Welcome to the Bury New Road website

A heritage project that seeks to point out the amazing people and events that have links to this section of the A56 between Strangeways and Prestwich. We aim to point out the magic, and everyone’s welcome to help… For more details – click here

Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh On Growing Up In Salford

May 18, 2022

Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh – a Bury New Road icon…

May 18, 2022

Chetham’s and Manchester Cathedral

John Dee: The original Prospero; the original James Bond

May 11, 2022

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The Glade of Light

Greater Manchester and the World Condemns Evil Arena Bomb Attack

May 9, 2022

In the weeks following the Manchester Arena bomb, local and world leaders condemned the attack while the community grieved defiantly...

The Glade of Light

The Night Manchester Arena Witnessed Evil Bomb Attack

May 9, 2022

On May 22nd 2017, following a concert by Ariana Grande at the Manchester Arena, terrorist Salman Ramadan Abedi detonated a bomb that claimed the lives of 22 people and injured many more...

The Glade of Light

May 5, 2022

The Glade of Light is a 'living memorial' at the very start of Bury New Road to those who lost their lives in the 22nd May 2017 Manchester Arena terror attack...

William Grimshaw: The World’s 1st DJ

William Grimshaw: The World’s First DJ

May 4, 2022

Never mind the Hacienda and the Warehouse Project, the world’s first DJ came from Bury New Road and in 1909 drew huge crowds to hear his records in Heaton Park and beyond...