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Romiley is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport

Metropolitan Borough of Stockport

The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in north west England, centred around the town of Stockport. It has a population of about 280,600 and includes the outyling areas of Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Bredbury, Reddish and Romiley...

, Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

, England

England

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. It borders Marple

Marple, Greater Manchester

Marple is a small town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Goyt southeast of Stockport.Historically part of Cheshire, Marple has a population of 23,480 .-Toponymy:...

, Bredbury

Bredbury

Bredbury is a suburban town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England, located south east of Manchester, east of Stockport and south west of Hyde...

and Woodley

Woodley, 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...

. In Roman

Ancient Rome

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times there is thought to have been a settlement along Sandy Lane. In the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

Romiley ward, which included Compstall

Compstall

Compstall is a suburban village within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England, between Marple Bridge and Romiley. It was formerly a mill village, built by George Andrew in the 1820s to house his 800 workers...

, Bredbury Green and a large part of Bredbury

Bredbury

Bredbury is a suburban town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England, located south east of Manchester, east of Stockport and south west of Hyde...

, had a population of 13,703.

History

For centuries it was an agricultural

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

area, until the late Victorian era

Victorian era

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, when it became a residential area

Residential area

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, with a small district centre. There are four main schools: Romiley Primary School, Bredbury Green Primary and Greave Primary School, which is on the border with Woodley. Catholic education is provided at St Christophers Catholic Primary School in Romiley. Secondary education is provided by Werneth School

Werneth School

Werneth College of Performing & Visual Arts is a coeducational secondary school and college in Bredbury near Stockport, Greater Manchester. The school received very good reports in Spring 2007 from Ofsted. It has recently attained Specialist School status. The original school buildings came into...

and Harrytown Catholic High School

Harrytown Catholic High School

Harrytown Catholic High School is a voluntary aided Catholic secondary school, situated in Romiley near Stockport, England. Originally a convent school based at Harrytown Hall, it became a co-educational Catholic secondary school in 1978 and moved to new accommodation...

. Romiley also has its own theatre, the Romiley Forum.

Geography

The surrounds are quite rural, although it is a suburb

Suburb

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. There are fields to the north, and Compstall

Compstall

, between Romiley and Marple, is home to the Etherow Country Park

Etherow Country Park

Etherow Country Park is situated at Compstall, England between Marple Bridge and Romiley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester....

the largest country park in Stockport.

Governance

The councillors for Bredbury Green and Romiley are:

Hazel Lees (Lib Dem)
Syd Lloyd (Conservative)
Mags Kirkham (Lib Dem)

Transport

It is served by Romiley railway station

Romiley railway station

Romiley railway station serves Romiley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.It was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway on its extension to New Mills, opening in 1862 from Manchester....

on the Hope Valley Line

Hope Valley Line

The Hope Valley Line is a railway line in England linking Sheffield with Manchester. It was completed in 1894.From Sheffield, trains head down the Midland Main Line to Dore, where the Hope Valley Line branches off to run through the Totley Tunnel .It emerges in the stunning scenery of the Hope...

from Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

to Manchester

Manchester

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Conservation Areas

Romiley contains four conservation areas, a designation made by the local council to protect locations which have special architectural or historical character. It helps reduce traffic, preserve wildlife and important landscapes, and restricts making changes which affect the look of the area such as changing front doors, roofing, facades or windows. They are:

Barlow Fold (1997, reviewed in 2006). Barlow Fold is around 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) to the north east of Romiley town centre and 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of Stockport. The conservation area covers 0.39 hectares and contains 12 households.
Chadkirk (2006). A quiet rural retreat lying approximately 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) south of the centre of Romiley. It comprises farmlands, a 17th century farm house, out buildings and Victorian walled garden, and a 16th century chapel, forming an oasis of peace and tranquility, surrounded on three sides by ancient woodlands and the river Goyt which flows alongside.
Church Lane (1996, extended in 2006). Church Lane Conservation Area is essentially a late-nineteenth century railway suburb, overlaying the lanes and fields of a former agricultural area. It developed as a railway suburb, following the opening of Romiley railway station in 1862. However, it has the form and character of a village or earlier community as the area is focussed around the landmark church of St Chad (1864-6).
Greave Fold (1996, reviewed 2006). Greave Fold is 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) north of Romiley town centre and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of Stockport. The conservation area covers 2.31 hectares and contains 48 households.

A further conservation area adjoins Romiley at Hatherlow in Bredbury.

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