Broadheath is a suburb of Altrincham in Greater Manchester, England. It is historically part of the county of Cheshire and has a Warrington postcode.
At Broadheath's height as an industrial area, the industries supported perhaps 12,000 employees. The industries include George Richards, Thornton-Pickard, O'Briens, Luke & Spencer, Tilghmans, Linotype, Kearns, Record Electrical, Budenbergs and Churchills, many of which were world-famous.
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Broadheath is part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough of Greater Manchester. The ward of Broadheath has three out of sixty three seats on Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, and as of the 2008 local elections all 3 seats were held by the Conservatives.[1]
The councillors representing Broadheath on Trafford Council are:
Since 1997, Broadheath has formed part of the Altrincham and Sale West Constituency, before that it was encompassed by the Altrincham and Sale constituency. Since 1997 it had been represented in the House of Commons by the Conservative MP, Graham Brady. At the 2005 General Election, in Altrincham and Sale West the Conservatives won a majority of 7,159 and 46.4% of the vote. Labour won 30.3% of the vote, Liberal Democrats 21.7% and the United Kingdom Independence Party 1.7%.[5] This is one of only a small number of seats in the north-west held by the Conservative Party, and the only one in Greater Manchester.
There are several groups of shops in Broadheath, including the retail park.
Broadheath Primary School.
St. Albans Church Broadheath. – [1]
Woodheys Park pitch and putt – Woodheys Park.
Broadheath railway station served the district between 1853 and closure in 1962. Passenger trains ran from Manchester via Sale to Broadheath and on to Lymm and Warrington.