Pendlebury St John the Evangelist C of E, Bolton Road, Pendlebury Salvation Army, Station Road, Pendlebury Notable people Pendlebury was home to the painter L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) and actor Ben Kingsley (born 1943), who, at differing times, lived in adjacent houses on Station Road. Lowry lived at 117 Station Road from 1909 to 1948, after his parents moved from Victoria Park in Manchester when he was 22. Here Lowry produced many of his famous works, drawing inspiration from the industrial scenes about him. It has been reported that, having missed a train from Pendlebury railway station, Lowry encountered the changing of shifts at Acme Mill and marvelled at the spectacle – this being the moment he decided that industrial scenes were fitting for further work. His picture Pendlebury Scene shows an aspect of the Acme Mill from George Street, both now gone. Although Kingsley was born in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, he grew up in Pendlebury and was educated at the Manchester Grammar School. Television scriptwriter Tony Warren was born in Wilton Avenue in Pendlebury in 1936. He is best known as the creator of the award-winning soap opera Coronation Street, one of the longest-running television programmes in the UK. Manchester United's Ryan Giggs grew up in Beverley Road in Pendlebury, after moving from South Wales with his family when his father Danny Wilson switched rugby codes to sign for Swinton R.L.F.C. In 2009 Giggs was granted the freedom of Salford. See also Listed buildings in Swinton and Pendlebury References External links Swinton and Pendlebury, Local History article from Salford City Council. Pendlebury Coyotes, Pendlebury Coyotes Inline Hockey Team Swinton Lions, Swinton Lions RLFC Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University NHS Trust, Information on the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Agecroft Hall, Richmond, Virginia Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Restoration Society St. Augustine's C of E Primary School Towns in Greater Manchester Geography of Salford