ONThis is where suburbs meet utopia. It has trams and trains and a cycle path on the canal to Manchester. Not so long ago it was the worst main road in Britain. No more. Nowadays there is an Everyman cinema, neat specialty shops like Batch Bottlestore and the Idaho Interiors Shop, and elegant restaurants like Sugo Pasta Kitchen.
There are puppy-friendly parks, enviable historic homes, and schools to please the most tigerish parents. Children have priority here, as shown by the clubs and classes of the community-oriented football club and the viral “Five Minute Mum” videos by vlogger Daisy Upton, a local.
Selective Girls’ Grammar was named Northwest State Secondary School of the Decade by The
