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The Stockport shelter was formally opened on 28 October 1939 by the Mayoress of Stockport. [2] Due to the 'luxurious' amenities such as 16-seater chemical toilets, electric lighting and a canteen, local people dubbed the shelter the 'Chestergate Hotel'. [6] [7] [8] The shelter was opened to the public in 1996 as a museum. [1]
Acorns School, Marple Ashcroft School, Cheadle Bridge House School, Bredbury Broadstones School, Reddish Inscape House School, Cheadle; North West Priory School, Cheadle; Penarth Group School, Hazel Grove
In Stockport, 6 mi (9.7 km) south of Manchester, four sets of underground air raid shelter tunnels for civilian use were dug into the red sandstone on which the town centre stands. Preparation started in September 1938 and the first set of shelters was opened on 28 October 1939. (Stockport was not bombed until 11 October 1940.)
The SK postcode area, also known as the Stockport postcode area, [2] is a group of nineteen postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns.These cover south-east Greater Manchester (including Stockport, Cheadle, Hyde, Stalybridge and Dukinfield), parts of east Cheshire (including Macclesfield, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge), north-west Derbyshire (including Buxton, High Peak and Glossop ...
Pages in category "Schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Overall, Stockport was ranked 21st out of all the Local Education Authorities in SATs performance in 2006 and was 2nd in Greater Manchester. [44] Authorised and unauthorised absences from Stockport secondary schools in 2006-07 were 6.7% and 1.3% respectively, almost the same as the national average (6.8% and 1.3%). [45]
Woodsmoor is a suburb of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England . The area is served by Woodsmoor railway station, opened by British Rail in 1990. [1]The area is populated by many large and old trees, existing since the time that it was the estate of the house which eventually became Stockport Grammar School.