Dukinfield
Sign in to saveDukinfield ( ; locally ) is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, on the south bank of the River Tame opposite Ashton-under-Lyne, east of Manchester. At the 2021 census, the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 21,155.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Dukinfield Town Hall front.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Dukinfield Town Hall
- UK place.population
- 21,155
- UK place.population_ref
- (Built up area, 2021)
- UK place.official_name
- Dukinfield
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Tameside
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Greater Manchester
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ashton-under-LyneStalybridge and Hyde
- UK place.post_town
- DUKINFIELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- SK16
- UK place.postcode_area
- SK
- UK place.dial_code
- 0161
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ945975
- UK place.london_distance
- SSE
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Dukinfield ( ; locally ) is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, on the south bank of the River Tame opposite Ashton-under-Lyne, east of Manchester. At the 2021 census, the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 21,155.
It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. The town developed as a result of the Industrial Revolution when it became the site of coal mining and cotton manufacturing.