Broadbottom

Worth seeing in and around Broadbottom

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Ardotalia

   Ardotalia, also known as Melandra or Melandra Castle, is a Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Ardotalia was constructed by Cohors Primae Frisiavonum—The First Cohort of Frisiavones.

   2.3 km · Roman fort in Gamesley, near Glossop in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Werneth Low

   Werneth Low is a hill in Greater Manchester, England, and a part of the Pennines. It is located on the border of Stockport and Tameside, rising to a height of 279 metres.

   2.6 km · hill in Tameside, Greater Manchester, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dinting Viaduct

   Dinting Viaduct is a 19th-century railway viaduct in Glossopdale in Derbyshire, England, that carries the Glossop Line over a valley at the village of Dinting. It crosses the Glossop Brook and the A57 road between Manchester and Sheffield.

   3 km · railway viaduct in Glossopdale, Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Michael and All Angels Church, Mottram

   St Michael and All Angels Church stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

   1.6 km · church in Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Broadbottom Hall

   Broadbottom Hall is a Grade II* listed country house on Bostock Road in Broadbottom, a village within Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, the hall dates from 1680, was extended in the 19th century, and is noted for its architectural and historic significance.

   500 m · Grade II* listed house in Broadbottom, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Paul's Church

   St Paul's Church is a Catholic parish church in Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It was built from 1853 to 1854 and designed by Matthew Ellison Hadfield, John Grey Weightman and George Goldie.

   3.9 km · church in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Etherow Country Park

   Etherow Country Park is in Compstall, a village between Marple Bridge and Romiley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is a local nature reserve and the starting point of the Goyt Way.

   2.7 km · country park in Compstall, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Godley Reservoir

   The Godley Reservoir is a reservoir in Godley, Hyde, Greater Manchester. It was completed in 1851, as a critical part of the Longdendale Chain project that brings fresh water to Manchester.

   2.9 km · reservoir in Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Ashton town centre is on a grid pattern, red-brick low-rise with modern frontages.

1. 01
   St Michael's Church
2. 02
   Hartshead Pike is a hill of 308
3. 03
   Buckton Castle east of Mossley

   There's not much left of it and you come for the moorland views, spoiled to the east by an active quarry.

4. 04
   St Anne's Church

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Things to do

Cinema: Cineworld is on the Leisure Park on Lord Sheldon Way. Guide Bridge Theatre is at Audenshaw Rd M34 5HJ. Walk, cycle or boat along the canals that meet at Portland Basin. All are fully navigable, have multiple access points to the towpath, and pubs along the way. Huddersfield Narrow Canal is 20 miles long and has 74 locks.

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Where to eat

Pinocchio is at 157 Old St, Ashton OL6 SQ. It's open M-Sa 5-10PM, Su 4-9PM. Lily's serves vegetarian Indian and Indo-Chinese food. It's at 85 Oldham Rd, Ashton OL6 7DY and open W-Sa noon-8PM, Su noon-5PM. Indish Bistro is at 126 Oldham Rd, Ashton OL7 9AH, open daily 4-10PM. Purple Olive is at 83 Stamford St East OL6 6QH, open M-Sa 5-11PM, Su 4-10PM.

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Getting to Broadbottom

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 20 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 53 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 56 km

Stations

Dinting railway station, 3.2 km · Newton for Hyde railway station, 3.8 km · Hattersley railway station, 1.6 km · Godley railway station, 2.8 km · Broadbottom railway station, 0 m

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  50 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £7–10
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  64 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £7–10
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Broadbottom

  79 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £9–12
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