Tameside
Borough of Tameside | |
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Tameside from Werneth Low | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Industry and integrity | |
Tameside shown within Greater Manchester | |
| Coordinates: 53°29′24″N 2°5′39″W / 53.49000°N 2.09417°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | North West |
| Ceremonial county and city region | Greater Manchester |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Named after | River Tame |
| Administrative HQ | Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan borough |
| • Body | Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
| • Executive | Leader and cabinet |
| • Control | Labour |
| • Leader | Eleanor Wills (L) |
| • Mayor | Betty Affleck |
| • 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 | List
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| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
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| ISO 3166 code | GB-TAM |
| GSS code | E08000008 |
| Website | tameside |
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, the population of Tameside was 232,753, making it the 8th-most populous borough of Greater Manchester.[3]
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.
- ^ "About the council". Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Tameside Local Authority (E08000008)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.