Culture and Media
The Advertiser is a weekly free newspaper which comes out every Wednesday. The newspaper is owned by MEN Media, part of Trinity Mirror, and is based in Chadderton, Oldham.. The Prestwich and Whitefield Guide and The Bury Times are sold in the locality. The Jewish Telegraph is produced and printed in Prestwich.
The Longfield Centre civic hall has one of the largest sprung floor ballrooms in the Northwest of England and has been the host venue for Danceclub2000 since August 1998.
There are several private members' clubs in the town including, Prestwich Church Institute, the Royal British Legion, the Carlton Club, Heaton Park Social (Working Men's) Club, and two political clubs Prestwich Conservative Club and Prestwich Liberal Club.
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