity Board (NORWEB) has recently moved its staff into
a new headquarters building there. The Kellogg Company of Great
Britain has expended £80 million to extend and re-equip its
Trafford Park cereals factory.
The
Communications and Computer Centre of "The Force", probably the
most modern in Britain, was opened by Her Majesty the Queen in
Trafford Park in 1986.
The Brooke
Bond Tea Company has its main production centre in Trafford
Park, after it began life as a small shop in central Manchester.
So committed
is the Park authority to increasing and attracting new industry
to the region that it has set up the Trafford Business Venture
Organisation, to help and advise prospective new businesses
and help them get off the ground. It also runs courses on behalf
of the Manchester Training and Enterprise Council.
Trafford
has also spent a great deal of energy and resources in creating
new housing within the borough, and measured by any standard,
it now has some of the best living conditions in the north of
England.
It has a
unique transportation infrastructure which makes it one of the
most accessible boroughs in Greater Manchester. It has 2 major
canals, the Bridgewater Canal and the Manchester Ship Canal,
and the city's fast transit tram-train system "Metrolink" runs
through the borough to its terminus at Altrincham.
Intercity
mainline trains also pass through Altrincham on their way to
Manchester Piccadilly Station and Chester.
The A56
main road and the former M63 (now the M60 Orbital) Motorway
runs through the centre of the borough, connecting it directly
to Manchester
Airport, to the benefit of tourists and industrial
exporters alike.
The airport
is only 15 minutes away by road, and the authority is one of
the Metropolitan Boroughs on the Airport's Management Board.
Local amenities
include the following Public Parks and Gardens : 7 in Altrincham,
4 in Bowdon-Hale, 7 in Stretford, 6 in Urmston, and 8 in Sale.
Their are 14 public libraries, 2 golf courses, 7 sports and
leisure centres, and 3 athletic stadia within the borough.
The council
also provides numerous other facilities including bowling greens,
football and rugby pitches and tennis courts.
See also:
Trafford Hotels
