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 Stockport lies between the cosmopolitan
City of Manchester and the beautiful countryside of the Derbyshire
Peaks and the Cheshire Plains. Getting to Stockport is made easy
with the excellent motorway and railway communications which
are within just a few minutes drive of Manchester International
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Stockport
- Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak
to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0871
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Stockport
- Travel by road - Stockport is about
1 mile east of Junction 1 of the M 60 Motorway. The M 60 Motorway
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Stockport
- Travel by train - Stockport Station,
Grand Central Way, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 9HZ. CCTV. Ticket
office. Waiting room. Refreshment facilities. Pay phone. Shops.
Toilets. Wheelchair accessible toilets. Whole station step free
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Manchester
Airport, Manchester, M90 1QX. Tel: +44 (0) 161 489 3000. Ideally situated halfway between London and Edinburgh,
80 miles from Birmingham and 60 miles from Leeds, 10 miles south
of Manchester city centre. The airport is directly accessible
via J5 off the M56. A spectator terrace is located at Terminal
1 on Level 13 of the Multi Storey Car Park. Manchester airport
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Stockport
- Shopping - The area has excellent shopping
facilities and places to eat and drink. Marks & Spencer, 48 Merseyway,
Stockport, Cheshire, SK1 1SZ. Tel: 0161 477 9200. British Home Store Stockport - 11-27 Princes Street, Greater Manchester, SK1 1SN,
Tel: 0845 8410276. Burton
Menswear Stockport - Tel: 01614803751.
65 Merseyway, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK1 1QW. |
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Stockport
- Sport - Stockport County Football Club,
founded in 1883, play at Edgeley Park. Stockport County FC, Edgeley
Park, Hardcastle Road, Stockport, SK3 9DD. Tel: 0161-286-8888. Ten Pin Bowling. Stockport Megabowl,
Grand Central Leisure Park, Wellington Road South, Stockport,
Cheshire, SK1 3TA. Tel: 0871 550 1010. |
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Stockport
- Entertainment - The area has a range
of visitor attractions, theatres and cinemas, and places to eat
and drink. Cineworld Cinema, 4 Grand Central Square, Wellington
Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TA. Tel: 0871 200 2000. The Garrick Theatre, Exchange Street,
Wellington Road South, Stockport SK4 1AA. Tel: 0161 480 5866.
www.stockportgarrick.co.uk. |
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Stockport
- Other information - The Trans Pennine
Trail is a route for walkers, cyclists and horse riders which
passes through Stockport. The trail links Southport, on the Irish Sea, with
Hornsea on the North Sea coast, a total of 207 miles. www.transpenninetrail.org.uk.
Stockport Art Gallery
holds exhibitions and events throughout the year, and Stockport
Museum holds many interesting objects which date back to the
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Airports indicated are Liverpool John Lennon,
Manchester and Leeds Bradford International.
Ferry Port indicated is Liverpool. Stockport is about 1 mile east of Junction 1 of
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Attractions (see details below)
Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There
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 "Industrial Landscape"
(1955) by L.S. Lowry (1887-1976) - Oil on canvas.This
picture is typical of the panoramic cityscapes that Lowry painted
throughout his career. Although it is an imaginary composition,
elements of the view are recognisable as real places. For example,
the Stockport Viaduct, which constantly haunted the artist,
can be seen in the top left of the picture. But on the whole
the image presents a generalised impression of the urban environment,
dominated by smoking chimneys, factories, roads, bridges and
industrial wasteland. As if to emphasise the human presence in
this overwhelming, blackened city, Lowry focuses in on
a small street in the foreground, almost inviting the viewer
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- Reebok Stadium/Museum, Burnden Way, Middlebrook Leisure &
Retail Park, Bolton BL6 6JW - Tel: 01204 673670. bwfc.co.uk.
- Bramall Hall, Bramhall Park, Bramhall, Stockport SK7 3NX. bramhallweb.co.uk.
- The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 3AZ. Tel:
0161-876 2000.
- HOLLINGWORTH LAKE COUNTRY PARK, Rakewood Road, Littleborough,
OL15 0AQ. Tel: Visitor Centre: 01706 373421
- East Lancashire Light Railway, Bolton Street Station, Bolton
Street, Bury BL9 0EY - Tel : 0161-764 7790. east-lancs-rly.co.uk.