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Hazel Grove
Village in Greater Manchester, England

Hazel Grove

Hazel Grove is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

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It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. The built-up area, as defined by the Office for National Statistics, had a population of 20,170 at the 2021 census.

Get in

Getting to Hazel Grove

Stockport is 7 miles east of Manchester Airport (MAN IATA). From the airport station take Skyline Bus 199 heading for Buxton; it runs every 20-30 min and takes 15 min. Trains take 35 min because they all go into Piccadilly then come out again, whether you take the hourly direct train heading for Cleethorpes, or take any other train and change in Piccadilly.

  1. 01
    Stockport

    On the Manchester spur of the West Coast Main Line, so many trains from the south and Midlands stop here before continuing to Manchester Piccadilly, another ten min down the line.

See

Worth seeing

Consider buying a combi-ticket for the council's four museums (all closed Monday) of Air Raid Shelters, Staircase House, Bramall Hall, and guided tour of Hat Works: adult £13, conc £10. The ticket is good for a single entry to each (but not to special exhibitions) without time limit.

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    Hat Works

    Wellington Mill, Wellington Rd South SK3 0EU,.

  2. 02
    Air Raid Shelters

    During World War II, a network of tunnels and air-raid shelters was hewn out of the sandstone beneath town centre, big enough to shelter 6500.

  3. 03
    Staircase House

    Entered via an unpromising modern building, but within is a well-restored house dating from the 15th century.

  4. 04
    Stockport Town Hall

    Grandiose Edwardian wedding-cake built 1904–08 in white Portland stone - its architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas also built Belfast city hall in similar style.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    The Plaza

    Mersey Square SK1 1SP (by Mersey Square), bookings), boxoffice@stockportplaza.co.uk.

  2. 02
    Garrick Theatre

    Exchange Street, Wellington Road South, SK3 0EJ, enquiries@stockportgarrick.co.uk.

  3. 03
    Stockport County FC

    Edgeley Park, Hardcastle Road SK3 9DD, ticketoffice@stockportcounty.com.

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    Bruntwood Park

    This park has an eighteen-hole par 3 pitch and putt course (Apr - Oct £6.90) that makes the most of the landscape and sits alongside the existing mature trees.

Eat

Where to eat

Last Monsoon, 54 King Street West SK3 ODT (corner of Wood St),. Mon-Thu 4:30-11PM, Fri Sat 4:30PM-midnight, Sun 3-11PM. Reliable Indian restaurant, good portions and service. Rozafa, St Petersgate. Tue-Fri noon-2PM and 5-10:30PM, Sat 5-11PM, Sun 4-9:30PM. A good Greek Cypriot restaurant Stockport's main eating strip is along A6 Wellington Rd South.

How locals move

Getting around Hazel Grove the local way

  • Get inThe Manchester Ship Canal can only be used on the Mersey Ferry cruise from Salford to Eastham between April and October.

From Wikivoyage: Manchester, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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