Living and working in Bury
Bury is a historic market town with a strong community spirit. Living in Bury comes with many advantages, including excellent schools, a wide range of restaurants and bars, beautiful countryside surroundings, and a recently regenerated town centre.
A reliable tram network with numerous lines across Greater Manchester offers residents sustainable travel options to award-winning sites, green spaces, museums and tourist attractions, which have become iconic features of the Bury landscape.
Fairfield General Hospital is located 2 miles from the centre of Bury, 10.5 miles north of Manchester and is the third largest hospital run by the NCA.
The hospital boasts an outstanding cardiology service, offering a variety of complex diagnostic and advanced specialist interventional procedures for patients. The department is equipped with two catheter labs, enabling the performance of lifesaving, non-surgical heart procedures.
Bury is an accredited surgical hub, has a busy emergency department and offers acute stroke, stroke rehab and acute medicine including respiratory medicine services.
Bury takes a home-first approach and is supported by a mix of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors to deliver focused, patient centred care to help people stay well at home. The team provide a community health service provision for adults, children and young people.
