Tameside
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| Borough of Tameside | |
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| 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 (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 58th 213,410 2,069 / 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 Gwynne, 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
- Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw
- Broadbottom
- Carrbrook, Copley
- Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield
- Flowery Field
- Gee Cross, Godley, Godley Green, Guide Bridge
- Hartshead Green, Hattersley, Haughton Green, Hazelhurst, Hollingworth, Hyde
- Landslow Green, Luzley
- Millbrook, Mossley, Mottram in Longdendale
- Park Bridge
- Roe Cross
- Stalybridge
- Warhill, Woolley Bridge
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
| Districts of England - North West England | 
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Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |
