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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
1 History 2 Politics
3 The Tameside Area
3.1 Parliamentary Constituencies 3.2 Localities 3.3 Parishes 3.4 Unparished Areas 3.5 Places of interest
4 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 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.
See also The Tameside Area Parliamentary Constituencies The towns of Tameside Metropolitan Borough are represented by MPs for three separate parliamentary constituencies. These are:
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 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 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
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