Editing Ardwick (section)

{{Short description|District of Manchester, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| map_type                 = Greater Manchester
| official_name            = Ardwick
| coordinates              = {{coord|53|28|20|N|02|12|58|W|display=inline,title}}
| population               = 19,250
| population_ref           = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]]
| metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Manchester|Manchester]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[Greater Manchester]]
| region                   = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Central]]
| councillor1              = Mavis Smitheman
| party1                   = Labour
| councillor2              = Bernard Priest
| party2                   = Labour
| councillor3              = Tina Hewitson
| party3                   = Labour
| post_town                = MANCHESTER
| postcode_area            = M
| postcode_district        = M12 M13
| dial_code                = 0161
| os_grid_reference        = SJ856975
| static_image_name        = Ardwick Green Park - geograph.org.uk - 48134.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Ardwick Green Park
}}
'''Ardwick''' is an area of [[Manchester]], England, {{convert|1|mi|km|round=0.5|abbr=off|spell=in}} southeast of the [[Manchester city centre|city centre]]. The population at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] was 19,250.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689195&c=Ardwick&d=14&e=62&g=6342154&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1451917829266&enc=1 |title=City of Manchester Ward 2011 |access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref>

[[Historic counties of England|Historically]] in [[Lancashire]], by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from being a village into a pleasant and wealthy suburb of Manchester, but by the end of that century became heavily industrialised.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Samuel |title=Appleford – Ardwick |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |year=1848 |pages=66–69 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50758 |access-date=4 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606224226/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50758|archive-date=6 June 2007 <!--DASHBot-->|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ardwick">{{cite web |title=Ardwick |work=Districts & Suburbs of Manchester |publisher=Manchester 2002 |year=2002 |url=http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/districts/ardwick.html |access-date=4 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030402085352/http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/districts/ardwick.html |archive-date=2 April 2003 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>  When its industries fell into decline so did Ardwick, becoming one of the city's most deprived areas. Substantial development has since taken place, including the construction of facilities for the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] at the nearby [[City of Manchester Stadium]].

In the late nineteenth century, Ardwick had many places of entertainment, but the only remnant of that today is the [[Art Deco]]-style [[Manchester Apollo]], a venue for pop and rock music concerts.<ref name="Ardwick" />