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Prestwich

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Prestwich (/ˈprɛstwɪtʃ/ PREST-witch) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north of Manchester city centre, 3.1 miles (5 km) north of Salford and 4.7 miles (7.6 km) south of Bury.

The oldest part of Prestwich, around Bury New Road, is known as Prestwich Village. There is a large Jewish community there which, together with neighbouring Whitefield, Cheetham Hill, Crumpsall and Broughton Park, is the second-largest in the United Kingdom.