Mossley, Tameside, England, United Kingdom
🏴 Mossley is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Oldham and 8.9 miles (14.3 km) east of Manchester.
The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire meet in Mossley and local government wards and church parishes correspond to their boundaries. It is the only parished area of Tameside, having had a parish council since 1999.
Events Mossley—alongside neighbouring Stalybridge and Uppermill in Saddleworth—helped launch the annual Whit Friday Band Contest, an internationally known brass band event. This came about when the three towns held unconnected brass band events on 6 June 1884.
Public venue George Lawton, the son of magistrate and alderman John Lawton, inherited a family fortune and when he died in August 1949, he left the bulk of his wealth to the people of Mossley. Part of his £77,760 wealth (equivalent to £2,900,000 in 2021) was left to build a public meeting place, the George Lawton Hall.
Europe/London/Tameside
Mossley has a population of over 10,921 people. Mossley also forms part of the wider Tameside District which has a population of over 226,493 people. It is also a part of the larger Greater Manchester Urban Area. Mossley is situated near Ashton-under-Lyne.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Mossley has links with:
🇨🇳 Huainan, China🇩🇪 Wilhelmsburg 53.519
🇩🇪 Wilhelmshaven 53.52
🇵🇱 Drawsko Pomorskie 53.533
🇩🇪 Bremerhaven 53.542
🇧🇾 Marjina Horka 53.5
🏴 Ashton Under Lyne 53.49
🏴 Ashton-under-Lyne 53.489
🏴 Manchester 53.467
🇫🇷 Saint-Malo -2.008
🇫🇷 Saint Malo -2.007
🏴 West Bromwich -1.999
🇪🇸 Donostia / San Sebastián -1.983
🏴 Rowley Regis -2.047
🏴 Bromsgrove -2.058
🏴 Cheltenham -2.067
🏴 Ashton-under-Lyne -2.088
🏴 Ashton Under Lyne -2.095
Locations Near: Mossley -2.0387,53.5147
🏴 Tameside -2.083,53.483 d: 4.6
🏴 Ashton-under-Lyne -2.088,53.489 d: 4.3
🏴 Ashton Under Lyne -2.095,53.49 d: 4.7
🏴 Oldham -2.117,53.544 d: 6.1
🏴 Glossop -1.946,53.443 d: 10
🏴 Stockport -2.149,53.408 d: 13.9
🏴 Rochdale -2.178,53.582 d: 11.8
🏴 Manchester -2.233,53.467 d: 13.9
Antipodal to: Mossley 177.961,-53.515
🇳🇿 Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19011.3
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 18836.6
🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18812
🇳🇿 Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 18971
🇳🇿 Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 18857.4
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18634.3
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18628.9
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18628.9
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 18621.3