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Tameside

Borough of Tameside

Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Greater Manchester
Area: - Total	Ranked 242nd 103.17 km²
Admin. HQ:	Ashton-under-Lyne
ONS code:	00BT
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 57th 212,819 2,063 / km²
Ethnicity:	94.6% White 4.0% S.Asian
Politics
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.tameside.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Andrew Bennett, David Heyes, James Purnell

Tameside is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in the north west of England. It lies 7 miles east of Manchester and consists of nine towns which were brought together in 1974. It borders onto the county of Derbyshire, and the metropolitan boroughs of Oldham, Stockport and Manchester. It is named for the River Tame, which runs through it.

Towns and villages

Places of interest

Astley Cheetham Art Gallery , Stalybridge
Central Art Gallery, Ashton-under-Lyne
Museum of the Manchester Regiment , Ashton-under-Lyne
Portland Basin Museum , Ashton-under-Lyne
St Lawrence's Church (Timber framed - 1531) , Denton
Nico Ditch (Scheduled Ancient Monument, Anglo-Saxon defensive ditch) , Denton
Broad Mills , Broadbottom
Staley Hall , Millbrook
Buckton Castle , Carrbrook
Werneth Low
Hartshead Pike
Park Bridge Heritage Centre
Medlock Vale Country Park
Haughton Dale Local Nature Reserve
Knott Hill Reservoir Local Nature Reserve
Great Wood Local Nature Reserve
Audenshaw Reservoirs , Brushes Reservoir , Denton Reservoirs , Gorton Upper Reservoir , Higher Swineshaw Reservoir , Lower Swineshaw Reservoir , Walkerwood Reservoir
Ashton Canal, Hollinwood Branch Canal , Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Peak Forest Canal
River Etherow, River Medlock, River Tame

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