Tameside

Worth seeing in and around Tameside

10 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
   Ashton-under-Lyne

   Ashton-under-Lyne, also known as Ashton, is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Its population was 48,604 at the 2021 census.

   400 m · market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Macclesfield Canal

   The Macclesfield Canal is a canal in Cheshire East, England. There were various proposals for a canal to connect the town of Macclesfield to the national network from 1765 onwards, but it was not until 1824 that a scheme came to fruition.

   800 m · canal in north west England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Hartshead Pike

   Hartshead Pike is a hill in Tameside in Greater Manchester, England, and its name is associated with the monument on its summit. It overlooks Ashton-under-Lyne, Mossley, Saddleworth, Lees and Oldham.

   3.8 km · mountain in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Hollinwood Branch Canal

   The Hollinwood Branch Canal was a canal near Hollinwood, in Oldham, England. It left the main line of the Ashton Canal at Fairfield Junction immediately above lock 18.

   3.9 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Anne's Church, Haughton

   St Anne's Church is a Grade I listed building in Denton, a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The foundation stone was laid on 1 September 1880, and the church was completed on 29 July 1882.

   3.7 km · Grade I listed church in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Ashton Canal

   The Ashton Canal is a canal in Greater Manchester, England, linking Manchester with Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside.

   900 m · canal in north west England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St John's Church, Dukinfield

   St John's Church is in Oxford Road, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Mottram, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the diocese of Chester.

   2 km · grade II listed church in Dukinfield, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne

   St. Michael's Church (also known as, St.

   400 m · Grade I listed church in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon

   The Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon,, is a 54.6 metres tall electricity pylon which stands with its feet over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Heyrod, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England.

   3.6 km · transmission tower in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St George's Church, Stalybridge

    St George's Church is in Church Walk, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ashton-under-Lyne, the archdeaconry of Rochdale and the diocese of Manchester.

    2.4 km · grade II listed church in Tameside, 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

From Wikivoyage: Tameside, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

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.

From Wikivoyage: Tameside, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

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.

From Wikivoyage: Tameside, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Tameside

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 20 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 51 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 53 km

Stations

Ashton-under-Lyne railway station, 100 m · Hyde North railway station, 2.9 km · Guide Bridge railway station, 2.1 km · Flowery Field railway station, 3.2 km · Fairfield railway station, 4 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Tameside

  50 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £6–8
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• Liverpool → Tameside

  60 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £7–9
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Tameside

  85 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tameside

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tameside. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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