Tameside

Borough of Tameside
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Greater Manchester
Area: - Total	Ranked 242nd 103.17 km²
Admin. HQ:	Ashton-under-Lyne
ONS code:	00BT
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 57th 212,819 2,063 / km²
Ethnicity:	94.6% White 4.0% S.Asian
Politics
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.tameside.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Andrew Bennett, David Heyes, James Purnell

Tameside is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in the north west of England. It lies 7 miles east of Manchester and consists of nine towns which were brought together in 1974. It borders onto the county of Derbyshire, and the metropolitan boroughs of Oldham, Stockport and Manchester. It is named for the River Tame, which runs through it.

Towns and villages

• Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw
• Broadbottom
• Carrbrook, Copley
• Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield
• Flowery Field
• Gee Cross, Godley, Godley Green, Guide Bridge
• Hartshead Green, Hattersley, Haughton Green, Hazelhurst, Hollingworth, Hyde
• Landslow Green, Luzley
• Millbrook, Mossley, Mottram in Longdendale
• Park Bridge
• Roe Cross
• Stalybridge
• Warhill, Woolley Bridge

Places of interest

• Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, Stalybridge
• Central Art Gallery, Ashton-under-Lyne
• Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne
• Portland Basin Museum, Ashton-under-Lyne
• Broad Mills, Broadbottom
• Staley Hall, Millbrook
• Buckton Castle, Carrbrook
• Werneth Low
• Hartshead Pike
• Park Bridge Heritage Centre
• Medlock Vale Country Park
• Haughton Dale Local Nature Reserve
• Knott Hill Reservoir Local Nature Reserve
• Great Wood Local Nature Reserve
• Audenshaw Reservoirs, Brushes Reservoir, Denton Reservoirs, Gorton Upper Reservoir, Higher Swineshaw Reservoir, Lower Swineshaw Reservoir, Walkerwood Reservoir
• Ashton Canal, Hollinwood Branch Canal, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Peak Forest Canal
• River Etherow, River Medlock, River Tame

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Districts of England - North West England
Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside