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Pomona Island, Trafford: status, map and travel times.
The island between the Bridgewater Canal and the Manchester Ship Canal, between Castlefield and Old Trafford, planned by its landowner as a waterside neighbourhood with a park, served by the Pomona and Cornbrook tram stops. Earlier phases are built; the rest awaits a planning decision.
The full guideOld Trafford and Trafford Wharfside: the area guidePartly openTrafford Council · as at October 2026
Where it stands
Each line as published by the body named, with the date it was published.
In December 2025 the landowner submitted an outline planning application to Trafford Council for the remaining 25 acres of Pomona Island, for around 2,600 new homes.
Invest Manchester, December 2025Over half the site is to be public space and green space, including a new 5-acre waterside park, alongside a hotel, workspace and shops.
Invest Manchester, December 2025Earlier phases have delivered almost 600 homes to buy and rent, and construction of a further 500 homes was set to begin in 2026.
Invest Manchester, December 2025Trafford’s draft Local Plan allocates Pomona for a residential-led neighbourhood of at least 2,300 new homes, linked to the Pomona and Cornbrook Metrolink stops.
Trafford Council, September 2025
Our developments nearest Pomona Island
The 3 developments we sell nearby, nearest first. Drive times by road without traffic, and walking times, routed over OpenStreetMap (OSRM).
Pomona Island on the map
The scheme, our developments and the stations, schools and hospitals round it. Nearest stops: Cornbrook Metrolink (250 m), Pomona Metrolink (650 m), as the crow flies.
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- MayfieldPartly openOffices, homes and the city’s first new park in a century, beside Piccadilly.Source: Manchester City Council
- St John’sPartly openA new neighbourhood on the former Granada Studios site, anchored by Aviva Studios, home of Factory International.Source: Manchester City Council
- Sister (ID Manchester)PlannedThe innovation district of offices, labs and homes on the former UMIST campus beside Piccadilly, renamed Sister in 2024.Source: The University of Manchester
- Great Jackson StreetPartly openThe tower cluster round Deansgate Square, at the south of the centre, where more homes are being built.Source: Manchester City Council
- Salford CentralPartly openOffices, homes and public space round Salford Central station, across the Irwell from Spinningfields.Source: Salford City Council
- Crescent SalfordPartly openA masterplan round Salford Crescent station and the University of Salford for homes, research space and a transport hub.Source: Salford City Council, University of Salford
- Pomona IslandPartly openA planned waterside neighbourhood of homes and a park between the Bridgewater and Ship canals.Source: Trafford Council
The guides, and the other schemes nearby
Status as published by Trafford Council and the bodies cited; each fact links to its source. Travel times routed over OpenStreetMap (OSRM), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map charted 20 October 2026.
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