TAMESIDE

Metropolitan Borough of Tameside
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 () - 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 (L) ★ David Heyes (L) ★ James Purnell (L)

The 'Metropolitan Borough of Tameside' is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in the north west of England. Its western border is approximately six miles east of the centre of Manchester. It consists of the nine towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, 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.

Contents

History

Politics

Local Government

Parliamentary Constituencies

See also

The Tameside Area

Localities

Parishes

Unparished Areas

Places of interest

External links

History

Tameside was created on April 1, 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 as one of the ten metropolitan districts of Greater Manchester. It took over the local government functions of nine districts which were formerly in the administrative counties of Lancashire and of Cheshire.
The Lancashire districts were the municipal boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne and Mossley and the urban districts of Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden.
The Cheshire districts were the municipal boroughs of Stalybridge, Hyde, Dukinfield and the urban district of Longdendale.
The nine districts covered areas within in the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, Cheshire 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

Local Government

As of the 2007 local elections, Tameside Council is is controlled by Labour with the majority of 45 seats, second is the Conservative party with 8 seats, third is taken by 3 independents in Mossley and 1 Liberal Democrat in Audenshaw.
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.

Parliamentary Constituencies

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.

See also

★ Longdendale Bypass

The Tameside Area

Localities

Towns, villages and localities in Tameside include:

★ Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw

★ Broadbottom

★ Carrbrook, Copley

★ Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield

★ Flowery Field

★ Gee Cross, Godley, Godley Green, Guide Bridge

★ Hartshead Green, Hattersley, Haughton Green, Hazelhurst, Hollingworth, Hyde

★ Landslow Green, Luzley

★ Millbrook, Mossley, Mottram in Longdendale

★ Newton

★ Park Bridge

★ Roe Cross

★ Stalybridge

★ Warhill, Woolley Bridge

Parishes

# Mossley (Town since 1999) (Municipal Borough prior to 1974)

Unparished Areas

showing former status (prior to 1974)
# Ashton under Lyne (Municipal Borough)
# Audenshaw (Urban District)
# Denton (Urban District)
# Droylsden (Urban District)
# Dukinfield (Municipal Borough)
# Hyde (Municipal Borough)
# Longdendale (Urban District)
# Stalybridge (Municipal Borough)

Places of interest

★ Ashton Canal, Hollinwood Branch Canal, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Peak Forest Canal

★ Ashton Market -- suffering a serious fire, which caused a lot of disruption in the town, has now been rebuilt.

★ Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, Stalybridge

★ Audenshaw Reservoirs, Brushes Reservoir, Denton Reservoirs, Gorton Upper Reservoir, Higher Swineshaw Reservoir, Lower Swineshaw Reservoir, Walkerwood Reservoir

★ Broad Mills, Broadbottom

★ Buckton Castle, Carrbrook (early medieval castle and Scheduled Monument)

★ Central Art Gallery, Ashton-under-Lyne

★ Great Wood Local Nature Reserve

★ Hartshead Pike

★ Haughton Dale Local Nature Reserve, Denton

★ Hyde Hall, Denton (Grade II
★ Listed Building)

★ Knott Hill Reservoir Local Nature Reserve

★ Medlock Vale Country Park

★ Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne

★ Nico Ditch (Scheduled Ancient Monument, Anglo-Saxon ditch), Denton

★ Park Bridge Heritage Centre

★ Portland Basin Museum, Ashton-under-Lyne

★ Reddish Vale Country Park, Tame Valley, part Denton, part Stockport

★ River Etherow, River Medlock, River Tame

★ Staley Hall, Millbrook

★ St Anne's Church, Haughton Green (Grade I Listed Building), Denton

★ St Lawrence's Church, Denton – timber framed church dating back to 1531, Grade II
★ Listed Building

★ St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Ashton-under-Lyne – a Grade I Listed Building

★ Swallows Wood Nature Reserve, near Tintwistle, threatened by the construction of the Longdendale Bypass

★ Victoria Park (Green Flag Park Award), Denton

★ Werneth Low

External links

★ Tameside Council

★ TamesideWeb.com

★ Tameside Tories