Gorse Hill is an area of Stretford, within the Trafford borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is a residential area with two minor industrial estates on either side of the main A56 Chester Rd, which divides the two halves of the ward. Gorse Hill Park is a park which has recently had its historic main gates renovated and sits in between the two halves of the ward also, bridging Chester Road and Talbot Road. Gorse Hill is also the northern most ward for Trafford council and is home to Trafford Town Hall, housing the council offices. Gorse Hill shares a border with Old Trafford ward, both Manchester United F.C. and Lancashire County Cricket Club call this area home.
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Famous quotes containing the word hill:
“Tawny are the leaves turned, but they still hold.
It is the harvest; what shall this land produce?
A meager hill of kernels, a runnel of juice.
Declension looks from our land, it is old.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)