Hyde: Tameside Mill Town Below the Pennine Edge With a Market Hall and a Dark Chapter
Hyde sits in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, about eight miles east of Manchester city centre. The population is around 35,000. The town grew around cotton mills in the 19th century, positioned in the Tame Valley where water power and later steam drove the industry. Hyde Town Hall on Market Street, an imposing building from 1885, overlooks the market ground where a market has operated since the town received its charter. The Godley Reservoir and the surrounding hills to the east mark the transition from urban Greater Manchester into the Peak District. The town is also unfortunately associated with the Moors Murders of the 1960s; Ian Brady lived in Hattersley, a council estate on the eastern edge.
The town centre along Market Street and Union Street has a mix of local shops and the indoor market hall. Hyde Park (no relation to London's) off Walker Lane provides open space. Hyde station is on the line between Manchester Piccadilly and Glossop, with services to Manchester in about 20 minutes. The A57 runs through, connecting to the M67 at Hattersley, which gives motorway access westward to the M60. The Peak District National Park boundary is just a few miles east. For those considering adult companionship in the Tameside area, Hyde's rail connection to Manchester Piccadilly and the M67 access put the city centre and the wider east Manchester area within straightforward reach.
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Hyde sits in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, about eight miles east of Manchester city centre. The population is around 35,000. The town grew around cotton mills in the 19th century, positioned in the Tame Valley where water power and later steam drove the industry. Hyde Town Hall on Market Street, an imposing building from 1885, overlooks the market ground where a market has operated since the town received its charter. The Godley Reservoir and the surrounding hills to the east mark the transition from urban Greater Manchester into the Peak District. The town is also unfortunately associated with the Moors Murders of the 1960s; Ian Brady lived in Hattersley, a council estate on the eastern edge.
The town centre along Market Street and Union Street has a mix of local shops and the indoor market hall. Hyde Park (no relation to London's) off Walker Lane provides open space. Hyde station is on the line between Manchester Piccadilly and Glossop, with services to Manchester in about 20 minutes. The A57 runs through, connecting to the M67 at Hattersley, which gives motorway access westward to the M60. The Peak District National Park boundary is just a few miles east. For those considering adult companionship in the Tameside area, Hyde's rail connection to Manchester Piccadilly and the M67 access put the city centre and the wider east Manchester area within straightforward reach.
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