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Stockport
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Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England; it lies south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The rivers Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. It is the main settlement of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. At the 2021 census, the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 117,935, and the metropolitan borough had a population of 294,773.
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, located southeast of Manchester where the rivers Goyt and Tame merge to form the River Mersey. With a population of around 118,000 in its built-up area and nearly 295,000 across the wider Metropolitan Borough, it serves as a significant settlement in the Greater Manchester region.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Stockport
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.population_ref
- 117,935 (built up area, 2021),294,773 (borough, 2021)
- UK place.population_density
- 2,208 per mi² (852 per km²)
- UK place.population_demonym
- Stopfordian
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Stockport
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Greater Manchester
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stockport
- UK place.post_town
- STOCKPORT
- UK place.postcode_district
- SK1-SK7
- UK place.postcode_area
- SK
- UK place.dial_code
- 0161
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ895900
- UK place.london_distance
- SE
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Adswood
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 294773
- Area
- 126.1
- Elevation
- 59
- Official website
- www.stockport.gov.uk
- Image
- Stockport bus station - geograph.org.uk - 1413991 cropped.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0161
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- Commons category
- Stockport
- OS grid reference
- SJ895900
- IPA transcription
- [ˈstɔkˌpôrt]
- P8168
- Claus Spreckels
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46 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Early history
- Medieval and early modern period
- Industrialisation
- Recent history
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Parliamentary representation
- Geography
- Demography
- Population change
- Economy
- Landmarks
- Transport
- Railway
- Buses
- Roads
- Air
- Education
- Religion
- Culture
- Media
- Television
- Radio
- Newspapers
- Sport
- Athletics
- Football
- Lacrosse
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Notable people
- Twin towns
- Freedom of the Borough
- Individuals
- Military units
- See also
- Notes
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- Bibliography
- Further reading
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Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England; it lies south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The rivers Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. It is the main settlement of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. At the 2021 census, the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 117,935, and the metropolitan borough had a population of 294,773.
Most of the town is within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, with the area north of the Mersey in the historic county of Lancashire. Stockport in the 16th century was a small town entirely on the south bank of the Mersey, known for the cultivation of hemp and manufacture of rope. In the 18th century, it had one of the first mechanised silk factories in the British Isles. Stockport's predominant industries of the 19th century were the cotton and allied industries. It was also at the centre of the country's hatting industry, which by 1884 was exporting more than six million hats a year; the last hat works in Stockport closed in 1997. The town's football club, Stockport County, is nicknamed The Hatters.
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