Ashton under Lyne: Tameside's Main Town Where Cotton Mills Once Ran Day and Night
Ashton-under-Lyne is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, sitting about seven miles east of Manchester city centre. The population is around 46,000. The town grew on cotton spinning and weaving through the 19th century, and the mill chimneys that still punctuate the skyline are the visible remnants. The market hall on Bow Street, a Victorian covered market, has been trading since 1829 and remains one of the better traditional markets in Greater Manchester. The parish church of St Michael and All Angels, on the hilltop above the town centre, has medieval stained glass that survived both the Reformation and the Blitz. The Ashton Canal, running from Portland Basin to Manchester, has been restored and is popular with narrowboaters.
Portland Basin Museum, at the junction of the Ashton and Huddersfield Narrow canals, covers local industrial history in a restored warehouse. Stamford Park on the Stalybridge Road offers boating on the lake and well-maintained gardens. The Metrolink tram runs from Ashton West and Ashton-under-Lyne stations into Manchester city centre, Eccles, and MediaCityUK. The M60 junction 23 is nearby, and the A635 runs east over the Pennines toward Holmfirth and Barnsley. For those exploring adult companionship in the Tameside area, Ashton's Metrolink connection puts central Manchester about 25 minutes away, with Oldham, Stalybridge, and Stockport all close by road and rail.
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Ashton-under-Lyne is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, sitting about seven miles east of Manchester city centre. The population is around 46,000. The town grew on cotton spinning and weaving through the 19th century, and the mill chimneys that still punctuate the skyline are the visible remnants. The market hall on Bow Street, a Victorian covered market, has been trading since 1829 and remains one of the better traditional markets in Greater Manchester. The parish church of St Michael and All Angels, on the hilltop above the town centre, has medieval stained glass that survived both the Reformation and the Blitz. The Ashton Canal, running from Portland Basin to Manchester, has been restored and is popular with narrowboaters.
Portland Basin Museum, at the junction of the Ashton and Huddersfield Narrow canals, covers local industrial history in a restored warehouse. Stamford Park on the Stalybridge Road offers boating on the lake and well-maintained gardens. The Metrolink tram runs from Ashton West and Ashton-under-Lyne stations into Manchester city centre, Eccles, and MediaCityUK. The M60 junction 23 is nearby, and the A635 runs east over the Pennines toward Holmfirth and Barnsley. For those exploring adult companionship in the Tameside area, Ashton's Metrolink connection puts central Manchester about 25 minutes away, with Oldham, Stalybridge, and Stockport all close by road and rail.
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