Where to Stay in Sale, England

What is Sale known for?

Sale grew from a Cheshire market town into an industrial one and then a commuter town for Manchester, and since 1974 it has belonged to the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester. The River Mersey runs along its northern edge, with Stretford beyond and Ashton upon Mersey folded into the town's own streets. Heywood Road and the parish churches, St Martin's Church among them, anchor the older parts.

What are the main landmarks in Sale?

Parish churches lead Sale's list. St Martin's Church, Ashton upon Mersey and the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Northenden hold the older parish names, with Christ Church, the Church of Saint Anne and St Alban's Church, Broadheath spread across the newer ones. Old houses take up the remainder.

The Old Hall, Timperley Hall, Newcroft House and Rowthorne House survive among the streets, with Saint Martin's School The Old School House keeping the parish schoolroom and Heywood Road naming its own corner of the town.

What is the history of Sale?

The oldest ground lies at Ashton upon Mersey, where St Martin's Church and Saint Martin's School The Old School House stand as the parish's early marks. Sale itself was a Cheshire market town. The Old Hall and Timperley Hall carry the older hall names, with Newcroft House and Rowthorne House among the substantial houses that followed as the parish filled out.

Industry arrived in the eighteenth century, turning the market town into a working one, and church building followed the growth: Christ Church, the Church of Saint Paul, the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene and the Church of St Matthew. Manchester pulled the town into its orbit. Sale became a commuter town for Manchester, a short journey from the city centre, and the parishes multiplied with it, the Church of St Clement, the Church of Saint Anne and the Church of St John the Baptist (Roman Catholic) among them.

St Clement's Church stands under the same dedication. Boundaries changed in 1974. Sale joined the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford alongside Altrincham and Stretford, and the historic county boundaries of Cheshire passed into the record.

St Alban's Church, Broadheath and the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Northenden mark the edges of the district, while Heywood Road runs among the streets that the growth laid out.

Where is Sale?

Sale lies on the south bank of the River Mersey, between Stretford towards Manchester and Altrincham off to the south-west, with Ashton upon Mersey, Timperley and Broadheath along its edges. The ground is low here. Northenden lies close by, and the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Northenden stands among the parishes nearby.

Cheshire's old county line still runs behind the modern borough, and the fields it once bordered have long since been taken up by Trafford's streets.

What is the climate of Sale?

Grey days outnumber bright ones. Damp air moves in over the Mersey flats, so Sale takes cool changeable summers and mild wet winters, with showers arriving in any month and snow rarely lasting more than a day or two. Hard frost never settles for long.

Long summer evenings bring people out along the river and into the lanes between Sale and Ashton upon Mersey.

How do you get to Sale?

The city is close. Sale lies five miles south-west of Manchester, two miles south of Stretford and three miles north-east of Altrincham, so the run in from any of them is short. Roads from the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford feed the town from Altrincham, Stretford and Broadheath, while the River Mersey bridges carry the rest.

Commuters run both ways.