The streets a mile from the airport where people are priced out of holidays

Standing in Wythenshawe's civic centre it's hard not to notice the sound of low-flying planes as they take off from nearby Manchester Airport. Holidaymakers pack out aircrafts as they jet off to sunny destinations in time for the summer holidays.

Just one mile away, shoppers in the town centre flock to B&M and Wilko in search of a good bargain, or meet for a coffee at the packed-out Costa branch which backs on to the busy shopping street.

Despite living less than a ten-minute drive away from the country's third busiest airport, many residents here won't use it this summer, as the soaring cost of living has made holidays abroad unaffordable.

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With the average holiday abroad for a family of four hard to come by for less than £2,000, families in Wythenshawe say the soaring cost of food, utilities and petrol have priced them out of foreign trips - with many opting to holiday in the UK if at all.

Elizabeth James, 31, says she and her partner Nathan can't afford to take their three young children on holiday abroad this year, and will most likely go and stay with her parents in the Lake District.

She says the increasing cost of feeding her family has significantly reduced their disposable income, as the family spend the morning shopping for essentials in the civic centre.

"We aren't going away this year," she said. "We're not even going on a caravan holiday I don't think, but my parents do live in the Lake District so that's good and we'll probably go and stay there for a week.

"We just can't really afford to go away this year with three kids. We used to spend about £200 on food shopping for the month but now it's £80 for a week."

Michaela