Didsbury

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Didsbury is situated about five miles south of the centre of Greater Manchester in England and has recently become a very sought after suburb in Manchester. This has come about for the reason that the place has retained the character of a village but with a lively cosmopolitan community that has given in to the re-development of the area without losing its fundamental character.

History

Didsbury is the original leafy suburb with a long history. It was primarily a Saxon fortification built to repel invading Norsemen. It remained practically unchanged for centuries, its sole claim to fame being that during the English Civil War Prince Rupert based himself in what is now the Didsbury library. Then again when the Jacobites marched from Manchester to Derby in 1745, they probably passed through Didsbury. That apart, Didsbury remained a village of farms and hand-loom weaving, flanked by the River Mersey which repeatedly flooded its banks. Even today the river's edge has not been developed. It was only by the late eighteenth and the early nineteenth century that Didsbury's became a desirable place for wealthy merchants to live and that too because of its nearness to Manchester's expanding prosperity.

Sport and recreation

The Great Kathmandu, in Didsbury was voted the best Indian restaurant in U.K. Since the suburb has become home to a large number of young professionals and college students, Didsbury has developed a number of bars and restaurants. It also has a number of different sports clubs. These are primarily rugby clubs, football clubs and lacrosse and racquet clubs, while the Didsbury Cricket Club is home to a reputed cricket team.

Connectivity

Didsbury Village is very well connected to Manchester as well as the airport by the M60 motorway. The Wilmslow road is the main artery, with a bus service that is as cheap as it is regular.