Coordinates: 53°25′37″N 2°05′31″W / 53.4270°N 2.092°W
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Woodley shown within Greater Manchester |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Metropolitan borough | Stockport |
| Metropolitan county | Greater Manchester |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STOCKPORT |
| Postcode district | SK6 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Hazel Grove |
| List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester | |
Woodley is a suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, North West England. It lies on the east side of the Peak Forest Canal, next to the areas of Bredbury and Romiley. It is on the boundary with Gee Cross, in Tameside.
Historically a part of Cheshire, the name Woodley translates to 'a clearing in the wood', and is named so because the area contains a lot of woodland.
The Peak Forest Canal runs through Woodley and features a long tunnel.
Woodley railway station is on a loop which stretches from Ashburys to Romiley via Guide Bridge avoiding Bredbury.
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Education
Woodley has three Primary Schools :-
St.Marks C.of E. Primary School is located on Redhouse Lane at the centre of the village, and was the original Infant and Junior School for the locality.
Woodley Primary School, which was previously called Woodley Infant and Junior schools. The school also ran a nursery which was located next to (and connected to) Woodley Methodist Church.
Greave School, is located in Greave, on the border with Romiley.
After education in these primary schools, most students feed to either Werneth High School or Marple Hall School for their secondary education.
Nightlife
Woodley has five pubs and a snooker hall. The pubs are The White Hart, The Railway, The Navigation, The Woodley Arms and The Lowes Arms. These pubs are the start of the Ring of Death which is a pub crawl that goes through Woodley, Bredbury, Romiley and ends in Greave. The Ring of Death consists of Twenty pubs in total.
Mills of Woodley
Still Extant
- Woodley Mill
- Thorn Works (formally Middle Mill)
- Wellington Works (formally Botany Mill)
Demolished
- Wood Mill, Woodley
- Top Mill
- Star Mill
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