Carrbrook

Carrbrook

Carrbrook from Buckton Hill
Carrbrook
Carrbrook shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference SD9801
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STALYBRIDGE
Postcode district SK15
Dialling code 01457
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

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.

Music

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.

References

  1. "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - C. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2007.


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