Tameside

Borough of Tameside
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Greater Manchester
Historic Counties:	Cheshire, Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 242nd 103.17 km²
Admin. HQ:	Ashton-under-Lyne
ONS code:	00BT
Demographics
Population: - Total (2022) - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	94.6% White 4.0% S.Asian
Politics
Arms of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.tameside.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Andrew Gwynne, David Heyes, James Purnell

Tameside is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in the north west of England. It lies seven miles east of Manchester and consists of the nine towns of Ashton-under-Lyne (where the council headquarters are based), Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale, Mossley and Stalybridge.

It was named after the River Tame, which runs through it. It borders Derbyshire to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham to the north, the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport to the south, and the City of Manchester to the west.

History

Tameside was created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 as one of the ten districts of Greater Manchester. It took over the functions of the municipal boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Hyde, Dukinfield and Mossley and of the urban districts of Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden and Longdendale. It covers areas historically in Cheshire and Lancashire and a very small area of Yorkshire. In 1986 Tameside effectively became a unitary authority with the abolition of the Greater Manchester County Council.

Politics

The towns of Tameside Metropolitan Borough are represented by MPs for three separate parliamentary constituencies. These are:

• Ashton-under-Lyne, which also includes parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, is represented by Mr. David Heyes MP.
• Denton and Reddish, which also covers parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, is represented by Mr. Andrew Gwynne MP.
• Stalybridge and Hyde, which is wholly within Tameside, is represented by Mr. James Purnell MP.

The Leader of the Council is Councillor Roy Oldham CBE, who is currently the longest serving council leader in the United Kingdom. He first took up the post in 1980, a year after the Labour Party re-gained control of the council from the Conservatives. He has held the post ever since. He represents the Longdendale Ward for the Labour Party.

Localities

Towns, villages and localities in Tameside include:

• Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw
• Broadbottom
• Carrbrook, Copley
• Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield
• Flowery Field, Newton
• Gee Cross, Godley, Godley Green, Guide Bridge
• Hartshead Green, Hattersley, Haughton Green, Hazelhurst, Hollingworth, Hyde
• Landslow Green, Luzley
• Millbrook, Mossley, Mottram in Longdendale
• Park Bridge
• Roe Cross
• Stalybridge
• Warhill, Woolley Bridge

Parishes

1. Mossley (Town)

Unparished Areas

showing former status (prior to 1974)

1. Ashton under Lyne (Municipal Borough)
2. Audenshaw (Urban District)
3. Denton (Urban District)
4. Droylsden (Urban District)
5. Dukinfield (Municipal Borough)
6. Hyde (Municipal Borough)
7. Longdendale (Urban District)
8. Stalybridge (Municipal Borough)

Places of interest

• Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, Stalybridge
• Central Art Gallery, Ashton-under-Lyne
• Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne
• Portland Basin Museum, Ashton-under-Lyne
• St Lawrence's Church (Timber framed - 1531), Denton
• Nico Ditch (Scheduled Ancient Monument, Anglo-Saxon defensive ditch), Denton
• Church of St Anne, Haughton (Grade I Listed Building), Denton
• Victoria Park (Green Flag Park Award), Denton
• Hyde Hall Farm, Tudor Mansion House (private residence, in the Tame Valley), Denton
• Reddish Vale Country Park, Tame Valley, part Denton, part Stockport
• Broad Mills, Broadbottom
• Staley Hall, Millbrook
• Buckton Castle, Carrbrook
• Werneth Low
• Hartshead Pike
• Park Bridge Heritage Centre
• Medlock Vale Country Park
• Haughton Dale Local Nature Reserve, Denton
• Knott Hill Reservoir Local Nature Reserve
• Great Wood Local Nature Reserve
• Audenshaw Reservoirs, Brushes Reservoir, Denton Reservoirs, Gorton Upper Reservoir, Higher Swineshaw Reservoir, Lower Swineshaw Reservoir, Walkerwood Reservoir
• Ashton Canal, Hollinwood Branch Canal, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Peak Forest Canal
• River Etherow, River Medlock, River Tame
• Ashton Market -- suffering a serious fire, which caused a lot of disruption in the town, has now been rebuilt.
• Swallows Wood Nature Reserve, near Tintwistle, threatened by the construction of the Longdendale Bypass

See also

• Longdendale Bypass

External links

• Tameside Council
• TamesideWeb.com