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Didsbury (/ˈdɪdzbʌri/) is a suburban area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Manchester City Centre, and has a population of about 14,000. The area is intersected by Wilmslow Road, said by some analysts to be the busiest bus corridor in Europe.

Didsbury is considered to be a desireable residential area, predominantly populated by young professionals, families and students.

The Towers, now known as the Shirley Institute, was once the home of engineer Daniel Adamson—the driving force behind the Manchester Ship Canal project—and the venue where the decision to build the canal was taken. The house was designed by Salford architect Thomas Worthington, for the editor and proprietor of the Manchester Guardian, John Edward Taylor. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was formed in Didsbury in 1889.
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