Levenshulme is predominantly residential with numerous fast food shops, public houses and antique stores.

[6] The name is believed to be a possessive version of a man's name, perhaps "Leofwine's", and "holm", a Viking term meaning island (usually in a lake or river).

[7] In the 1322 survey of Manchester it appears as "Lywenshulme", and Collegiate Church charters refer to it as "Leysholme" (1556), "Lensholme" (1578) and "Lentsholme" (1635).

[8] The "hulme" element is common in Manchester, and was pronounced "Oom", hence Levenshulme was traditionally "Levenzoom" to the residents and nicknamed as Levy, recently sometimes spelt as Leve.

Legend has it that the famous highwayman Dick Turpin often visited the Blue Bell Inn on Barlow Road which shares the name of his birthplace.

[12] The current pub was built after the previous Blue Bell Inn was destroyed during a German bombing raid in the Second World War.

Right up to the 1980s it was not uncommon for the original outside toilet (to the rear of the kitchen) to still be present, and some houses still had no bathroom or central heating.

Accordingly Manchester City Council has, over recent years, helped residents by funding a "gated alley" response to the threat.

In spite of the preponderance of industrial works there were also several farms, and the area around what is now Levenshulme High School was considered to be semi-rural until the 1920s.

Along with Withington, Levenshulme protested at the discrepancy of prices for gas in the city and for the outlying townships that were already supplied by Manchester.

Levenshulme forms part of the wider Gorton and Denton Parliamentary constituency and has been represented in Westminster by Andrew Gwynne since July 2024.

[20] The Levenshulme ward is represented in Manchester City Council by three Labour councillors: Basat Sheikh,[21] Zahid Hussain and Dzidra Noor.

In recent times, Levenshulme has also seen an influx of Eastern Europeans moving into the area, bringing about Polish confectionery shops.

It has a changing roster of 50 artisan traders selling produce, street food, plants, gifts, vintage clothing and homeware.

Since 1998, the annual Levenshulme Festival usually features 120+ multi-cultural events from firework displays to music concerts.

According to the 2011 Census the breakdown by religion is:[29] Methodism in Levenshulme has a history dating back to 1766 (based on financial records of the Methodist Society).

St Peter's School (directly behind the church) was built in 1854 and was used initially as a temporary place for the congregation to worship.

It is primarily open grassland but also houses an open-air, enclosed 5-a-side football pitch adjacent to the Mount Road exit.

In May 2004 Dappa Homes submitted plans to build 3 football pitches, a clubhouse and surround the park with a 10-foot fence on Green Bank Fields.

In July 2004 the park came to the attention of the Prudential Grass Roots campaign (run by the BTCV conservation charity).

A sundial in the centre of a Stonehenge was erected on top of a small hill in this park, which serves as an aesthetically pleasing spot for families to visit.

In the late 1920s and early 1930s Levenshulme Baths was used as a training pool for Longsight resident Sunny Lowry, who, in 1933, was the first British woman to swim the English Channel (from France to England).

[36] Located on Yew Tree Avenue, this sports facility was formerly home to Manchester Roller Hockey Club and affectionately known to locals as "the Shed".

In 2013 these proposals were amended to close both library and pools immediately and to only provide a reduced "book drop-off" service.

A spur of the West Coast Main Line passes through Levenshulme, which is located between Manchester Piccadilly and Stockport.

The area is served by Levenshulme railway station, which provides local Northern stopping services between Manchester, Stockport and locations in Cheshire.

It was sited on the Fallowfield Loop railway line, which closed to passenger services in 1958; the former trackbed is now a shared-use path between Chorlton and Fairfield.

Due to several reports in both local and national newspapers, and on several internet blogs, tourists are now making visits to Levenshulme railway station since the news broke of a street with no name in the area.