Stockport is a town in the south east of Greater Manchester, historically in Cheshire, at the point where the rivers Tame and Goyt combine to form the Mersey.

了解

It's never been a port, as those rivers are not navigable, and the suffix probably means "market place". What the rivers did provide was power for waterwheels and hence textile mills, so the town became industrial from the 18th century. Whilst the Lancashire towns specialised in cotton, Stockport's trade was silk, especially for hat-making. This continued into the 20th century until the fashion for elaborate hats passed, and Luton captured the remaining trade.

In 2011, it was home to 137,000 people.

抵达

River Mersey, Wear Mill and Stockport Viaduct

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Stockport is 7 miles east of Manchester Airport (MAN ^IATA). From the airport station take Skyline Bus 199 heading for Buxton; it runs every 20-30 min and takes 15 min.

Trains take 35 min because they all go into Piccadilly then come out again, whether you take the hourly direct train heading for Cleethorpes, or take any other train and change in Piccadilly.

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Stockport train station entrance

1 Stockport train station. On the Manchester spur of the West Coast Main Line, so many trains from the south and Midlands stop here before continuing to Manchester Piccadilly, another ten min down the line. This means that services between Stockport and Piccadilly run 6AM-midnight every 5 min or so. (updated Dec 2023)

There should be three trains per hour from London Euston taking just under two hours and continuing to Piccadilly. Crossing the Midlands these may also call at Milton Keynes, Crewe, Stoke-on-Trent, Macclesfield and Wilmslow.

Trains run at least hourly from Birmingham New Street and continue north via Wolverhampton to Stockport and Piccadilly.

Trains from Norwich and Cleethorpes run hourly via Sheffield to Stockport, continuing to Manchester Airport or via Warrington and Widnes to Liverpool.

Trains from Chester run hourly via Knutsford, Hale and Altrincham to Stockport and Piccadilly.

Trains from Cardiff run every 30 min via Hereford, Shrewsbury, Crewe and Wilmslow to Stockport and Piccadilly.

A direct train from Blackpool runs via Preston, Chorley, Bolton and Piccadilly to Stockport, continuing to Hazel Grove, but it's quicker to take a fast train and change in Manchester.

Just north of the station, the tracks cross the River Mersey Valley on an impressive 27-arch brick viaduct that was built in 1840. It often features in the paintings of L.S. Lowry.

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The M60 thunders over Stockport on its viaduct, exit at jcn 1 for west side and jcn 27 for east. (It's not that big a town - the orbital motorway restarts its numbering here.) Stockport is on A6, the historic route from London to Carlisle, but in this area it's congested especially during school run.

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National Express Coach (long distance bus) NX 540 runs once a day from London Victoria to Stockport, taking 6 hours. Other connections changing at the airport are almost as fast.

Coach NX 333 runs once a day from Bournemouth via Bristol, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent to Stockport and onward to Preston and Blackpool.

Both these buses make other stops across Greater Manchester including city centre and airport, but you can't use them for the short hop to Stockport, take a local bus as in Get around.

Stockport Interchange (bus station) is 200 yards north of the railway station and following extensive refurbishment there is now a path connecting the two.

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Stockport is not connected to the Manchester tram network. For city centre take the train or use Bus 197, which runs M-Sa every 20-30 min, hourly Su, taking an hour to Manchester Albert Square. Bus 192 also runs very frequently along the A6 but can get caught in traffic.

For Manchester Airport use Skyline Bus 199 which runs every 30 min daily (hourly Sunday) between 4:30AM and 11PM, taking 15 min. Southbound it runs from the airport via Stockport, Disley (for Lyme Hall), Whaley Bridge and Chapel-en-le-Frith to Buxton.

For Marple take Bus 383/384 (circular services), which runs every 15 min. Alternatively Bus 358 serves Marple on the way to Hayfield (hourly).

For Cheadle take Buses 11, 11A from Stockport.

Stockport Interchange (Bus Station) has now reopened following a large refurbishment and most buses now call there.

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Stockport Town Hall

Consider buying a combi-ticket for the council's four museums (all closed Monday) of Air Raid Shelters, Staircase House, Bramall Hall, and guided tour of Hat Works: adult £13, conc £10. The ticket is good for a single entry to each (but not to special exhibitions) without time limit.

• 1 Hat Works, Wellington Mill, Wellington Rd South SK3 0EU, ☏ +44 161 474-2399. Tu-F 10AM-5PM. Museum about the local hat-making industry, and a display of headwear from across the centuries and around the world. It's partly closed until late 2020 so the machine gallery can't be visited. Free, guided tour adult £5, conc £3.75. (updated Dec 2019)
• 2 Air Raid Shelters, 61 Chestergate SK1 1NE, ☏ +44 161 474-1940. Tu-F 1-5PM, Sa Su 11AM-5PM. During World War II, a network of tunnels and air-raid shelters was hewn out of the sandstone beneath town centre, big enough to shelter 6500. One section has been opened up as a museum. Adult £5.50, conc £4. (updated Oct 2022)
• 3 Staircase House, 31 Market Place SK1 1ES, ☏ +44 161 218-1460. Tu-F 1-5PM, Sa Su 11AM-5PM. Entered via an unpromising modern building, but within is a well-restored house dating from the 15th century. Its centrepiece is its unusual Jacobean newel cage staircase. Adult £5, conc £3.75. (updated Dec 2019)
• 4 Stockport Town Hall, Edward Street, SK1 3XE, ☏ +44 161 474-3451. Grandiose Edwardian wedding-cake built 1904–08 in white Portland stone - its architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas also built Belfast city hall in similar style. It's normally only open for special events, or booked tours for groups of 15+. However you can stroll into the fine Italianate entrance hall. You might also be able to sneak a peek at the Ballroom with its mighty Wurlitzer, a "Publix 1" designed to accompany silent films. Otherwise catch one of the organ concerts, held monthly on a Monday at noon. (updated Dec 2019)
• 5 Vernon Park is a mile east of town centre along the banks of the River Goyt, and adjoining the larger Woodbank Park. Opened in 1858, it was created as relief work for unemployed cotton millworkers, and dubbed "Pinch-belly park". (Their industry had slumped with the deterioration in Atlantic trade in the run-up to the US Civil War.) The museum here has closed but the building remains in use as a cafe.
• 6 Reddish Vale Country Park is a pleasant country space in the River Tame valley 2 miles north of town centre.
• 7 Marple is a village four miles east of Stockport. Here the Peak Forest Canal climbs a flight of 16 locks from its junction with the Macclesfield Canal, which is part of the "Cheshire Ring". A mile north is the canal aqueduct over the River Goyt, completed in 1800, from where you can return via Brabyn's Park and the riverside, a pleasant loop walk. Or you can stay on the riverside for a longer walk south past the remains of Oldknow's Mill and Roman Lakes Park, to Strines and after four miles to New Mills. Half a mile west of Marple, an old railway track has been converted into Middlewood Way cycle path. The village has a few small hotels, eating places and pubs, eg the Ring O' Bells at the canal junction. Trains run every 30 min from Manchester Piccadilly via Marple, Strines and New Mills towards Sheffield, but from Stockport you have to double back via the city, take Bus 383. Agatha Christie named "Miss Marple" for the village after a railway delay here.
• 8 Bramhall Hall, Hall Rd, Bramhall SK7 3NX, ☏ +44 161 474-2020. Oct-Mar: Tu-F 1-4PM, Sa Su noon-5PM; Apr-Sep: Tu-F 12:30-5PM, Sa Su 10:30AM-5PM. Grand timber-framed mansion house dating from the 14th century, mostly in Tudor style but with Victorian improvements. It's set in extensive parklands which are free to enter. Adult £6.50, conc £5. (updated Oct 2022)

Marple Aqueduct

• Cheadle is a small village that has merged into Stockport. St Mary's Church is 16th century, in grey sandstone Perpendicular. It's Anglican, and staunchly opposed to the ordination of women. Also here are Abney Park (see below) and 17th-century Moseley Old Hall, which is privately owned.
• 9 Abney Park in Cheadle is a nature reserve with wetlands, nowadays rare in this region. There's also a large duck pond and waterfall. The park is set around Abney Hall, a Victorian mansion designed by Pugin, now used as offices by Stockport council. Agatha Christie often stayed here as her sister married into the owner's family. Here she wrote After the Funeral and The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, and scenes of Hall life often appear in her works. The Abney Café is in the centre of the park, there's also the Ashlea Pub just outside, in the southwest corner.
• Just across the border in Cheshire is 10 Lyme Park, Disley SK12 2NR (6 miles southeast of Stockport), ☏ +44 1663 762023, lymepark@nationaltrust.org.uk. mid-Feb-May & Oct: F-Tu 11AM-4PM; Jun-Sep: Th-Tu 11AM-5PM; mid-Nov-mid-Dec: F-M 11AM-3PM. A stately mansion and extensive grounds owned by the National Trust. The house dates from the late 16th century but has been extensively remodeled in sort-of-Palladian-going-on-Baroque plus loads of Victoriana. It's often used as a film and TV location. Among its contents are the Lyme Caxton Missal, an original liturgy of the Mass published by Caxton. Off-beat buildings in its parklands are The Cage (a lock-up rebuilt in 1737) and The Lantern belvedere. On Sundays and Bank Holidays there's a free bus from Hazel Grove P&R. Park & gardens: adult £6, child £3; house, park & gardens: adult £13, child £6.50, NT members free. (updated Oct 2022)

活动

• 1 The Plaza, Mersey Square SK1 1SP (by Mersey Square), ☏ +44 161 477-7779 (bookings), boxoffice@stockportplaza.co.uk. This restored 1930s cinema shows films, theatre, panto, tribute acts and other shows. The authentic 1930s tearoom on the first floor has views onto Mersey Square. (updated Oct 2022)
• Redrock Stockport is a gym, cinema and leisure complex in town centre, opened in 2018. Building Design magazine awarded it the Carbuncle Cup as the UK's worst new building.
• 2 Garrick Theatre, Exchange Street, Wellington Road South, SK3 0EJ, ☏ +44 333 666 3366, enquiries@stockportgarrick.co.uk. Long established amateur theatre with a varied programme. (updated Oct 2022)
• 3 Stockport County FC, Edgeley Park, Hardcastle Road SK3 9DD, ☏ +44 8456 885 799, ticketoffice@stockportcounty.com. "The Hatters" were promoted in 2024 and now play football in League One, the third tier. Their stadium has a capacity of 10,800, all-seated. Adult £15, conc £10. (updated May 2024)
• 4 Bruntwood Park. 公园内有一个十八洞三杆推杆果岭球场（4月至10月，6.90英镑），充分利用了地形，并与现有的成熟树木相伴。BMX自行车赛道（免费）。还有一个无障碍儿童游乐场，一个小吃亭，以及一家拥有维多利亚式温室的餐厅，温室已被改造成餐厅。 (2020年2月更新)

餐饮

• Last Monsoon, 54 King Street West SK3 ODT (Wood St 路口), ☏ +44 161 476-4266. 周一至周四 16:30-23:00，周五周六 16:30-00:00，周日 15:00-23:00. 可靠的印度餐厅，分量足，服务好。 (2019年12月更新)
• Rozafa, St Petersgate. 周二至周五 中午12:00-下午2:00及下午5:00-晚上10:30；周六 下午5:00-晚上11:00；周日 下午4:00-晚上9:30. 一家不错的希腊塞浦路斯餐厅 
• Stockport 的主要餐饮街是沿 A6 Wellington Rd South。
• 在附近的Cheadle有 Bellinni's、Aamchi Mumbai、Imperial Chinese、Rio Brazil、Cheshire Line Tavern、TGI Friday's、Ashlea、La Cueva、Istanbul Grill、Red Lion 和 Pizza Express。

饮品

Robinson's Brewery

• 1 Robinsons Brewery是该地区酒吧的主要供应商。不再提供导览。啤酒厂定于2025年迁至新址。
• 2 Arden Arms, 23 Millgate SK1 2LX. 每日中午12:00至午夜. 由Robinsons Brewery经营，传统酒吧，提供美味的食物、啤酒和葡萄酒。请查看网站了解餐饮时间。 (2022年10月更新)
• 3 Ye Olde Vic, 1 Chatham Street SK3 9ED. 周一休息，周二至周日 下午5:00-晚上11:00；Stockport County FC 比赛日 中午12:30-晚上11:00. 靠近Stockport车站的后门，这家看起来破旧的酒吧是该地区最成功的独立酒吧之一，提供来自英国各地小型独立啤酒厂的至少5种啤酒。店主是一位前警察，实行禁止说脏话和不良行为的政策，并在他那家多元化而古怪的酒吧里对所有人都表示热烈欢迎。 (2022年10月更新)
• 4 The Park Inn, 264 Newbridge Lane SK1 2PG, ☏ +44 161 480-2275. 周一至周五 13:00-23:00；周六 12:30-00:00；周日 12:30-22:00. 一家友好的本地酒吧，提供娱乐活动，午餐和晚餐时段提供餐饮，还有一个免费的、涵盖七十年代音乐的歌舞机。 (2019年12月更新)
• 5 Crown Inn, 154 Heaton Lane SK4 1AR, ☏ +44 161 480-5850. 每日中午12:00至午夜. 坐落在高架桥下，这家很有特色的小酒馆因其种类繁多的艾尔啤酒、舒适的内部环境和优越的地理位置而长期吸引着啤酒爱好者。 (2019年12月更新)
• 6 The Magnet, 51 Wellington Road North SK4 1HJ, ☏ +44 161 429-6287. 周一至周四 16:00-23:00，周五至周日 中午12:00-23:00. 建于1840年，作为驿站马车旅馆，于2009年修复。酒吧提供各种桶装艾尔啤酒和来自世界各地的瓶装啤酒。周五是披萨之夜。 (2022年10月更新)
• 7 Petersgate Tap, 19a St Petersgate, SK1 1EB, ☏ +44 7925 078426. 周一休息；周二、周三 15:00-22:00；周四至周六 中午12:00-晚上11:00；周日 中午12:00-晚上9:00. 种类繁多的精酿艾尔啤酒和苹果酒。提供隔壁酒厂生产的Stockport金酒全系列。 (2022年11月更新)

购物

Arden Arms

• 1 Create It!, 37 Wilmslow Road, Cheadle SK8 1DR, ☏ +44 161 222-3445. 周一至周六 10:00-17:00，周日 10:00-16:00. 陶器店，鼓励孩子们自己设计作品，经常举办生日派对。 (2020年2月更新)

住宿

• 1 Travelodge, Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport, SK4 1BS. (停车入口在A6上；请勿从The Crown酒吧沿Heaton lane行驶). 入住: 15:00, 退房: 中午12:00. 市中心一家基本但舒适的酒店。对面街有收费停车场。WiFi在30分钟后收费。 每晚每间房33-100英镑. (2022年10月更新)
• 2 Holiday Inn Express, 11 Station Rd, SK3 9JD. (靠近Stockport火车站), ☏ +44 161 359-6363. 入住: 15:00, 退房: 11:00. 含早餐，附近NCP停车场有停车优惠。禁止携带宠物。提供WiFi。 每晚每间房65-90英镑. (2022年10月更新)
• 3 Alma Lodge, Buxton Road SK2 6EL, ☏ +44 161 483-4431, fax: +44 161 483-1983, reception@almalodgehotel.com. 干净友好的地方，餐厅不错。 双人间含早餐80英镑. (2019年12月更新)
• 4 Premier Inn Stockport Central, Churchgate, SK1 1YG, ☏ +44 871 527 9040. 可靠的经济型连锁酒店。 双人间70英镑，早餐每人10英镑. (2019年12月更新)
• 5 Premier Inn Stockport South, 73 Buxton Road, Heaviley, SK2 6NB (A6，在市中心以南一英里处), ☏ +44 871 527 9042. 管理良好、舒适的经济型酒店。 双人间70英镑，早餐每人10英镑. (2019年12月更新)
• 6 Britannia Hotel, Dialstone Lane, Offerton SK2 6AG (在Offerton Lane A626和Wellington Rd South A6之间), ☏ +44 871 222 0014. 基础酒店，陈旧的装修需要翻新，价格便宜但声誉不佳。 双人间含早餐60英镑. (2022年10月更新)
• 7 Bredbury Hall Hotel, Osborne Street, Bredbury SK6 2DH (在B6104出城向东2英里), ☏ +44 161 430-7421, reservations@bredburyhallhotel.com. 功能性的中档酒店，设有健身房、牛排馆和印度餐厅。 双人间含早餐65英镑. (2019年12月更新)
• 8 Village The Hotel Club Cheadle, Cheadle Rd, Cheadle, SK8 1HW. 入住: 15:00, 退房: 11:00. 一家中档酒店，有117间客房。标准间使用健身房和游泳池需额外收费，但俱乐部客房包含此费用。酒店内有酒吧和餐厅。 起价80英镑. (2022年11月更新)
• 9 Premier Inn Manchester Cheadle, Royal Cres, Cheadle SK8 3FS (在A34旁边). 管理良好的经济型连锁酒店，性价比很高。位于机场航线下方，但飞机噪音很少被注意到。 双人间含早餐70英镑. (2020年2月更新)

连接

截至2025年6月，除3 Mobile外，英国所有主要运营商在Stockport均提供5G服务，但3 Mobile预计很快将提供。

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