Withington is a district of the city ofManchester, inNorth West England. It is about four miles south of Manchester city centre, and intersected by the busy thoroughfare ofWilmslow Road. It is betweenFallowfield andDidsbury, to the north and south respectively. According to the 2001 UK census it has a population of 14,141.[1] Together with Didsbury andChorlton-cum-Hardy it was included in a larger city of Manchester in 1904. From 1974 it has also been part of the county ofGreater Manchester.