Heaton Norris

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Heaton Norris is a mainly residential area of Stockport, England bordering on Heaton Moor and Heaton Chapel.

Heaton Norris is one of the more upscale areas of Stockport, due to a range of good housing stock, popular pubs and excellent transport access. Heaton Norris and its neighbouring areas are collectively known as the Four Heatons.

Heaton Norris was originally a township of the parish of Manchester in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire. Part of the parish constituted the Heaton Norris urban sanitary district, with part being included in the municipal borough of Stockport. In 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894, the parish was divided, with the Stockport part becoming part of the parish of Stockport in the Cheshire county borough of Stockport, and the remaining part forming the Heaton Norris urban district in Lancashire. The remaining part was added to Stockport county borough in 1913. Since 1974 it has formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester.

Some of the more notable landmarks in Heaton Norris include Bryant's Warehouse, a large B&Q superstore which was, when first opened, the largest in the country and the Bowerfold Open Space, known locally as 'The Bonks'.