Brookfold Farm and Valley

The farm lies between Godley and Hattersley.

Horses graze in the valley between the farm and the railway line from Manchester which is hidden behind the curving line of trees.

A contribution to Our World Tuesday.

Hattersley Station Mosaic

On Friday I showed you the approach to the entrance of Hattersley Station.

This mosaic on the side of the entrance was completed by children from Pinfold School.

A contribution to Monday Murals.

Weekend in Black and White: Hattersley Station

Yesterday I showed you the approach to the entrance to Hattersley Station.

The station has an island platform and lies in a cutting so access from the entrance is down a sloping covered footbridge which crosses the eastbound track then turns a right angle to reach the platform.

This view is looking westbound past the footbridge and along the track towards Godley.

See how it looked six years ago on Hyde DP Volume 1.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

Hattersley Station Approach

This is the approach to Hattersley Station. The large car park on the left had been cordoned off for drainage work.

The station on the Manchester Piccadilly to Glossop/Hadfield line opened in 1978.

A contribution to Good Fences and Skywatch Friday.

Murals at Hattersley Station

At the top of the footbridge leading to Hattersley Station are two murals. The one on the left is by Alisha Fairlee of Pinfold School. The one on the right is by Shauna Poole of St James School.

A contribution to Blue Monday and Monday Murals.

Stockport Road, Hattersley

The A560 at Hattersley from the junction with Ashworth Lane. The council demolished all the houses on the east side of Stockport in the mid-noughties. However one owner resisted all offers to purchase and remains. Wildflowers grow on the former garden of the adjacent boarded-up house.

A contribution to
Skywatch Friday;
Floral Fridays.

Mottram Road near Longlands Lodge

This view down Mottram Road is in the opposite direction to the one posted on 3rd February.

Just down the road on the left is the end of Pudding Lane.

On the right in the woods is Longlands Lodge. At one time there used to be a school in the woods but it has long gone and the whole area is now privately owned.

A contribution to Our World Tuesday.

Pudding Fold

The new Barratt houses at the corner of Pudding Lane and Bridestowe Avenue have been given the name "Pudding Fold".

See how the area looked just four years ago on Hyde Daily Photo Volume 1.

See more of the new estate on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to Our World Tuesday and Ruby Tuesday.

One-stop shop on Hattersley Road West

With new Barratt houses having been built across the road, the previously run-down and mainly abandoned shops have been replaced a new convenience store, a post office, a betting shop and a chip shop. One unit still remains to be let.

See the new houses opposite on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.

Woodland for sale

The A57, Mottram Road, past Longlands. The houses, built 2012, are at the bottom of Viners Way which is part of a new Barratt development off Pudding Lane.

Next to the two joggers is a sign indicating that the last parcel of woodland between Mottram Road and Pudding Lane is also for sale with planning permission for five dwellings.

Photographs of Viners Way and a reminder of how it looked in 2010 can be found on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to Monday Mellow Yellows.

Signs on Pennine View

A new housing estate by Barratts is being built on the site of the former Harehills Primary School off Pudding Lane at Hattersley.

A large number of warning signs have been erected on the road leading to the current building work.

A contribution to signs, signs.

An Aerial View

  © Copyright M J Richardson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

On 11th July 2013 Mike Richardson was on an EasyJet flight from Edinburgh to Luton and whilst over Stockport took a photograph across Audenshaw reservoirs and beyond. The original photograph can be seen on Geograph.

I've cropped and enhanced the portion that highlights Hyde.

Godley reservoir stands out below the M67 (sweeping towards the roundabout at Hattersley and the new Tesco) and above the Manchester to Glossop railway line. Also prominent is the route of the former Godley Junction to Apethorn Railway Line, now TransPennine Trail and National Cycle Network 62.

Easily recognised are Ewen Fields (Hyde FC ground) and Garden Street recreation ground. Others will doubtless pick out other areas.

A contribution to Our World Tuesday.

Small clough between Pudding Lane and Mottram Road

  © Copyright Bill Boaden and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Unfortunately the sort of clough that gets rubbish dumped in it.

Taken Tuesday, 18 May, 2010.

I'm taking a brief holiday and for while I'm away I've scheduled posts using photographs by visitors to the area.

This site is now full of new houses. I must get up there and take more photographs of the area when I get time.

RIP: PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes

When I posted a version of this photo of Ashworth Lane in June someone commented

What a beautiful neighbourhood.

and indeed it is, but yesterday two policewomen were murdered in cold blood just around the corner at the top of the picture.

I won't go into the details - if you haven't heard it on the news see the BBC News report for information.

Our thoughts are with the families of the women and the people of Mottram & Hattersley who are making the headlines again for all the wrong reasons.

The Back of the New Inn

This is the rear of the New Inn as seen from Sundial Close off Wardlebrook Avenue on the Hattersley Estate.

The former Robinson's Inn by the side of the A57 road from Liverpool to Lincoln, is currently being demolished.

There may have been an inn on the site since the 1600s and it was known as a highwayman's inn. There are tales of it being haunted by a ghost named Mary.

However the New Inn was first licensed around 1856 with Robert Turner being the first Innkeeper.

William F Gratton was the landlord in the 1930s. Between 1927 and 1930 there were sixteen serious accidents on this stretch of road that were attributed to a "Phantom Lorry". Read the story. This is probably why a lorry features in the Inn sign.

It was the local of the Moors Murderers, Brady & Hindley whose house on Wardlebrook Avenue was behind the Inn. That house was demolished many years ago.

A later landlord was the father of boxer Ricky Hatton who was brought up in the New Inn. Part of the celler was used as a gymnasium.

See the view of the front of the Inn on Mottram Road as it looked recently on Hyde DP Xtra or as it looked in 2008 on Sithenah.

A contribution to Our World Tuesday.

Blue Monday: Tesco Filling Station

This is the new 24hour Tesco filling station off Ashworth Lane, Hattersley.

The huge construction on the left is a multi-storey car park - see last Friday's post on Hyde DP Xtra. The actual supermarket is beyond the car park - see Friday Fences.

See how it looked four years ago.

Take a look at Ashworth Lane and the entrance on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to Blue Monday.

Horses Grazing at Westwood

A group of horses grazing in a field at Westwood.

For Scenic Sunday and Camera Critters.

Friday Fences: Tesco Extra

This is looking up the pedestrian ramp from Stockport Road to the upper story of the new Tesco Extra at Hattersley. The main store is underneath but above is a café and non-food department as well as a presently hardly used two-storey car park.

Take a look at the empty car park on Hyde DP Xtra.

Over the road is McDonalds and the roundabout at the end of the M67.

For Friday Fences.

Skywatch Friday: Hattersley Monkey Puzzle Tree

The Hattersley Monkey Puzzle tree was planted in 1968 by Barry Tongue in the back garden of his house on Garnett Road. The house along with others in the area were demolished as part of the Hattersley redevelopment plan. By then the tree had become a local landmark and a preservation order was placed on it in 2007.

In 2010 planning permission was granted for Tesco to build a supermarket on the site and the tree was moved to Mill Hill Green on the other side of Ashworth Lane.

Photos of the move

Since being moved two years ago the grass has grown around its base, but it still requires support. The houses in the background are on Green Way.

For Skywatch Friday.

Fences on Ashworth Lane

Ashworth Lane, the B6174 from Hattersley to Mottram in Longdendale, just after the grass verges have been cut.

It is a busy little road used by the #201 bus from Manchester which turns left by the pedestrian crossing into John Kennedy Road.

It is also used as a "rat-run" by traffic trying to avoid the queues on the A57.

Soon it will be even busier due to the Tesco superstore that is under construction close by.

The low wooden fences are there to prevent traffic straying on to the verges.

See the grass-cutters on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to Friday Fences.