Carrbrook

Carrbrook
Carrbrook from Buckton Hill
Carrbrook  Carrbrook shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD9801
Metropolitan borough	Tameside
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STALYBRIDGE
Postcode district	SK15
Dialling code	01457
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Stalybridge and Hyde
List of places UK England Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°30′N 2°02′W / 53.5°N 2.03°W

Carrbrook is an area in the east of Stalybridge, in Greater Manchester,^[1] England. The area still has many seventeenth and eighteenth century buildings. Much of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century village was built during the industrial boom brought by the printworks. Modern Housing estates were built next to the old village on the lower flank of Harridge Pike from the 1970s. The view to the east of Carrbrook is dominated by the steep-sided Buckton Hill, on the summit of which is located Buckton Castle. Neighbouring communities include Millbrook, Heyheads and Micklehurst.

Music

Every year on Whit Friday, Carrbrook is host to a very lively and popular Brass Band Contest outside the Buckton Vale Institute in Carrbrook Village.

References

1. "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - C. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2007.

External links

• Carrbrook Brass Band
• A walk through Carrbrook provided by the Tameside Borough Council website.
• Carrbrook Village - Community website.
• Carrbrook Heritage Trail - A local history project commissioned on behalf of the British National Lottery heritage fund by the Carrbrook Heritage Group.
• Tameside Local History Forum
• Carrbrook Whit Friday Brass Band Contest