Marple
Bridge
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Marple Bridge
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View along Town Street, from the bridge
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Since 1987 Marple Bridge has been holding a non-commercial Christmas Party known as Winter Wonderland, usually on the first Saturday in December. From humble beginnings, this has evolved over the years in to a fantastic family afternoon out, which attracts thousands of people to the village centre, whatever the weather.
The very successful ‘Bridge in Bloom’ campaign, organised and paid for by the Marple Bridge Association, puts flowers on the village centre lampposts, and in other containers and at other sites around the village including the Peace Garden. All this hard work has seen the village compete successfully in regional and national competitions, both in its own right and as part of Stockport’s winning entry in Britain in Bloom in 2005.
Marple Bridge is a very attractive, predominately stone built, village on the edge of the borough of Stockport. With its lovely stone cottages, scenic riverside walks, coffee shops, traditional and trendy pubs and other individual shops, the centre of the village is a Conservation Area.
About the Marple Bridge Association
The MBA’s main aim is to help Marple Bridge continue to be as attractive a place as possible, in which to live, trade, work, shop, eat, drink, or walk and ramble, by ensuring it continues to thrive as the centre of a vibrant local community.
About Marple Bridge
‘Bridge in Bloom’
Winter Wonderland
MBA Blog
The Marple Bridge Association Blog is where you will find more in depth news coverage of our latest events and projects.
Marple Bridge TV
Marple Bridge TV is the Marple Bridge Association’s own channel on You Tube, where you will find video clips and photo montages of recent and past events in the village, as well as media coverage of the Association’s activities.
Visit Marple Bridge
Marple Bridge is easily accessible, being just 5 ½ miles along the A626 from junction 27 of the M60, on the borders of Stockport, South Manchester, North Cheshire and the High Peak district of Derbyshire.
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Marple Bridge is an attractive stone built village, tucked into the secluded tree lined valley of the River Goyt, a tributary of the Mersey. The village has 17th Century origins, and probably originally grew up around the bridge across the Goyt, in order to support the various local industries in the surrounding area: cotton mills, coal mining, corn milling, logging, and hill farming.
Local Shops and Businesses
In alphabetical order, some with links to the business’ web site, where known.
Bridge Beauty
Christie’s Café
Co-op Pharmacy
Eliza Hallsworth Antiques
Havana
Jodhpur Lounge
Libby’s Bakers
Lofthouse Butchers
Maple Tree, The
Marple Bridge Motor Company
Portland Wines
Post Office, The
Shallcross Fireplaces
Sherlocks
Windsor Castle
Marple Bridge - the village
History of Marple Bridge
All of these, except the latter, are long gone and the area is now a very pleasant residential suburb of Stockport. Despite this, the centre of the village still retains that ‘village feel’ and a strong sense of community. It is a conservation area.
Situated on the southeastern edge of Greater Manchester, it is bounded by the county of Derbyshire to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside to the North and the Stockport Districts of Mellor, Marple And Romiley to the south and west. Once known as Nether Marple, the area which now forms the Stockport district, used to be, until the 1920’s, a part of Derbyshire. It then became part of Cheshire following boundary changes and, following further boundary changes in the 70’s, became a district of Stockport Metropolitan Borough, and as such part of the ‘county’ of Greater Manchester.
Marple Bridge’s eponymous bridge across the River Goyt
The water wheel at Forge Bank Mill, Marple Bridge
An attractive row of cottages at the bottom of Brabyns Brow, just before the bridge
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