Poynton is a town in Cheshire, England, on the easternmost fringe of the Cheshire Plain 11 miles (18 km) south-southeast of Manchester, 7 miles (11 km) north of Macclesfield, and 5 miles (8 km) south of Stockport. In 2011, it had a population of 14,260.
Population: 14,351
Latitude: 53° 21' 0.00" N
Longitude: -2° 07' 0.01" W
Tameside General Hospital is a National Health Service (NHS) hospital situated in Ashton-under-Lyne. Run by Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, it serves the surrounding area of Tameside in Greater Manchester, and the town of Glossop in Derbyshi…
Sunlight House is a Grade II listed building in the art deco style on Quay Street in Manchester, England.
The Stopford Building is the second largest building at The University of Manchester, after the Sackville Street Building. It houses the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences (FMHS), and the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS). It was built in 1969-72 (a…
The Salford Quays lift bridge or Salford Quays Millennium footbridge is a 91.2-metre long vertical lift bridge bridge spanning the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The bridge, which was completed in 2000, is near the te…
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).
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.