Stalybridge

Getting to Stalybridge

Leave M60 at jcn 23. From central Manchester follow A635 for Ashton or A57 east for Denton and Hyde. M-Sa an hourly train from Manchester Victoria takes 10 min to Ashton-under-Lyne and continues to Stalybridge. (These start from Southport, via Wigan, Bolton and Salford; no Sunday service). Change at Stalybridge for Huddersfield, Leeds and York. Change at Victoria from Manchester Airport and most other destinations.

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   Long

Worth seeing

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

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   St Michael's Church
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   Hartshead Pike is a hill of 308
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   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.

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   St Anne's Church

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.

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.

Getting around Stalybridge the local way