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CH D AT A H O All in your stride... Christie Hospital area AM R G RO VE INE START by leaving The Christie T A L 1 A via the Palatine Road entrance. 6 P E VE R Palatine Road was built in 1863 to link ETT

R „42 Everett Road O in with in Cheshire. Both Walk along Burton Road to AD AB BER 6 are Counties Palatine—they once enjoyed special Everett Rd and turn right. TO 1 N D W R D AR O A L I privileges from the king, hence the name of the road. AD O IN L 42 Everett Road was the childhood home of actor G M R TO N S N L R O , who starred as Richard Hannay O O Christie T AD W R Hospital U in Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps (1935) and B R O won the Best Actor Oscar for Goodbye, Mr Chips H A OLL D Y R OY (1939). Donat was born in Withington in 1905 DE CL C OS A E and attended St Paul’s School. V Holly Royde House „ E N D Burton Road IS Continue along Everett Road H R O LO 2 A NG to Palatine Road and The Christie. D G TON O 5 O AK U AV R L E OA D NU D EN E Turn left and walk along Palatine Rd R AD OA O D R 2 to Holly Royde Close (on the right). C E E N D T N R I A A T O L R Holly Royde House was the home of Gustav Behrens, A R O R A AL A D P L a wealthy Victorian cotton merchant who co-founded U C R I the Hallé (Orchestra) Concerts Society. His son gifted C C IRC UL AR the mansion to the University of for their D RO A AD O L Extra-Mural Department. It has now been converted to R APWIN VE N O R luxury flats. O G Continue along Lapwing Lane T R L G U EL 5 B W L to Burton Road and turn right. A SAN N D E IL EI CRESS GH Even after the railway station opened in 1880, A VENU some old rural ways lingered. Cows and sheep E Withington Town Hall DAN D 30-45 „ A ES were still being driven through the village, and M O minutes OO R E S R O R pigs were kept on Burton Road. D L OA W A C D 2kms O 4 O R H B L AD G ALL S E O I D R E BR Y L M A O L CL R O I K WNE AV W O E D NU S West E LAN D L O Continue along Palatine Road to the junction with 3 3 Lapwing Lane.

D L A AP Withington Railway Station opened in 1880 at what is now West Didsbury O R W stop. The railway transformed Withington from rural village to busy Turn right and walk along Lapwing E ING 4 TIN urban suburb as clean air and efficient public transport enticed wealthy Lane to Raleigh Close (on the left). A L AN AL businessmen and academics away from the smoke of Manchester. Horse- The ornate building with the clock tower was Withington P E Northern drawn, and later powered, and buses also ran from here up Palatine Town Hall from 1881 until 1904, when Withington became Lawn Tennis Road to the White Lion pub in Withington village and on to Manchester. part of the City of Manchester. Club The Northern Lawn Tennis Club began in Old Trafford in 1881. In 1969 it ELM was the first North of club to have an indoor tennis court. It has ROAD

PA hosted many great tennis names including John McEnroe, Pete Sampras R KF IE and Martina Navratilova. L AD D O R R O A D M EL SOUTH Created for Transport for by Pauline Lloyd, Manchester Tour Guide Did you know Walking can help you reduce your stress levels, improve your mood and keep your bones healthy and strong. For example a 25 minute brisk walk every day can add up to seven years on your life, and walking for just 20 minutes can burn off around 100 calories. This self-led walk is part of a wider series of walks in and around Greater Manchester. For more information on the other walks in this series, or on how we can help you, head to our walking pages. www.tfgm.com/walking All in your stride... ‘Walking Wednesdays’ – free 30 min walks for Christie staff ever Wednesday at 12:00 from Palatine Road entrance. For more information email [email protected] Christie Hospital self-led walk

Holly Royde House Withington Town Hall Northern Lawn Tennis Club 42 Everett Road

30-45 A step-by-step guide of discovery minutes 2kms

Created for Transport for Greater Manchester by Pauline Lloyd, Manchester Tour Guide

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