Broadheath

Broadheath is a place-name used for several locations in England. The best-known Broadheath is a suburban area in Altrincham, in the Trafford borough of Greater Manchester. A second Broadheath exists in Worcestershire, where it is a village in the Wyre Forest District. There are also smaller localities and historic references to Broadheath in other counties, appearing in parish records and old maps.

The name Broadheath derives from Old English elements meaning broad or wide and heath, referring to a wide tract of heathland or open ground at the time the toponym was established. The landscape-based origin is common to several English place-names and often indicates former commons or heathland that shaped early settlement patterns.

In Broadheath, Greater Manchester, the area forms part of the urban and suburban expansion surrounding Altrincham, with residential housing and local services integrated into the Trafford borough. The Worcestershire Broadheath is a rural village within Wyre Forest District, characterized by village-scale amenities and agricultural surroundings. In both cases, the toponym signals historic land use rather than a single continuous community.

Administratively, Broadheath, Greater Manchester, falls within Trafford Metropolitan Borough, while Broadheath, Worcestershire, is part of Wyre Forest District in Worcestershire. As with many English places bearing the same name, Broadheath does not denote a single continuous entity but rather a set of distinct localities linked by a common etymology.