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Stockport railway station (also known as Stockport Edgeley and Edgeley) is in Greater Manchester, England, 8 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly station on the West Coast Main Line from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston.
Stockport
is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground on
the River Mersey at the influx of the rivers Goyt and Tame, 6.1 miles (9.8 km)
southeast of the city of Manchester.
Historically a part of Cheshire, Stockport in the 16th century was known for the cultivation of hemp and rope manufacture and in the 18th century the town had one of the first mechanised silk factories in the United Kingdom. However, Stockport's predominant industries of the 19th century were the cotton and allied industries. Stockport was also at the centre of the country's hatting industry.
The Stockport Viaduct is a listed structure designed by George Watson Buck in Stockport, Greater Manchester. At 33.85 metres high.
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Landmarks and attractions
Stockport
is home to the following:
Stockport boasts the UK's only hat museum, the "Hat Works" based in
Wellington Mill - a thriving hat factory in Victorian times.
Stockport Viaduct
is one of the western Europe's biggest brick structures, the 111 feet high, four-track
railway viaduct over the River Mersey on the line to Manchester which represents
a major feat of Victorian engineering, built in 21 months at a cost of £70,000.
Eleven million bricks were used in its construction, opening in 1842. The foundation
stone was laid on March 10, 1839.
Staircase House is a medieval townhouse
in the Market Place.
Stockport Story Museum, detailing over 10,000 years
of Stockport's history. This museum has free admission and is housed within Staircase
House.
Stockport Town Hall, with its ballroom, described by Poet Laureate,
John Betjeman as 'magnificent' containing the largest Wurlitzer theatre organ
in Britain designed by Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas.
Stockport College with
sites in the town centre and Heaton Moor
Underbank Hall in the centre of Stockport
is a late 16th century timber framed building, built as the townhouse of the Arderne
family from nearby Bredbury. It remained in the family until 1823, and since 1824
has been used as a bank. The current main banking hall lies behind the 16th century
part and dates from 1915.
Stockport Air Raid Shelters is a museum based around
the underground tunnels dug during World War II to protect local inhabitants during
air raids
Vernon Park. This is the main municipal park, located a short distance
to the east towards Bredbury.
St. Elisabeth's church, Reddish, and model
village. Mill community designed in the main by Alfred Waterhouse for the workers
from Houldsworth Mill, at the time the largest cotton mill in the world.
St
Mary's Church on the Market Place is the town's oldest place of worship with parts
dating to the early 14th century and houses the Stockport Heritage centre run
by local volunteers on market days.
Stockport County F.C is football club in the English league. Sale Sharks Rugby Union club, who currently own Edgeley Park stadium,
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