Cadishead is a village in the City of Salford, on Liverpool Road (the B5320) between the Manchester Ship Canal and the Cheshire border. Its history stretches back to at least 1212, when the area was recorded as Cadewalesate, and much of the land was reclaimed from the Chat Moss peat bog in the early 1800s. Cadishead once had its own railway station, and it’s also the birthplace of Ray Lowry, the cartoonist behind The Clash’s London Calling album cover.

That long history shows in the mix of housing we see on surveys. Along Ferry Road and the newer streets towards Northbank Industrial Park, most homes are post-war semis and detached houses from the 1950s onwards, with standard-width straight staircases that are usually quick and simple to fit. Closer to the original village centre around Liverpool Road and St Mary’s Church, older cottage-style properties — and a few much earlier buildings, including the 17th-century Great Woolden Hall nearby — mean staircases can be narrower, steeper or less conventional in shape, which is exactly why we always survey before quoting rather than guessing over the phone.

We treat Cadishead as a patch in its own right, not just an extension of Irlam next door. Whichever part of the village you’re in, one of our advisors will visit, assess your actual staircase, and recommend the right stairlift for your home.