Carrbrook

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Carrbrook


Carrbrook from Buckton Hill
Carrbrook (Greater Manchester)
Carrbrook

Carrbrook shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference SD9801
Metropolitan borough Tameside
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STALYBRIDGE
Postcode district SK15
Dialling code 01457
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Stalybridge and Hyde
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°30′N 2°02′W / 53.5, -2.03

Carrbrook is an area in the east of Stalybridge, in Greater Manchester[1] England. The area still has many seventeenth and eighteenth century buildings. Much of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century village was built during the industrial boom brought by the printworks. Modern Housing estates were built next to the old village on the lower flank of Harridge Pike from the 1970s. The view to the east of Carrbrook is dominated by the steep-sided Buckton Hill, on the summit of which is located Buckton Castle. Neighbouring communities include Millbrook, Heyheads and Micklehurst.

[edit] Music

Carrbrook Brass Band rehearse in Carrbrook twice a week, and perform in National and Regional Brass Band Contests throughout the year, including the Tameside Regional Contest and the North West Regional Contest in Blackpool. Carrbrook Brass Band represent Stalybridge every September at Armentieres in France, where a carnival is held.

Every year on Whit Friday, Carrbrook is host to a very lively and popular Brass Band Contest outside the Buckton Vale Institute in Carrbrook Village.

[edit] References

  1. ^ A select gazetteer of local government areas, Greater Manchester County. Greater Manchester County Records Office. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.

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