Religion
Further information: List of churches in Greater ManchesterHistorically, much of the population of Miles Platting was of Irish Catholic or Italian descent, as evidenced by the large Corpus Christi Priory on Varley Street. The basilica has been served since 1889 by the Norbertine (Premonstratensian) Order, becoming an independent canonry of the order in 2004. Due to falling numbers and mounting repair and maintenance costs the basilica is now closed, the final Mass being celebrated by the Bishop of Salford on 27 April 2007.
The basilica has now been converted to the Usmania Banqueting Hall.
From 1880, until the slum clearances of the 1970s, a Salvation Army corps existed here in Cash Street.
Miles Platting is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford, and the Anglican Diocese of Manchester.
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