Walkden is a town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, six miles (ten kilometres) northwest of central Salford, and seven miles (eleven kilometres) of Manchester.
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Walkden has been designated as one of seven main town centres in the City of Salford, and now largely functions as a retail centre and commuter suburb of Greater Manchester.
Historically in the township of Worsley in Lancashire, Walkden was a centre for coal mining and textile manufacture.
In 2021, the electoral wards of Walkden North, Walkden South and Little Hulton had a combined population of 39,761.
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Towns around Walkden
- Farnworth3.7 km N
- Swinton3.8 km SE
- Tyldesley4.5 km W
- Eccles5.8 km SE
- Atherton6.2 km W
- Radcliffe7.1 km NE
- Whitefield7.6 km NE
- Bolton7.7 km N
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