Address: Chadkirk Cottages Vale Road, Stockport SK6 3LE, England
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Places to see in ( Stockport - UK )
Places to see in ( Stockport - UK )
Stockport is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Manchester city centre, where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey. The town of Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name.
Historically, most of the town of Stockport was in Cheshire, but the area to the north of the Mersey was in Lancashire. Stockport in the 16th century was a small town entirely on the south bank of the Mersey, and known for the cultivation of hemp and manufacture of rope. In the 18th century the town had one of the first mechanised silk factories in the British Isles. However, Stockport's predominant industries of the 19th century were the cotton and allied industries. Stockport was also at the centre of the country's hatting industry, which by 1884 was exporting more than six million hats a year; the last hat works in Stockport closed in 1997.
Dominating the western approaches to the town is the Stockport Viaduct. Built in 1840, the viaduct's 27 brick arches carry the mainline railways from Manchester to Birmingham and London over the River Mersey. This structure featured as the background in many paintings by L. S. Lowry.
The Manchester orbital M60 motorway and A6 road to London cross at Stockport. Stockport railway station is a mainline station on the Manchester spur of the West Coast Main Line. Stockport is connected with Central London by Virgin Trains with services departing every twenty minutes and also has inter-city services to Sheffield, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol and other major cities. Stockport Tiviot Dale station also served the town centre between 1865 and 1967, lying on routes from Liverpool, Derby and Sheffield. The station site now lies under the M60 motorway.Stockport bus station, which serves as a terminus for many services across the borough, is one of the largest and busiest bus stations in Greater Manchester.
Alot to see in ( Stockport - UK ) such as :
Chadkirk Chapel Reddish Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden Reddish Vale Debdale Park Bramall Hall Woodbank, Stockport Abney Hall Fog Lane Park Stockport Air Raid Shelters Hat Works Vernon Park Highfield Country Park Staircase House Torkington Park Abyss Aquatic Warehouse Cringle Park Stockport Museum Cale Green Park Stockport Art Gallery Thornfield Park North Reddish Park
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