Woodford, Greater Manchester Woodford, Greater Manchester Woodford is a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. It lies south of Stockport, north-northwest of Macclesfield, and south-southeast of Manchester. Woodford is the most southerly point of Greater Manchester and consists of a ribbon of properties along the A5102 road, around which is open countryside. Historically part of Cheshire, throughout the Middle Ages Woodford was a hamlet in the parish of Prestbury. It was incorporated into the Urban District of Hazel Grove and Bramhall in 1939 and the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in 1974. Woodford Aerodrome was opened in 1924
Woodford Wells is home to Woodford Wells F.C.. Bancroft School a Secondary school, has been at Woodford Wells since the 1880s. St Aubyn's School was founded here January, 1884. In 1893 and again in 1919 it moved southwards along the High Road. It can now be found at Bunces Lane, Woodford Green. The area became a separate Anglican ecclesiastical parish in 1911 (All Saints Church, Woodford Wells ), with the completion of St Barnabas' Church taking responsibility for the area near Woodford Underground Station. Woodford Wells Woodford Wells is an old hamlet now part of the northeastern suburbs of London, England, in