Woodley is a suburb 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 Grov ...

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, England. It is situated on the east side of the

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, next to

Bredbury Bredbury is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, east of Stockport and south-west of Hyde. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 16,721. It is on the lower southern ...

Romiley Romiley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it borders Marple, Bredbury and Woodley. At the 2011 census, the Romiley ward, which includes Compstall, Bredbury Green an ...

and the boundary with

Tameside The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after the River Tame, Greater Manchester, River Tame, which flows through the borough, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Aud ...

, at

Gee Cross Gee Cross is a village and suburb of Hyde within Tameside Metropolitan Borough, in Greater Manchester, England. History Gee Cross village centre dates back to the times of the Domesday Book. Originally, Gee Cross was the larger village in th ...

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part of

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, the name means "a clearing in the wood" because the area contains a lot of woodland.

Religion

Transport

Railway

Woodley railway station Woodley railway station serves the suburb of Woodley in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The station is east of Manchester Piccadilly on a branch of the Hope Valley Line to Rose Hill Marple. It is situated where the A560 road from ...

is on the Hope Valley line; on a loop which stretches from Ashburys to Romiley, via

Guide Bridge Guide Bridge is an area west of Ashton-under-Lyne, in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, Guide Bridge was built as a village around an eponymous bridge over the Ashton Canal. History Industries included Sco ...

but by-passing Bredbury. Services run half-hourly between

Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of Manchester city ...

and

Rose Hill Marple Rose Hill Marple railway station is in Marple in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, England. The station, which opened in 1869, is the last surviving stop on the former Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway (''MB&MR''). It is connected ...

on Mondays to Saturdays; there is no service on Sundays.

Buses

Route 330 runs regularly between Stockport and

Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...

via Bredbury, Hyde and Dukinfield. Route 382 runs between Stockport and Woodley, via Bredbury and Romiley.

Roads

Woodley is situated close to J25 of the M60 Manchester orbital motorway. The A560 passes through the suburb, which runs between Altrincham, Stockport, Gee Cross and Hattersley.

Canal

The

runs through Woodley, which features a long tunnel under the A560.

Education

Woodley has two

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s: * Woodley Primary School, previously called Woodley Infant and Junior schools. The school also ran a nursery which was next to (and connected to) Woodley Methodist Church. * Greave Primary School, in Greave, on the border with Romiley. Primary school aged children can also attend a nearby school in neighbouring Bredbury: St. Marks C. of E. Primary School on Redhouse Lane; this was the original infant and junior school for the locality. After education in these primary schools, most students feed to either

Werneth School Werneth School (formerly Bredbury Comprehensive School) is a coeducational secondary school located in Bredbury near Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. History The original school buildings came into use in 1941, and several additions a ...

Marple Hall School Marple Hall School is a secondary school located in Marple, Greater Manchester. Admissions The headteacher is Joseph Barker. The school is situated just off the Stockport Road (A626) on the outskirts of Greater Manchester, near the River Goyt ...

Harrytown Catholic High School Harrytown Catholic High School is a voluntary aided Catholic secondary school, situated in Romiley near Stockport, England. Designated as a Specialist Science College. Originally a convent school based at Harrytown Hall, it became a co-educati ...

for their secondary education.

Community

Woodley is home to four pubs: The White Hart, The Railway, The Navigation and The Woodley Arms. These pubs form the start of the Ring of Death, a pub crawl that takes in Woodley,

and ends in Greave. The Ring of Death used to consist of twenty pubs in total and was a traditional marathon undertaken by locals at Christmas. Woodley was also home to the recently transformed snooker palace which, following the removal of its snooker tables, became the Palace Bar; it is now closed and up for sale.

Sport

Woodley is the home of semi-professional football club Stockport Town. They are currently members of the , the tenth tier of English football, and play at Stockport Sports Village. Stockport Sports Village is located in Woodley; facilities include a gym, sauna, football pitches and fitness courses. Woodley Cricket Club play their home matches at their facilities on High Lane.

Mills of Woodley

Still existent *Woodley Mill *Thorn Works (formerly Middle Mill) *Wellington Works (formerly Botany Mill) Demolished *

Wood Mill, Woodley {{Infobox Mill building , image = Wood_Mill,_Woodley,_just_prior_to_demolition_(1963).jpg , caption = Wood Mill, Woodley (1963) , name= Wood Mill , alternate_names = , map_type=Greater Manchester , coordinates ...

*Top Mill *Star Mill

References

External links

{{authority control Areas of Greater Manchester Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport