Ashton-under-Lyne (pop. 43,200) is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population had increased to 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, 6.2 miles (10.0 km) east of Manchester.
Population: 43,675
Latitude: 53° 29' 19.54" N
Longitude: -2° 05' 56.04" W
Salford Museum and Art Gallery, in Peel Park, Salford, Greater Manchester, opened to the public in November 1850 as the Royal Museum and Public Library, was the first "unconditionally free" public library in the United Kingdom.
The Portico Library (or Portico Library and Gallery) on Mosley Street, Manchester, is a subscription library designed in the Greek Revival style between 1802 and 1806 by Thomas Harrison of Chester.
Pomona Metrolink station is a tram stop on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.
The Peak Forest Tramway was an early horse- and gravity-powered industrial railway (or tramway) system in Derbyshire, England. Opened for trade on 31 August 1796, it remained in operation until the 1920s. Much of the route and the structures associa…
Oldham Boro Football Club is an English association football club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
The Mersey and Irwell Navigation was a river navigation in North West England, which provided a navigable route from the Mersey estuary to Salford and Manchester, by improving the course of the River Irwell and the River Mersey. Eight locks were con…
Manchester Racecourse was a venue for horse racing located at a number of sites around the Manchester area including; Kersal Moor, New Barnes, Weaste and Castle Irwell, Pendleton, then in Lancashire.
Manchester Piccadilly Gardens Bus Station, often abbreviated to Piccadilly Gardens is one of two main bus stations in Manchester's city centre.
The Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, formerly the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre (MIB) is a research institute of the University of Manchester, England. The centre has been designed to enable academic communities to explore specific ar…
The Manchester Assize Courts were law courts on Great Ducie Street in the Strangeways district of Manchester England. It was 279 feet tall and from 1864 to 1877 the tallest building in Manchester.
Longsight Electric TMD is an AC electric railway locomotive traction maintenance depot situated in Longsight, Manchester, England. The depot code is LG (9A 1950 - 1973).
This is a list of textile factories that have existed in Shaw and Crompton, formerly of Lancashire and now in Greater Manchester, England.
The Intercontinental Tower, Manchester is a cancelled landmark skyscraper for construction in Manchester City Centre, England.
The Heaton Park Tramway is a heritage tramway running old trams as a visitor attraction in Heaton Park, Manchester.
Gorton railway station serves Gorton district of the city of Manchester, England.
Gorton Locomotive Works, known locally as Gorton Tank, was in Openshaw near Manchester, England and was completed in 1848 by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway.
Edgeley is a residential area within the town of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The suburb is characterised largely by Victorian close-packed terraced housing and council estates with some larger properties around Alexandra Park.
East Didsbury is a suburban railway station in the south of the city of Manchester, England.