Haughton Green

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Haughton Green

Coordinates: 53.4461° N 2.1044° W Haughton Green shown within Greater Manchester
Population	Around 9,000
OS grid reference	SJ925954
Metropolitan borough	Tameside
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Manchester
Postcode district	M34
Dial code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Denton and Reddish
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Haughton Green was once a village in the ancient township of Haughton, Lancashire, along with Haughton Dale, Higher Haughton, Lower Haughton, Haughton Hall and Haughton itself.

In 1894 Haughton and Denton were formally merged into a singe town and became the Denton Urban District. On 1st April 1974, Denton, became part of the Tameside Metropolitan Borough in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England.

Haughton Green has roughly 3,000 households.

The old village, and subsequent housing developments, such as the large Manchester Overspill estate now forms part of the Denton South Ward on Tameside Council and the three local councillors are Margaret Downs, Andrew Doubleday and Walter Downs. Andrew Gwynne is the Member of Parliament for Haughton Green, which is a part of the Denton and Reddish Parliamentary Constituency.

[edit] Schools

Haughton Green is served by three primary schools and a secondary school.

Manor Green Primary School
St. John Fisher Primary School
Corrie Primary and Nursery School
Two Trees Sports College

[edit] The Village News

The Village News is a newspaper published since December 2001 by children in the village. It has been running for over 5 years, and has raised over £10,000 for a local charity, Willow Wood Hospice, in Ashton-under-Lyne.

The Village News is printed on A4 (b/w) and with 8-12 pages, this is Haughton Green's only newspaper and was founded by editor George Newton at age nine with no other reporters; now there are many, and George continues to edit the newspaper aged 14. The Village News organizes regular events in the community such as the Grand Easter Egg Raffles, Charity Walks over Werneth Low, Christmas and Summer Fete's.

The Village News also have a 'Villager of the Year' Award, which the Villager of the Year 2005 was Steven Johnson. They also held a Charity Auction Evening with Ricky Hatton (who is a large supporter of the newspaper), which raised over £1600.

In September 2006 it was decided that the newspaper should become a quarterly edition.