Carrington is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

[3] Historically a part of Cheshire, the village is west of the Greater Manchester Urban Area, and includes several industrial sites.

[4] Carrington has a large gas and chemical works, which produce gases by fractional distillation of liquid air.

Around 600 people have been involved in its construction and when it is finally operation there will be around 40 staff employed at the power station.

[10] Of those aged 16–74 in Carrington, 53.3% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, higher than the figures for all of Trafford (40.8%) and in England (45.5%).