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Davyhulme ( / ˈdeɪvihjuːm /) [1] is an area of Urmston in Greater Manchester, England, and the historic county of Lancashire. The population at the 2011 census was 19,634. [2] [3] Davyhulme Sewage Works. The area is notable for Davyhulme Sewage Works, one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in Europe.
- 19,634 (2011)
- M41
Apr 7, 2014 · These pictures show the changing face of the giant Davyhulme works – a facility where a revolutionary way of sewage treatment was invented 100 years ago.. Situated off the M60, close to the ...
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Davyhulme Sewage Works is the main waste water treatment works for the city of Manchester, England, and one of the largest in Europe. It was opened in 1894, and has pioneered the improvement of treatment processes.
- 254 acres (103 ha)
- Waste Water Treatment Works
- 1894
Davyhulme was a parliamentary constituency in the Davyhulme suburb of Greater Manchester. It elected conservative Winston Spencer-Churchill, grandson of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, as a Member of Parliament of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from its establishment for the 1983 general election until it was ...
Covering over 9.2 hectares along more than a kilometre of the Manchester Ship Canal's western bank, the reserve comprises a mixed landscape of wetland, woods, water features, and open land. It includes a designated Site of Biological Importance, and has been designed to encourage a wide range of outdoor pursuits including bird watching, walking and, cycling and is managed by United ...
- Eddisbury Avenue, Davyhulme, M41 8GE, Manchester
- 01457 851083
Engineers working at the Davyhulme wastewater treatment works discovered the 'activated sludge process' of treating sewage in 1914. The method is now used all over the world. The process uses micro-organisms to digest organic matter in sewage, producing a highly-treated effluent. The development has been called the most significant advance in ...
The Church of St Mary the Virgin was constructed in 1889-90 to the designs of George Truefitt who won a RIBA competition to design the building in 1887. The foundation stone was laid on 13 July 1889 by Mrs Moorhouse, wife of the Bishop of Manchester, and the church was consecrated by the Bishop the following year on 23 June 1890.
