Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Events October 2013 - April 2014

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@tmbc_culture www..gov.uk/culturalservices Welcome to Tameside’s Cultural Events

We hope you will find plenty to enjoy in this programme of events throughout the Autumn, Winter and Spring months. The wide range of activities offers something for everyone, whatever your interest, age or ability.

Tameside has a great deal to offer the visitor, both indoors and outdoors. The Museums and Galleries have changing exhibitions and activities, allowing you to make return visits and always find something new to see and do. There are a great variety of parks and Sunday 13 October countryside to enjoy, from the formal Victorian town parks, to the meadows and woods of October Crossing the Boundary the valleys and the high open moorland. Tameside’s green space is great for exercise and, as An eight mile route following part of the well as being good for the body, it’s good for the soul, providing opportunities to relax, find Wednesday 2 October Leesfield parish boundary, over Brown Edge, peace, inspiration and contemplation, and a general sense of well-being. If you want more to Park Bridge for lunch and back over information on any of the events ring the relevant number on the back of this leaflet. Flickering Memories An account of the rise and decline of local . cinema by Philip Martin Williams and David 10am @ Mossley Market Ground, L. Williams. Tickets £2.50. Limited places Top Mossley. OL5 0LN 5½ hours booking advisable. What you need to know 7.30pm @ Newton Hall, Dunkirk Lane, Sunday 13 October Hyde. SK14 5ET Scarecrow Competition Cost All the events are free unless otherwise stated. Join the harvest celebrations and enter a Booking For theatre and films book your tickets at Saturday 5 October scarecrow. www.tameside.gov.uk/culturalservices or 0161 342 4144 Historical Walk around Ashton 12 noon – 3pm @ Hyde Park, Walks All the walks end back at the start. Dogs are welcome, A family friendly walk discovering the hidden Lodge Lane. SK14 4JX but must be under strict control at all times. history of Ashton. Limited places. Children An adult must accompany children under 8 years of age 12 noon @ . 45mins Wednesday 16 October (museums). Under 16 for all other events. Tameside History Club ‘E’ Culture Check out our web pages for up to date information. Sunday 6 October The Cotton Factory Times – A Literary KITE (Kids in the Environment) Periodical. Eddie Cass argues that its major Come and join us for fun, forest school importance lay in the leisure time reading activities, discovering and exploring the it brought to the cotton operatives of countryside. 7 – 12 years. Lancashire. Free, book a place on 0161 342 10am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. 4242. 2 hours 7pm @ Local Studies and Archives Centre. Sunday 6 October Martin’s Maps Sunday 20 October Get back to basics on a guide to the use Trees and Teas of map and compass. Use your new found Have a cuppa before exploring the park’s skills on a walk around the area in the trees in their Autumn colours. The Café will afternoon. be open for lunch after the walk. 10am @ Lymefield Visitor Centre. 10.30am @ The Park Café, Bayley Hall, 5½ hours Hyde Park. SK14 4JX 2 hours Monday 21 October Tuesday 29 October Sunday 10 November Animal Farm by George Orwell Wild Woods November Birds’ Winter Warmers Oldham Coliseum and ALRA Production. A fun day in the countryside for families. Help our native birds survive the coming A powerful fast moving dramatization of Follow a woodland trail, construct a shelter Friday 1 November winter. Make a bird feeder and fill it with Orwell’s classic satire. Tickets from £8. and have a go at woodland crafts. My Friend Nigel by Jo Hodgkinson their favourite recipe. Booking advisable. 1pm @ Bottom of Cemetery Road, Oldham Coliseum Production. 12 noon – 3pm @ Park Bridge Heritage 7.30pm @ Hyde Festival Theatre, Denton. M34 6ER 2 hours A magical play with a snail, a whale and a Centre. Corporation Street, Hyde. SK1 1AB dancing bee. To book a free place call 0161 Tuesday 29 October 342 2030. Tuesday 22 October Grandpa’s Railway 2pm @ Central Art Gallery. Gone with the Wind (A) M6 Theatre Company. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” A playful journey of discovery with Grandpa Saturday 2 November Tickets £3. Booking advisable. and his working model railway. Tickets £5. The Nutcracker 7.30pm @ Hyde Festival Theatre, Booking advisable. Ballet Theatre UK present Tchaikovsky’s Corporation Street, Hyde. SK14 1AB 2.30pm and 7pm @ Hyde Festival popular ballet. Tickets from £12. Booking Theatre, Corporation Street, Hyde. advisable. Sunday 27 October SK14 1AB 7.30pm @ George Lawton Hall, Stamford Woods, Wands and Wizards Street, Mossley. OL5 0HR Let the woods cast a spell on you as you Wednesday 30 October gather ingredients for a magic potion Meet Tommy Atkins: First World War Sunday 3 November and make your own wizard wands and Soldier KITE (Kids in the Environment) broomsticks. Have you ever wondered what a soldier Come and join us for fun, forest school 1pm @ Bardsley car park, Oldham Road, wore, what he ate, how he lived, fought and activities, discovering and exploring the Saturday 16 November Ashton-under-Lyne. OL7 9PG 2 hours died in the ‘Great War for Civilisation’? countryside. 7 – 12 years. Colour Workshop Study Day 11am – 3pm @ Museum of the 10am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. For beginners or those with some experience Tuesday 29 October . 2 hours Jolly Holidays of painting, an opportunity to concentrate on colour mixing to add depth and vibrancy Artist led craft activities for all ages. Thursday 31 October Sunday 3 November to your work by using natural forms and 50p per child. Jolly Holidays Two Rivers Ramble landscape as a source of inspiration. All 11am – 3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. Artist led craft activities for all ages. Enjoy autumn’s colours with John and materials included. £25/ £20 concessions. 50p per child. Margaret Morrison on an easy paced ten Book a place on 0161 343 2878. 11am – 3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. mile ramble with little ascent, through the 10am – 3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. wooded valleys of the Tame and Goyt. Thursday 31 October 10am @ Bottom of Cemetery Road, Sunday 17 November Denton. M34 6ER 6 hours Wild Woods Woodland Life A fun day in the countryside for families. Discover the delights of this woodland when Follow a woodland trail, construct a shelter Tuesday 5 November the wildlife thought they had it to themselves. and have a go at woodland crafts. The Early Manchester’s: 1758-1882 9am @ At rear of Pole Bank Hall, 1pm @ Cheetham Park Entrance, The Men, Medals and Battle Honours of the Stockport Road, Hyde. SK14 5EZ Acres Lane, Stalybridge. SK15 2JR 63rd Regiment of Foot. 2 Hours 2 hours 7.15pm – 8pm @ Museum of the Manchester Regiment. Sunday 24 November Thursday 31 October Transport Trek The Addams Family Values (U) Thursday 7 November Walk down route 626 to Ashton to catch Catch up with Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Wizard of Oz (U) the new tram to Droylsden and follow the Fester and Wednesday. Tickets £3. Booking “Somewhere over the Rainbow”. Tickets £3 Tameside Trail back to Park Bridge. 7 miles advisable. 7.30pm @ Hyde Festival Theatre, 10am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. 7.30pm @ Hyde Festival Theatre, Corporation Street, Hyde. SK14 1AB 5 ½ hours Corporation Street, Hyde. SK14 1AB Sunday 15 December December Mistletoe Meander Discover the folklore of plants, traditionally Sunday 1 December used at Christmas on a gentle stroll. Enjoy KITE (Kids in the Environment) mince pies and mulled wine before walking Come and join us for fun, forest school back. Five miles. activities, discovering and exploring the 11am @ John Howarth Countryside countryside. 7 – 12 years. Centre, Daisy Nook Country Park, 10am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. Failsworth. M35 9WJ 4 hours 2 hours Sunday 15 December Sunday 1 December Country Christmas Country Park Round ‘Deck the Halls’ by making a seasonal A strenuous nine mile ramble with Paul wreath and tree decorations, all from natural Nethercott on the eastern edge of materials. Donations towards materials. Tameside’s moorland, with steep hills and 11am - 3pm @ Park Bridge Heritage rough terrain. Centre. 10am @ Oakgates car park, Hartley Street, off Huddersfield Road, Millbrook, Saturday 21 December Stalybridge. SK15 3EP 6 hours Winter Solstice Celebration Shortest day, help the rangers call back the Sunday 12 January Sunday 8 December sun on this four mile early morning walk up January Winter Footsteps A Dickens of a Christmas to Hartshead Pike. A seven mile walk around Hollingworthhall Moor and Walkerwood Reservoir. Bah Humbug. On this ramble to Mottram, an 7.15am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. Wednesday 1 January 10am @ Lay-by on Hobson Moor Road, abridged version of “A Christmas Carol” will 3 hours New Year’s Day Walk Mottram, Hyde. SK14 6SG 5 hours be performed along the ten mile route. Start the New Year by resolving to enjoy this 10am @ Lower Higham Visitor Centre. Sunday 22 December ten mile ramble taking in some of the high 5½ hours Moors and Mince Pies spots of Tameside. Lunch stop at The Wharf Sunday 19 January Join Paul Nethercott on a pre Christmas Tavern, Stalybridge where potato pie and Portrait of Werneth Low Sunday 8 December nine mile walk in the countryside around veg. option will be available (£5.00). A short stroll around Lower Higham and Christmas Fun Day Carrbrook, mince pies and refreshments. 10am @ Castle Clough car park, Werneth Low looking at what makes this place so special. Celebrate Christmas in style on a fun 10am @ Castle Clough car park, Buckton Vale Rd, Carrbrook, 1pm @ Lower Higham Visitor Centre. packed family day, view our displays and Buckton Vale Road, Carrbrook, Stalybridge. SK15 3PJ 6 hours 2 hours get creative. Charge for visiting Santa £3. Stalybridge. SK15 3PJ 5½ hours 11am – 3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. Sunday 5 January Sunday 29 December KITE (Kids in the Environment) Sunday 26 January Norman’s Christmas Walk Come and join us for fun, forest school Clough and Dale Join Norman Bamforth on an eight mile activities, discovering and exploring the A three mile walk when the wildlife thought ramble around Werneth Low. countryside. 7 – 12 years. they had the world to themselves. 10.30am @ Lower Higham Visitor Centre. 10am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. 9am @ Castle Clough car park, Buckton 4½ hours 2 hours Vale Road, Carrbrook, Stalybridge. SK15 3PJ 3 hours Sunday 5 January Look out for details of the Moors and Mills Meander The wide range of activities Drive away those hangovers and winter professional production blues on a six mile walk with Paul Nethercott. in 2014 offers something of Cinderella, running 11am @ Copley Recreation Centre, for everyone, whatever your throughout December. Huddersfield Rd, Stalybridge. SK15 3ET interest, age or ability. 4 hours Sunday 16 February Thursday 20 February Sunday 9 March February Ramble to Rowarth Jolly Holidays Rome on the Low Join John and Margaret Morrison on this Artist-led craft activities for all ages. Take a four mile stroll back through the ages Sunday 2 February moderate ten mile walk over the hill to 50p per child with to a time when Imperial Rome governed KITE (Kids in the Environment) Rowarth. Enjoy views over Tameside, Kinder 11am-3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. Werneth Low and Tameside with a hand of Come and join us for fun, forest school Scout and the Cheshire Plain. iron. activities, discovering and exploring the 10am @ Lymefield Visitor Centre. Sunday 23 February 1pm @ Lower Higham Visitor Centre. countryside. 7 – 12 years. 6½ hours Moorland Edge 2 hours 10am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. Spring is in the air on a four mile walk up to 2 hours Tuesday 18 February Walkerwood and Slatepit Moor with Paul Wednesday 12 March Jolly Holidays Nethercott. Tameside History Club Sunday 2 February Artist led craft activities for all ages. 12noon @ Oakgates car park, Hartley Bob from the Huddersfield Canal Society Millbrook Heritage Walk 50p per child. Street, off Huddersfield Road, Millbrook, on the history of canals. Free, book your A two mile walk with Paul Nethercott to 11am - 3pm. Portland Basin Museum. Stalybridge. SK15 3EP 3½ hours. place on 0161 342 4242. discover the part played by canals and 2pm @ Tameside Central Library, Old industry in the development of Millbrook Tuesday 18 February Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. OL6 7SG village. Wild Woods 1pm @ Oakgates car park, Hartley A fun day in the countryside for families. March Sunday 16 March Street, off Huddersfield Road, Millbrook, Follow a woodland trail, construct a shelter 360 Degrees of Hyde Stalybridge. SK15 3EP 3 hours and have a go at woodland crafts. Sunday 2 March A five mile wander taking in the lowest and 1pm @ Castle Clough car park, Mossley Quickstep highest points of Hyde and the panorama Friday 7 February Buckton Vale Rd, Carrbrook, A seven mile walk exploring the Tame Valley from the Low. Introduction to Oil Painting Stalybridge. SK15 3PJ 2 hours in Mossley and up to the hillsides of Luzley 11am @ Car park, bottom of Meadow Study Day and Quick. Lane, Haughton Green, Denton. M34 This simple introduction will help you to build Wednesday 19 February 10am @ Mossley Market Ground, Top 7QA 3½ hours up skills and feel confident in handling oil Meet Tommy Atkins: First World War Mossley. OL5 0LN. 5 hours paints. All materials included. £25/ £20 Soldier Saturday 22 March concessions. Book a place on 0161 343 Have you ever wondered what a soldier Sunday 2 March Introduction to Drawing Study Day 2878. wore, what he ate, how he lived, fought and K.I.T.E (Kids in the Environment) Develop your confidence by exploring a 10am - 3pm @ Central Art Gallery. died in the ‘Great War for Civilisation’? Come and join us for fun, forest school variety of drawing techniques with materials 11am – 3pm @ Museum of the activities, discovering and exploring the such as ink, pen and charcoal. All Sunday 9 February Manchester Regiment. countryside. 7 – 12 years. materials included. £25/ £20 concessions. Frosty Footsteps 10am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. Book a place on 0161 343 2878. Enjoy a meander around the Medlock valley Thursday 20 February 2 hours 10am - 3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. on a winter’s day and see what wildlife you Wild Woods may be sharing it with. A fun day in the countryside for families. 10.30am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. 1pm @ Bardsley car park, Oldham Road, 4 hours Ashton-under-Lyne. OL7 9PG 2 hours

Wednesday 12 February Tameside History Club Craig Corner will be speaking about middle class motoring in the early 20th century. Free, book a place on 0161 342 4242 2pm @ Tameside Central Library, Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. OL6 7SG Sunday 13 April Thursday 17 April Birdwalk Go Wild Discover birdlife of the Medlock valley on this A fun day in the countryside for families. gentle stroll with Chris Kellett. There will be den building, a mini beast safari 10.30am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. and a woodland trail and crafts. 2 hours 1pm @ Hurst Clough car park, opposite Wagon Pub, Broadbottom Road, Tuesday 15 April Mottram. SK14 6HY 2 hours Jolly Holidays Artist led craft activities for all ages. Sunday 20 April 50p per child. Easter Egg Hunt 11am – 3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. An egg – stravaganza for younger children. Sunday 23 March Tuesday 8 April As well as the hunt there will be competitions Etherow Classic Jolly Holidays Tuesday 15 April for best dressed Easter egg and bonnet. Join John and Margaret Morrison on this ten Artist led craft activities for all ages. Go Wild 1pm - 3pm @ Lower Higham Visitor mile walk to Compstall and back with hills, 50p per child. A fun day in the countryside for families. Centre. Drop in woods, rivers, lows and beautiful views. 11am – 3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. There will be den building, a mini beast safari 10am @ Lymefield Visitor Centre. and woodland crafts. Monday 21 April 6½ hours Thursday 9 April 1pm @ Car park, bottom of Meadow Easter Monday Fun Day Jolly Holidays Lane, Haughton Green, Denton. Celebrate Easter on a fun packed family day, Sunday 30 March Artist-led craft activities for all ages. M34 7QA 2 hours view our displays and get creative. Floral Art 50p per child. 11am – 3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. Celebrate Mothering Sunday by making a 11am-3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. Wednesday 16 April gift and a card. Meet Tommy Atkins: First World War Sunday 27 April 10.30am - 12.30pm @ Lymefield Visitor. Tuesday 8 April Soldier Chadkirk Chapel Ramble Centre. 2 hours Go Wild Have you ever wondered what a soldier A ten mile walk across wild, windswept A fun day in the countryside for families. wore, what he ate, how he lived, fought and Werneth Low to the historic delights of There will be den building, river dipping, a died in the ‘Great War for Civilisation’? Chadkirk Chapel and back via Etherow mini beast safari and woodland crafts. Country Park. 11am – 3pm @ Museum of the April 1pm @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. 10am @ Lower Higham Visitor Centre. Manchester Regiment. 2 hours 5½ hours Sunday 6 April Wednesday 16 April KITE (Kids in the Environment) Wednesday 9 April Come and join us for fun, forest school Tameside History Club Look out for the new Meet Tommy Atkins: First World War John Irwin of Tameside Allotments activities, discovering and exploring the Soldier Cultural Services Events countryside. 7 – 12 years. Federation on the history of allotments. Have you ever wondered what a soldier 10am @ Park Bridge Heritage Centre. Free, book your place on 0161 342 4242. programme out now wore, what he ate, how he lived, fought and 2 hours 2pm @ Tameside Central Library, died in the ‘Great War for Civilisation’? Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. OL6 7SG 11am – 3pm @ Museum of the Sunday 6 April Manchester Regiment. Station Walk Take the 13.05 train (£1.50 approx) to Thursday 10 April Broadbottom and walk the three miles back Go Wild to Godley through Back Wood and over the A fun day in the countryside for families. Low. There will be den building, stream dipping, a 1pm @ Godley Railway Station, Mottram mini beast safari and woodland crafts. Road, Godley, Hyde. SK14 4DP 3 hours 1pm @ Castle Clough car park, Buckton Vale Road, Carrbrook, Stalybridge. SK15 3PJ 2 hours Local Studies and Archives Centre Regular Sessions

Family History Helpdesk Ancestral Trail Every Saturday 10am - 12 noon, 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month Wednesday and Thursday 2 - 4pm 10am – 1pm Search for your ancestors with Book a half hour slot with one of our volunteers from the Tameside Group experts. of the Cheshire Family History Society. Drop-in session, no need to book. From September 2013 to March 2014 Tameside will be embarking on a fabulous cultural project working directly in partnership with The National Theatre and The Lowry. War Horse, the celebrated theatre production which has gained great critical acclaim whilst in London’s West End run is coming to the region for the Winter Season. A range of exciting activities across the borough are planned including workshops and activities combining performance, visual arts and digital art. Volunteering in Tameside’s Saturday 19 October Tuesday 4 March Tameside’s Big Draw War Horse Parks and Countryside Tameside takes part in the national War Horse is a 2011 war drama film directed “Big Draw” project, bring your pens, by Steven Spielberg. It is an adaptation of Volunteering is a great way to learn new skills gain new watercolours, charcoal or just yourselves. An British author Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 experiences, get physically active, benefit your local opportunity to create your own masterpiece children’s novel of the same name set before community and make new friends! You can volunteer with supported by local professional artists and and during First World War. us on a regular basis, through our Countryside Volunteers, children’s craft experts, whilst accompanied 7.30pm @ Hyde Festival Theatre, or as a one off such as on a community conservation by musicians from the Royal Northern Corporation Street, Hyde. SK14 1AB event. Friends of local parks often organise practical College of Music. Tickets £3 11am – 3pm @ Portland Basin Museum. conservation sessions. They are always on the lookout for Book your free place on 0161 342 4144 Local artists Stone Soup and Woodend and welcome new volunteers. Contact 0161 330 9613 for Artists will work with residents of all ages more information. Tuesday 21 January and abilities to create and perform the ‘Warrior’ - The Real War Horse Tameside Warhorse Spectacular which Presented by Brough Scott, General Jack will culminate a Breathtaking Public Seely and his horse Warrior were one of the event on - Saturday 29 March 2014 – What’s on? most remarkable teams in history. The man: check www.tameside.gov.uk/warhorse • Pick up an Active You guide a famed adventurer, Cabinet Minister and for further announcements and to get • View on your mobile close friend of Winston Churchill, who led involved – an event not to be missed! • Visit our interactive timetable the Canadian Cavalry in a crucial charge that helped save the Allied cause in March 1918. Throughout the project there will be The horse: a uniquely brave and talented opportunities to join readers groups, thoroughbred which Seely bred on the Isle visual arts and drama based workshops, of Wight, took to France in August 1914 and visits to the Museum of the Manchester was still riding on that fateful day towards the Regiment, practical workshops at end of the war. Tameside Local Studies Library and 7.30pm@ Central Art Gallery. Tickets £3 much more. To enquire about becoming involved please call 0161 342 4144.

Illustrations by Brinkhoff/Mögenburg. www.tamesidesportstrust.com Exhibitions

Portland Basin Museum

19 April – 17 November 2013 22 November 2013 – July 2014 Hairlooms Open All Hours This exhibition uses hairdryers, curlers, A new exhibition looking at local shops pins, shavers and razors from the and how our shopping habits have museum’s collection to explore the changed over the past century. central role hair plays in our identity.

Ashton Town Hall Saturday 30th November 1pm & 5pm Friday 13th December 10am & 1pm Museum of Manchester Regiment Sunday 1st December 1pm & 5pm Saturday 14th December 1pm & 5pm Monday 2nd December 10am & 1pm Sunday 15th December 1pm & 5pm Monday 16th December 10am & 1pm 2 July – 14 December 2013 2 January – July 2014 Brasso, Blanco and Bull: National The Men Behind the Medals Wednesday 4th December 10am & 1pm Mossley George Lawton Hall Service Remembered The museum holds hundreds of medals Thursday 5th December 1pm & 7pm Wednesday 18th December 10am & 1pm To mark the 50th anniversary of the spanning the past two centuries. This Thursday 19th December 10am & 1pm Droylsden Concord Suite Friday 20th December 10am & 7pm end of National Service the Museum of new exhibition looks at some of the Saturday 7th December 1pm & 5pm Saturday 21st December 1pm & 5pm the Manchester Regiment is mounting stories of the men behind them. Sunday 8th December 1pm & 5pm Sunday 22nd December 1pm & 5pm a special exhibition telling the story of Monday 9th December 10am & 1pm Monday 23rd December 1pm & 7pm Tuesday 10th December 10am & 1pm Tuesday 24th December 1pm & 5pm National Service from 1939 until 1963. Wednesday 11th December 10am & 1pm Thursday 26th December 5pm Friday 27th December 1pm & 5pm Saturday 28th December 1pm & 5pm

Central Art Gallery £11 Adults, £8 Concessions and Groups £6

20 September – 7 December 2013 14 December – 15 March 2014 The Sefton Guild of Artists ‘Souvenirs and Epiphanies’. An engaging and varied exhibition by An exhibition by local artist Chris members of the Sefton Guild of Artists. Anderson. A pictorial diary, extracts and accounts of significant and incidental events told from a personal perspective. Book your tickets from £6 on www.tameside.gov.uk/theatre or telephone 0161 342 4144 Where to find us

Central Art Gallery, Central Library, Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. For information on other OL6 7SG 0161 342 2650 Countryside meeting points Opening Times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10am - 12.30pm, 1pm - 4pm ring 0161 330 9613 Thursday 1pm - 7pm Saturday 10am - 1pm.

Local Studies and Archives Centre, Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. OL6 7SG 0161 342 4242 Opening Times: Tuesday: 9.00am - 8.00pm Wednesday/Thursday: 9.00am - 5.00pm Saturday: 10.00am - 3.00pm.

Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton Town Hall. OL6 6DL 0161 343 2878 Opening Times: Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday 10am - 1pm.

Portland Basin Museum, Portland Place, Ashton-under-Lyne. OL7 0QA 0161 343 2878 Opening Times: Tuesday - Sunday and Bank Holidays, 10am - 4pm.

Park Bridge Heritage Centre, The Stables, Park Bridge, Ashton-under-Lyne. OL6 8AQ 0161 330 9613 Information Room and toilets open everyday 9am - 4pm (3pm Fridays).

Lower Higham Visitor Centre. Higham Lane, Gee Cross, Hyde. SK14 5LR 0161 368 6667 Opening Times: Saturday/Sunday/Tuesday 1pm - 4pm.

Lymefield Visitor Centre, off Lower Market Street, Broadbottom. SK14 6AG 0161 330 9613 Opening Times: ring for details.

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