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Other Activities and Clubs

Greenmount Cricket Club (Map Ref H6) Ground: Rd Greenmount Bury BL8 4DX 01204 883667

Greenmount Golf Club (Map Ref D5) Whipney Lane Greenmount Bury BL8 4LH 01204 883712

Local Walks See website Also: www.westpennineway.org

This information has been put together in good faith to assist residents. We cannot take responsibility for omissions or inaccuracies.

Project lead and data compilation Bob Judge Formatting and layout Mike Houghton

Any amendments or corrections please contact Bob Judge at [email protected] Or 01204 880381

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GREENMOUNT VILLAGE COMMUNITY Local Groups and Organisations WELCOME PACK Full Details can be found on the website: Councillors ...... 3 www.greenmountvillage.org.uk MEPs For the North West ...... 3 Member of Parliament for Bury North ...... 3 Church ...... 4 AA Meetings Wednesday Primary Schools ...... 4 Badminton Monday Local Services (except Transport) ...... 5 Beavers Mon/Thurs/Fri Banks and Cash Machines ...... 5 Bible Stories Last Weds Fuel ...... 5 Bible Studies 2nd & 4th Tues Pilates Monday Bury Council ...... 5 Boot Camp Mon/Thurs Rainbows Tuesday Citizens Advice Bureau ...... 5 Bridge Mon/Tues/Thurs Art Group Thursday Doctor ...... 6 Brownies Tuesday Ramsbottom Orchestra Thursday Dentist ...... 6 Choir practice Thursday Saturday Drop in & lunch 1st Saturday Hospital ...... 6 Church Services & Communion Sunday Scouts Friday Libraries ...... 7 st Brandlesholme Community Centre ...... 7 Coffee Morning & Book sale/exch 1 Saturday Sequence Dancing Tues/Wed/Thurs Map ...... 8 Cubs Mon /Fri Sunny Bunnies Friday Pharmacies ...... 10 D-Caff Friday Tai Chi Thursday Podiatrist ...... 10 French Group Monday Teaching Bridge Wednesday Police Station ...... 10 Friendly Art Group Thursday Teaching Art Group Monday Post Offices ...... 10 Greenmount Village pre-school Mon-Friday Tottington & District Civic Society Monthly Refuse Collections ...... 11 Golf Thursday Trefoil Tuesday Transport ...... 12 Guides Tuesday U3A Tuesday Bus Services ...... 12 Holcombe Moor Heritage Periodic Walking group Periodic Local Link...... 13 Hollymount Orchard 1st Sunday Weight Watchers Wednesday Shows + Trams ...... 13 Whist Thursday Taxis ...... 13 Horticultural meetings Yoga Tuesday Steam Railway ...... 14 Jumble Sales Periodic Yoga Thursday Local Groups and Organisations ...... 15 Karate Wed / Thurs Young Dragons Wednesday Other Activities and Clubs ...... 16 Mahjong Tuesday Zumba Gold Friday Meditation Group Wednesday Photography Monday

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Steam Railway Councillors There is a steam railway run by ELR (East Railway) that runs for 12 miles from List of councillors from the North Manor ward. Heywood to Rawtenstall via Bury. The nearest local station is . There are Councillor's details Address reduced prices for locals. Further details can be found at www.east-lancs-rly.co.uk or call 0161 764 7790 Gunther, Dorothy 10 Crosfield Avenue [email protected] Summerseat 01706 825523 Bury

Party: Con Elected May 1998 BL9 5NX

Local views of Peel Hussain, Khalid 21 Inman Street Tower on Holcombe [email protected] Bury Hill above 0161 764 0924 Lancashire Ramsbottom Party: Con Elected May 2011 BL9 0TP

Daly, James Dowry Chase [email protected] Brandlesholme Road 0161 763 4204 Greenmount Party: Con Elected Nov 2012 BL8 4DZ

MEPs For the North West Afzal Khan Louise Bours Julie Ward Paul Nuttall

Jacqueline Foster Sajjad Karim Theresa Griffin Steven Woolfe Contact details can be found at www.writetothem.com

Member of Parliament for Bury North James Frith - Contact details: [email protected]

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Church (Map Ref F5) Local Link Greenmount United Reformed Church A service that is open to everyone in Greenmount. It provides cheap transport in the local Holcombe Road area at reduced cost. Pick up a leaflet in the Old School. Ring 0161 200 6012 or visit Greenmount http://www.tfgm.com/buses/local_link/Pages/services/Ramsbottom-and-Tottington.html for more details. BL8 4HF 01204 884713 The service runs Mondays to Saturdays 6.30am – 10pm, Sundays & public holidays 10.30am – 10pm. There is no service on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day. Reverend Andrew Lonsdale

[email protected] 60+ 60+ 60+ Child/ Child/ Adult Adult Concession Concession Concession Disabled Disabled Single Return Single Single After Return After Single Return Before 09:30 09:30 only 09:30 Sunday Service 10am £2.00 £3.20 £2.00 £1.00 £1.60 £1.00 £1.60

st 1 Sunday of the month Family & Parade (Fares may change and you need to register beforehand) Service The local area covered includes Affetside, Greenmount, Hawkshaw, Holcombe Brook,

Ramsbottom, Summerseat, Tottington, Turton and Walshaw and also trips to/from Bury Interchange, plus Minden Parade. Primary Schools (Map Ref F4) (Map Ref C6)

Greenmount Primary School Holly Mount Catholic Primary School Holhouse Lane Hollymount Lane Trams Greenmount Greenmount These run from Bury Interchange into the centre of Manchester and beyond. Full details Bury BL8 4HD Bury BL8 4HS can be found at www.metrolink.co.uk 01204 884031 01204 882770 Taxis Elton Bullit 0161 764 6666/0161 797 1444 Civic 01706 821066 Rammy 01706 826363 Tramcars 01204 888888

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Local Services (except Transport) Transport Bus Services Banks and Cash Machines All major banks are in Bury Town Centre From Road West Most major banks (except Lloyds and Barclays) can be found in Ramsbottom High Street 273 Bolton to Rawtenstall (Rush hour only) Cash machines (free withdrawals) can be found inside the Co-op in Vernon Road, Greenmount and outside the Co-op in Holcombe Brook and Tottington From Greenmount Church (No services on Sundays and Public Holidays) Fuel

24 hour fuel available at filling station on Longsight road 480 Bury - Walshaw - Tottington - Greenmount Hawkshaw - Affetside - Bradshaw – Bolton (Every hour)

Bury Council From Longsight Road The Council website is at: www.bury.gov.uk 472/474 Bury-Holcombe Brook-Ramsbottom (four buses per hour) Bury Municipal Borough Council

Town Hall 477 Bury - Summerseat - Ramsbottom (Every Hour) Knowsley Street Bury BL9 0SW X35 Ramsbottom - Bury - Manchester (Rush hour only) 0161 253 5000 Emergencies / Out of Hours 0161 253 6606 Timetables available from : GMPTE at www.gmpte.com/journey_planning/bus_times_leaflet_library.cfm Citizens Advice Bureau Travel shop in Bury Bus Station Call 0845 1203757 Traveline on 0871 200 2233 or visit http://www.traveline-northwest.co.uk/

Civic Society Local information by Tottington & District Civic society (secretary Faith Greenhalgh email [email protected]). First Saturday of the month 10 to 12am in Greenmount old school

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Doctor (Map Ref G5) Pub & Carvery (Map Ref G5) Greenmount Medical Centre Bull’s Head (Toby Carvery) 9 Brandlesholme Road Brandlesholme Road Greenmount Greenmount Bury BL8 4DR Bury BL8 4DS 01204 885111 01204 882021

Please be alert to parking charges Out of hours: BARDOC 0161 763 4242

Dentist Refuse Collections There is no dentist in Greenmount. The following are currently taking new private patients: General rubbish - grey bin Garden Refuse and food waste - brown bin 5 Back Chapel Street, 83 Bolton Street, 72 Bridge Street, Cans and plastic/glass bottles - blue bin Tottington, Ramsbottom, Ramsbottom, Waste paper - green bin Bury, BL8 4AH Bury, BL0 9HY Bury, BL0 9AG Tel: 01204 886881 Tel: 01706 822138 Tel: 01706 827755 Check your collection dates here: http://www.bury.gov.uk/bincollections Or ring Bury Council Environmental Services for leaflets on 0161 253 5353. For enquiries about NHS dentists call 0161 447 9880 (mornings only) Rubbish and recycling calendar delivered to every household

Hospital website: www.bury.gov.uk (Accident and Emergency) The nearest is 4 miles away Refuse Tip The nearest one is located at: Fairfield General Hospital Fernhill Depot Rochdale Old Road Every Street, Bury. Bury BL9 7TD 0161 762 4810 0161 764 6081 (The 475 buses stop in the Grounds. 467 and 468 stop at main entrance. The 468 runs from Tottington bus turnaround)

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Pharmacies Vantage Pharmacy (Map Ref F5) Gardner’s Chemist (Map Ref I5) Libraries 1 Brandlesholme Road 6 Vernon Road Greenmount Greenmount Tottington Library Bury Bury Market Street, Tottington, BL8 4DS BL8 4DD E-mail:[email protected] Bury BL8 3LL 01204 884266 01204 883220 0161 253 6652

Podiatrist Ramsbottom Library Margaret Varley (Map Ref H1) Alison Freeman (Map Ref G5) Carr Street 7 Longsight Road 1a Brandlesholme Road Ramsbottom E-mail:[email protected] Holcombe Brook Greenmount BL0 9AE Bury, BL0 9SL Bury, BL8 4DS 0161 253 5352 01204 886408 or 07889 311158 07947 771865 Bury Central Library Police Station Manchester Road Bury Police Station Bury BL9 0DG E-mail: [email protected] Dunster Road, 0161 253 5872 Bury, BL9 0RD Non Urgent Calls There is a smaller local library open in the afternoons (Mon-Fri) and Saturday mornings at: 0161 872 5050 Brandlesholme Community Centre Post Offices Brandlesholme Road E-mail:[email protected] Greenmount does not have a post office. Bury BL8 1HS The nearest local ones are: 0161 253 5010 59b Longsight Road 29 Market Street, 363 Brandlesholme Road, Holcombe Brook Tottington Bury BL8 1HS Bury BL0 9TE Bury BL8 4AD 0161 764 3736 01204 880101 01204 884160

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