Flixton is a village and now an electoral ward of Urmston. In industrial times, it held more influence than its now much bigger neighbour Urmston which was mostly fields. As a result Flixton has a park and gardens and Flixton House, a grade II listed building. The history of the house includes one of the first footpath battles in England, when in 1826 the owner closed several footpaths across his estate.



