Tameside

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Lying seven miles due east of Manchester, in the North West region of England, Tameside is a neat, compact Borough in an area of scenic beauty, industrial heritage and easy communication with the rest of the country. Tameside is roughly eight miles across - with just under a quarter of a million people settled in its 40 square miles.

Tameside is framed to the north by the River Medlock, to the south by the River Etherow and the scenic beauty of Werneth Low, to the east by the Pennines, and to the west by the City of Manchester. The borough was created in 1974 and takes its name from the River Tame which links the nine towns constituting the Borough: Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale (comprising the villages of Broadbottom, Hollingworth and Mottram), Mossley, Stalybridge.