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Castleton info
Castleton is a village in the
borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester.
In the 1800s Castleton was almost the size of
Rochdale, its borders
went up to half a mile from the centre of Rochdale,
taking in many areas such as Sudden, Marland,
Brimrod. The only real sign of Castletons shrinkings
borders which is still visible today is the existence
of Castleton Bowling Club, which is over a mile
beyond what is now recognised as Castletons borders.
For a village, Castleton is quite big. Like many
other areas of Lancashire its backbone was in
the cotton industry, with the fall of 'king cotton'
most of the mills have now been knocked down.
There are still a handful of mills but most are
used for other purposes. Castleton has a canal
which runs straight through it. It links Manchester
with Rochdale and recent work has meant that narrow
boats can now travel from Yorkshire to Manchester,
as before there were a number of roads blocking
their way.
Castleton has a train station. Up until 1990
it had a very well maintained station building,
complete with staff. But as with so many other
railway stations, cutbacks meant the building
was closed, staff were sacked and you had to buy
your ticket on the train. It took them 9 years
to finally demolish the station, by which time
it was in total ruin. The bridge across had been
closed some 5 years earlier as it was deemed unsafe.
It took them until 2001 to build a new bridge,
which is just some steps linking both platforms
via the bridge road. The station is still without
a 'station' but it has at least been upgraded
and tidied up since the dark days of 1990-1999.
Castleton has some industry, Woolworths is based
there, British Steel/Corus has a works there and
there are some established Engineering companies
in the area.
The village is seperated in two halves by Manchester
Road. Manchester Road runs from Rochdale
to Middleton.
Cowm Top is a beautiful area of Castleton for
it's views of the pennines and Manchester. Sadly
this has just fell victim to the long standing
battle by a company to build a industrial estate
over part of it. Despite winning several cases,
eventually the big money won its way. It is a
real shame as the area will be ruined.
About Manchester
Manchester
is a city in the north-west of
England. The metropolitan borough of Manchester,
with a population of 422,302, lies at the heart
of a large conurbation called Greater
Manchester, with a population of 2,513,468.
Greater Manchester is also a
metropolitan county in England
established in 1974 which covers an area roughly
encompassing the conurbation of Manchester. It
is situated in North West England. It has borders
with the ceremonial counties of Cheshire (inc.
Warrington), Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire
(inc. Blackburn with Darwen) and Merseyside. As
well as Manchester, the county includes major
centres such as Salford,
Bury, Bolton,
Stockport and Wigan.
Greater Manchester is not entirely built-up. Although
Manchester forms a conurbation along with Salford,
Trafford and Stockport,
other boroughs, such as Wigan
and Bury are clearly separate.
Towns in the
Manchester urban area include Salford,
Sale, Altrincham,
Cheadle, Stockport,
Ashton-under-Lyne,
and Oldham, Bury,
Rochdale, Stockport
and Stretford. Places
like Trafford and
Salford can be considered
part of the Manchester urban area in a way that
Wigan or Bolton
are not.
The term "Manchester" is often used
to refer to the entire conurbation, much as "London"
is usually used to mean Greater London, but many
of the constituent parts of Greater Manchester,
such as Salford, Wigan and Bolton, also have separate
identities. People from Manchester are called
Mancunians.
Manchester
removals from: Manchester
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| Baguley | Barlow
Moor | Benchill
| Blackley | Bramhall
| Burnage | Cheetham
Hill | Clayton |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
| Crumpsall | Didsbury
| Fallowfield | Gorton
| Harpurhey | Hulme
| Levenshulme | Longsight
| Miles Platting
| Moss Side | Moston
| Newton Heath |
Northenden | Rusholme
| Sharston | Withington
| Whalley Range
| Wythenshawe | Towns
& places: Salford
Sale Altrincham
Cheadle Stockport
Ashton-under-Lyne
Oldham Bury
Rochdale Stockport
Stretford
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