Tameside
Borough in Greater Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, named after the River Tame, which flows through it, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. Tameside is bordered by the metropolitan boroughs of Stockport to the south, Oldham to the north and northeast, Manchester to the west, and to the east by the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire. As of 2022[update], the population of Tameside was 232,753, making it the 8th-most populous borough of Greater Manchester by population.[3]
Borough of Tameside | |
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Motto(s): Industry and integrity | |
Coordinates: 53°29′24″N 2°5′39″W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | North West |
City region and ceremonial county | Greater Manchester |
Historic counties | |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Named for | River Tame |
Administrative HQ | Ashton-under-Lyne |
Government | |
• Type | Metropolitan borough with leader and cabinet |
• Body | Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
• Control | Labour |
• Leader | Gerald Cooney (L) |
• Mayor | Betty Affleck |
• Chief Executive | Sandra Stewart |
• House of Commons | 3 MPs |
Area | |
• Total | 40 sq mi (103 km2) |
• Rank | 195th |
Population (2022)[3] | |
• Total | 232,753 |
• Rank | 80th |
• Density | 5,840/sq mi (2,256/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
• Ethnic groups | |
Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode areas | |
Dialling codes |
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ISO 3166 code | GB-TAM |
GSS code | E08000008 |
ITL code | TLD35 |
GVA | 2021 estimate[5] |
• Total | £3.5 billion |
• Per capita | £14,991 |
GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate[5] |
• Total | £4.1 billion |
• Per capita | £17,890 |
Website | tameside |
There are over 300 listed buildings in Tameside and three Scheduled Ancient Monuments, including Buckton Castle. Its townships were agricultural until the Industrial Revolution when they grew with the cotton industry. The borough was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.