Marple Bridge is a district of Marple in the

Metropolitan Borough of Stockport The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, south-east of central Manchester. As well as the towns of Stockport, Bredbury and Marple, it includes the outlying areas of Hazel G ...

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, England; it is sited on the River Goyt, which runs through the centre of the village.

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part of the

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Glossop Glossop is a market town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is located east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of the county town, Matlock. Glossop lies near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Manche ...

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

, it was included in the new parish of Ludworth and Chisworth in 1866. Ludworth became a separate parish in 1896 and was abolished in 1936, when the former parish was transferred to

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and amalgamated into

Marple Urban District Marple is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the River Goyt, south-east of Manchester, north of Macclesfield and south-east of Stockport. In United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011, it had a popul ...

. In 1974, the urban district was abolished and Marple Bridge became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in the county of Greater Manchester. It shares borders with

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, Marple,

Compstall Compstall is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England; it is situated between Marple Bridge and Romiley and is historically part of Cheshire. It was formerly a mill village, built by George Andrew in the 1 ...

New Mills New Mills is a town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, south-east of Stockport and from Manchester at the confluence of the River Goyt and Sett. It is close to the border with Cheshire and above the Torrs, a deep gorge cut t ...

, Strines, Mill Brow and Chisworth. It is in the ecclesiastical parish of Mellor; the parish church of St. Thomas stands several hundred feet higher than the village, overlooking Greater Manchester and Cheshire.

Transport

The village is served by Marple station on the Hope Valley line between

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and

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. There are two services generally per hour each way; eastbound, services alternate between New Mills Central and Sheffield. The village has several bus services running through it. The most regular services run on a

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is withi ...

circular route to Romiley and Bredbury (383 anticlockwise) and to Marple and Offerton (384 clockwise). There is also an hourly 394 service to

and

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in the other direction. It also has bus services to Hayfield and

in Derbyshire.

Conservation Area

Marple Bridge village centre has been designated a Conservation Area. The Conservation Area was originally established in 1974 and was extended in 2006 to incorporate

Brabyns Park Brabyns Park is a public park in Marple Bridge, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. History Brabyns Park was formerly the grounds of Brabyns Hall, a now demolished mansion house.http://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/documents/s19110/Marple p.5 Th ...

. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has produced a Conservation Area Character Appraisal document, outlining the reasons that the Conservation Area has been designated as such. In justifying the reasons for designation, this document states of the town: “Marple Bridge is a predominantly stone-built village situated on the banks of the River Goyt, just to the north east of Marple... Historically the location had significance as a bridging point on the route between Stockport and Derbyshire and where water power was available initially for a forge and corn mill. Marple Bridge developed from the 18th century as a small urban centre. Of special importance is the landscape setting of Marple Bridge formed by the steep-sided valley of the

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Goyt...” The bridge itself was built in the 19th century but widened in the 19230s. It is a Grade II listed building.

Education

Marple Bridge has two schools: Ludworth Primary School and St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy.

Notable people

* Pete Mitchell, radio presenter, lived in Marple Bridge * Band Delphic are residents of Marple Bridge *

Andy Votel Andrew "Andy Votel" Shallcross (born 4 November 1975 in Marple Bridge, Stockport, England) is an English musician, DJ, record producer, graphic designer and co-founder of Twisted Nerve Records and the reissue label Finders Keepers Records. A ...

, musician and DJ, grew up in Marple Bridge

References

External links

Community

Marple Bridge Association

Marple Bridge page
at Stockport Council site
St Thomas' Church, Mellor and Marple Bridge

St. Mary's Parish Website
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