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Little Hulton is a village—effectively a suburb—within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester,...

Little Hulton is a village—effectively a suburb—within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies 3.4 miles (5.5 km) south of Bolton, 7 miles (11.3 km) west-northwest of Salford, and 9 miles (14.5 km) west-northwest of Manchester. Little Hulton is bordered by Farnworth to the north and Walkden to the southeast. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, Little Hulton has a total resident population of 10,216. Prior to 1949 the area of Little Hulton was a village of around 3,000 people. The land was re-developed into council housing overspill estates by Salford Council to accommodate local residents, who were encouraged to move there from the overcrowded streets of post war Salford. Little Hulton aimed to create a suburb that would improve the standard of living and create private space, greenspace and a sense of community for the new residents. Some streets in Little Hulton adopt the names of places in Salford. This was an attempt by town planners of the time to make the people moving to Little Hulton feel more at home, and is confirmable within modern A-Z Street Atlases. Historically a part of Lancashire, until the 19th century, Little Hulton was a township in