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 to ‘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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Tables will be set up along the street, but party goers will be required to bring their own chairs, as before. A ‘Hog Roast’ will provide hot food, and many of the usual food outlets in the village will also be open. Many of the licensed premises in the village are expected to be open as well, so party goers will have no need to bring their own alcohol, as doing so would, in any case, contravene the event license.
The event is being sponsored by both Stockport’s Robinson’s Brewery, and Magic-i Events, stalwart supporters of the MBA, who donate the use of their sound and lighting equipment to the village for the Winter Wonderland Christmas Fair every year. It is also being strongly supported by Stockport Council, who are fast-tracking the licensing and road closure procedures, and who will be helping with the clean-up afterwards.
Entertainment will be provided; a children’s playground, with bouncy castles and other attractions for the kids; and live and recorded music for older participants. The ‘fizzy tent’ will be selling chilled bottles of ‘bubbly’ for those all important ‘loyal toasts’!
Tickets for a raffle draw to win 8 VIP tickets, with ‘best in the house’ seats, included food and drink, and children’s passes for the kiddie rides, will also go on sale shortly. Watch this space for more details.
Regular tickets are available by emailing jubileestreetparty@live.co.uk and sales are limited to 10 per person.
Town Street will be closed on the day from 12 noon until about 10.30 pm, with the usual diversion, via Hogarth Rise, Constable Drive and Hollins Lane, put in place.
The Marple Bridge Association is a community body of like minded individuals, who are committed to maintaining and enhancing the environment of Marple Bridge; a very attractive, predominately stone built Pennine village, on the south-eastern edge of Greater Manchester.
These pages will tell you about our village, the ‘Bridge in Bloom’ floral displays, the annual Marple Bridge ‘Winter Wonderland’ Christmas Fair, other community events, and our many other projects and achievements.
The award-winning Marple Bridge Village Sign, painted by local artist Georgina Hargreaves; commissioned, paid for and erected by the Marple Bridge Association
Please note:
This web site and the associated blog are still being developed. Several pages are
not yet complete, and a couple of links may not yet be working.
Additional pages
will appear as time permits, and it is intended to have the site fully completed
by the end of the year .
If, in the meantime, you have any suggestions for things which could, or should, be included please contact:
Welcome to the Marple Bridge Association web site
MBA Meetings
MBA Meetings are relaxed and informal and held in the convivial surroundings of the Royal Scot public house. You would be made most welcome.
Next Meeting
Monday
April 23rd,
at 8 pm
NEWS
More hanging baskets in Town Street
Marple Bridge is gearing itself up for yet another fantastic community street party. With memories still very fresh in peoples minds of last spring’s uber successful Royal Wedding Street Party in the village, plans are now far advanced for another celebration, this time to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June.
The fun is due to start at 2pm on Sunday June 3rd, and will go on until about 9.30pm. As last year, admission will be strictly ‘ticket only’, with tickets going on sale on April 1st, at a cost of just £5. There are only a limited number of tickets available, and, once they’re gone, they’re gone!
Last spring’s Royal Wedding Street Party in full swing along Town Street, Marple Bridge
| MBA Facts, Figures, Opportunities & Challenges |
| History of Marple Bridge |
| This Year's Winter Wonderland |
| Photo-Gallery of Previous Years |